Stephanie Stumph (born 7 July 1984 in

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

) is a

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actress. She is the daughter of actor

Wolfgang Stumph Wolfgang Stumph (born 31 January 1946) is a German actor and cabaret artist. Early life Stumph was born in Wünschelburg, Lower Silesia (Poland) in 1946 to German parents. He was expelled from his hometown and grew up without a father in Dre ...

Personal life

Stumph was born as the daughter of Wolfgang and Christine Stumph on 7 July 1984. During her childhood, she sang in

choir A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

s and danced

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

. She subsequently took professional dancing classes, as well as piano and violin lessons. After completing

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

in 2003, she studied at the

Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig () is a public university in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatorium der Musik (Conservatory of Music), it is the oldest univ ...

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

Acting career

Television

Since 1995, Stumph has a role in the

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

police investigation series ''

Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall ''Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall'' (at the beginning only called ''Von Fall zu Fall'' and sometimes only called ''Stubbe'') is a German crime detective television series starring Wolfgang Stumph as detective Stubbe. It is being broadcast on ZDF, the ...

'' playing Christiane Stubbe, the daughter of (her father)

's character. In 2001 she played the daughter of

Götz George Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''. Early lif ...

's character in ''Liebe ist die halbe Miete'' and in 2003 and 2004 she starred alongside

Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theater at the Berliner Ensemble and at the olksbühne Berlin and was an actress in the film ''Th ...

Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (, born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater. She is the mother of actress Paula ...

and her father in the two-part film ''Der Job seines Lebens''. In 2005 she starred in the

Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (''née'' Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. Early in her career she was publis ...

film adaptation ''

The Shell Seekers ''The Shell Seekers'' is a 1987 novel by Rosamunde Pilcher. It became one of her most famous best-sellers. It was nominated by the British public in 2003 as one of the top 100 novels in the BBC's Big Read. In Germany the novel is called ''Die ...

''. In 2008 she starred alongside her father in ''30 Tage Angst'', a hostage thriller. In 2009, she had a major role in the ARD film ''Väter werden ist nicht schwer'' alongside

Fritz Wepper Fritz Wepper (17 August 1941 – 25 March 2024) was a German film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Inspector Harry Klein in the long-running crime series ''Derrick'' (1974–1998). Wepper is also remembered for his roles i ...

and

Francis Fulton-Smith Francis Fulton-Smith (born 25 April 1966) is a United Kingdom, British-Germany, German television actor. Life Fulton-Smith was born in Munich, West Germany, the son of a German mother and an English father. After graduating school he trained as a ...

. Also in 2009, the

produced Stumph's first own series called '' Die Bergwacht''.

Theater

Before studying, Stumph had her first theater role in 2000–2001 playing Carmencita in the play '' Das Haus in Montevideo'' at the Kleine Komödie in

. During her studies she was with the

Staatsschauspiel Dresden The Staatsschauspiel Dresden (State Playhouse Dresden) is a theatre in Dresden. It is maintained by the Free State of Saxony, hence its name. It consists of a main auditorium, the ' (play house), and a studio theatre, the '. It was created in 19 ...

which she currently has a guest contract with.

Television

* ''

Leipzig Homicide ''Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig)'' is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between ''SOKO Leipz ...

'' (2006) * ''

SOKO Wismar ''SOKO Wismar'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of '' SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ...

'' (2007)

Theater

* '' Der gute Mensch von Sezuan'' (Staatsschauspiel Dresden): Shen Te / Shui Ta / Mrs. Yang / Wife of the carpet salesman (2006–2007)

References

External links

Official homepage
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stumph, Stephanie 1984 births German television actresses Living people Actresses from Dresden University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni German stage actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses