Nora Marie Tschirner (born 12 June 1981) is a German film actress, musician and former television and radio presenter.

Early life

Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin (then

East Germany East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

) to the documentary film director and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the

East Berlin East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...

suburb

Pankow Pankow () is the second largest and most populous Boroughs and quarters of Berlin, borough of the German capital Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee (Berlin), W ...

. She attended John-Lennon-Gymnasium in Berlin, as did

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, with whom she is friends. Tschirner completed her

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at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Oberschule in Pankow. She made her first appearance on television in 1997 with a role in the

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children's series ''Achterbahn''.

Career

Presenting

In 2001, she was cast as a VJ for

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and worked for the station until 2007. In addition, she hosted the radio program "Blue Moon" on Radio Fritz ( RBB) with Stephan Michme. In 2004 she appeared with

Christian Ulmen Christian Ulmen (born 22 September 1975) is a German television presenter, actor, entertainer, voice actor, narrator, filmmaker and businessman. Career Ulmen was born in Neuwied. He started his television career in 1996 as a video jockey on ...

in his show '' Ulmens Auftrag'' on MTV. In 2007 she hosted the First Steps Awards. She was also seen in OneRepublic's ''Secrets'' music video as the main character.

Acting

After appearing as Anya in Conny Walter's ' (2001), she was the leading actress, playing Paula Behringer, in the ARD series ''

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'' (2002). In 2003 she appeared alongside

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as Katharina in '' Soloalbum'', from the novel with the same title by

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. In 2005 she was the leading actress, playing Titzi in

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's '' Kebab Connection'' and some smaller roles in television series including ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was the leading actress alongside

in the film '. In 2006 she played in the ZDF science fiction series '' Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot'', a filming of ''

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'' by

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. It won the German Television Prize and was nominated for the Grimme-Preis. In 2007 she was the leading actress alongside

Til Schweiger Tilman Valentin Schweiger (; born 19 December 1963) is a German actor and filmmaker. He became known in the 1990s for films such as '' Manta, Manta'', '' Der bewegte Mann'' and '' Knockin' on Heaven's Door''. He went on to star in international ...

in the romantic comedy ''

Keinohrhasen ''Rabbit Without Ears'' (German title: ''Keinohrhasen'', "No Ear Rabbits") is a 2007 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger. Co-written by Anika Decker, and starring Nora Tschirner and Schweiger himself, ...

''. For this role, she won a

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American Animated film, animated Coming of age, coming-of-age drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923 novel ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', the ...

in the national film category in 2008. In 2012, she voiced the main role of in the German dub of ''

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''. From 2013 to 2021, Tschirner and

starred as team of investigators — who also happen to be a couple – in the

Weimar Weimar is a city in the state (Germany), German state of Thuringia, in Central Germany (cultural area), Central Germany between Erfurt to the west and Jena to the east, southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together w ...

-based episodes of the ''

Tatort ("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...

'' crime film series. In the German version of the 2013 reboot of the video game ''Tomb Raider'', she voices the main character

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Singing

She participated on the songs "Das ewige Date" and "Küss mich schnell bevor Du platzt" on the album ''Brichst du mir das Herz, dann brech ich dir die Beine'' by Olli Schulz und der Hund Marie. In 2012 Nora Tschirner together with Tom Krimi and Erik Lautenschläger founded the band project "Prag". They released the "cineastic pop" album "Premiere".

Filmography

Television

* 2002: ''

'' (series) * 2004: ''

: Sicherheitsstufe 1'' * 2004: ''Ulmens Auftrag'' * 2005: ''Nichts geht mehr'' ( 13th Street Shocking Short) * 2006: ''

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'', Hans im Glück as apprentice witch 'Rabea' * 2007 & 2011: '' Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot'' (Comedy science fiction series) * 2007: '' Das letzte Stück Himmel'' * 2013: ''

: '' * 2015: ''Tatort: Der irre Iwan'' * 2016: '' Tatort: '' * 2016: ''Circus Halligalli'' * 2017: ''Tatort: Der scheidende Schupo'' * 2017: ''jerks.'': Braindead * 2017: ''Tatort: Der wüste Gobi'' * 2018: ''Tatort: Der kalte Fritte'' * 2018: ''Tatort: '' * 2019: ''Arthurs Gesetz'' (series) * 2019: ''Tatort: Der höllische Heinz''

Cinema

* 2001: ' * 2003: '' Soloalbum'' * 2005: '' Kebab Connection'' * 2006: ' * 2006: ''

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'' * 2007: '' Rabbits Without Ears'' * 2008: ' * 2009: ' * 2009: ''

Vicky the Viking ''Vicky the Viking'', known as ''Wickie und die starken Männer'' () in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It ...

'' * 2009: ''

Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling ''Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling'' (''Killing Is My Business, Honey'') is a German comedy film directed by . Plot Enrico Puzzo (Franco Nero) is an eccentric Italian author who claims he knows Sicilian Mafia, the Mafia from inside. Based on ...

'' * 2009: ''

Rabbit Without Ears 2 ''Rabbit Without Ears 2'' (German title: ''Zweiohrküken'', "Two-Eared Chick") is a 2009 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger. A sequel to 2007's ''Rabbit Without Ears'' (''Keinohrhasen''), it was co-writte ...

'' * 2010: ' * 2010: ' * 2010: ''

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'' * 2011: ' * 2012: ' * 2013: '' Everyone's Going to Die'' * 2013: ''

Girl on a Bicycle ''Girl on a Bicycle'' is a 1977 novel by Leland Bardwell (her first). The novel is set in 1940s Ireland, and deals with the reality of being Protestant and what it means to be an individual caught up in the momentum of historical change. It is ...

'' * 2014: ' * 2016: ''

SMS für Dich ''SMS für Dich'' () is a 2016 German romantic drama film directed and co-written by Karoline Herfurth, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Sofie Cramer. It stars Herfurth, Friedrich Mücke, Nora Tschirner, Frederick Lau and Katja Riem ...

'' * 2019: '' The Space Between the Lines'' * 2022: ''

Wunderschön ''Wunderschön'' (English: ''Wonderfully Beautiful'') is a 2022 German comedy-drama anthology film directed by Karoline Herfurth who also stars in the film. A sequel, '' Wunderschöner'' was released in 2025. Plot Five women of different ages a ...

'' (also creative producer) * 2022: '' Over & Out'' * 2022: '' Just Something Nice'' * 2025: ''

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Video games

* 2013: ''

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'' (German voice of

) * 2019: '' Trüberbrook''

Audiobooks

* 2013: Amy Silver: ''Du und ich und all die Jahre'', publisher:

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, * 2015: Elizabeth Little: ''Mördermädchen'' (''Dear Daughter'', together with Oliver Siebeck), publisher:

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Awards

* 2008: Bambi - film national for the performance in Keinohrhasen * 2009: Jupiter - best actress (national) for the performance in Keinohrhasen * 2010: GQ Woman Of The Year Award

External links

*
Nora Tschirner
at the German Dubbing Card Index

References

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