Paula Kalenberg (born 9 November 1986) is a

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. She is probably best-known to international audiences for her roles in films '' Krabat'', '' Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen'', and '' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall''.

Career

Kalenberg began her career in 2001, after hearing about a casting on the radio. She appeared in two television films, ''Hanna - Where Are You?'' (''Hanna - Wo bist Du?'') in 2001, and ''In the End the Truth'' (''Am Ende die Wahrheit'') in 2002. In 2003, apart from appearing in television series ''Vice Squad'' (''Die Sitte'') and ''

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'' (''Tatort''), Kalenberg also made her film debut, in drama ''The Puppet Grave Digger'' (''Der Puppengräber''). Throughout 2004 and 2005, she acted in four television-films - ''The Doctor'' (''Die Ärztin''), ''The Sting of Scorpion'' (''Der Stich des Skorpion''), ''Secret of the Red House'' (''Das Geheimnis des roten Hauses'') and ' (''Kabale und Liebe''). In ''Intrigue and Love'', Kalenberg starred as

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, opposite famous German actor

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. In 2006, Kalenberg starred film '' The Cloud'', based on the novel '' Die Wolke'', for which she won the New Faces Award for Best Actress. She then starred the 2007 drama ' (''Was am Ende zählt''). In 2008, Kalenberg appeared in various projects on television and film, the most notably fantasy film '' Krabat'', opposite

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and

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, and mini-series '' Rosamunde Pilcher - The Four Seasons'' (''Rosamunde Pilcher - Die vier Jahreszeiten''). The following year, she starred two short and two full-length films, ''A Song Sleeps in All Things'' (''Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen'') and '' Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen'' (''Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Binge''). The later one earned her Lilli Palmer Memorial Camera at the 2009 Golden Camera Awards ceremony. In 2010, Kalenberg portrayed

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in film '' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'', winning Askania Award for Shooting Star. In 2011, she made episode appearances of television series '' Countdown - The Haunt begins'' (''Countdown - Die Jagd beginnt'') and '' Wilsberg'', and acted in film ''Adam's End'' (''Adams Ende''). It was announced Kalenberg would star a new television film, ''Löwenstein'', which is expected to be released in 2012.

Personal life

Kalenberg was born in

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, near

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, currently she lives in

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. She named

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as the role she would like to play.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalenberg, Paula 1986 births 21st-century German actresses Actresses from Berlin German film actresses German television actresses Living people People from Wesel (district) Actresses from North Rhine-Westphalia