Felicitas Woll
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Felicitas Woll is a German
actress best known for the ARD
-Series Berlin, Berlin
.
(Hesse). She took an apprenticeship as a nurse, but became an actress after she met the theatrical agent Frank Oliver Schulz. After a casting session she was cast and appeared in the TV-Series Die Camper
, subsequently remaining with the show for three years. In 1998 she began taking acting lessons at the Düsseldorfer Tanzhaus (Düsseldorf
Dance House) under Wladimir Matuchin. She plays piano
, guitar
and keyboards
and gained theatrical experience as a singer.
After her role as 'Tanja Ewermann' in Die Camper, she appeared in Für alle Fälle Stefanie
and Hamann-Spezial. At the end of 1999 she appeared in the starring role in the German-Chinese Co-Production True Love Is Invisible (a TV series) and in a family series for Germany's second public service TV channel, ZDF
(Die Nesthocker). Success continued in 2001 with Mädchen, Mädchen
by Dennis Gansel
, her breakthrough.
Her largest previous success had been as 'Lolle', acting with Jan Sosniok (Sven Ehlers), his best friend Hart (Matthias Klimsa) and Lolles best friend Sarah (Rhea Harder) together, in the ARD
evening series Berlin, Berlin
, which won the 2002 Deutschen Fernsehpreis
, 2003 the Adolf-Grimme-Preis and in 2004 the Goldene Rose von Lucerne
for the best female actress in a sitcom. For Berlin, Berlin she received an Emmy on 2004.
In 2004 she played 'Mia' in the female lead role in Abgefahren ("Driven Off").
2005 was a turning point for the ZDF co-production Dresden
(original title The Fire). In the film, a young German nurse (Woll), falls in love with an English pilot (played by John Light
) during the destruction of the city by allied bombers in February 1945
. The movie was filmed in Dresden
's rebuilt city centre as well as at the railway station (also rebuilt) and in other parts of Dresden. Other scenes such as the theatre place and at the prince course, was continued in Chemnitz
and at an industrial estate in Cologne
, in order to use remote studios to film the larger fire scenes
, such as the firestorm. The film, in which Heiner Lauterbach
and Wolfgang Stumph
also star, was broadcast in two parts on 5 March and 6 March 2006.
Woll is currently involved in supporting the cause of people with Down's Syndrome (Trisomie 21) in the poster campaign of the Posterkampagne des DS-Infocenters. On the posters and post cards she is pictured with her younger brother, Tassilo, who was born with Down's Syndrome. The wording on the posters reads: "A brother with Down's Syndrome is sometimes like hell. Just like every other brother in fact."
On 9 November 2005 Woll announced that she was pregnant and on 14 February 2006 gave birth to a daughter named Taisha Valentina.
In 2008 she portrayed Wörterfee, a new character on the German adaptation of Sesame Street
(Sesamstrasse).
In 2011 she played Bertha Benz
in the ARD TV-movie Carl & Bertha.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
actress best known for the ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
-Series Berlin, Berlin
Berlin, Berlin
Berlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.-Plot:...
.
Career and personal life
Felicitas Woll grew up in HarbshausenVöhl
Vöhl is a community in Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany not far southwest of Kassel.-Location:Vöhl lies in the northern part of the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park on the Edersee, a man-made lake.-Neighbouring communities:...
(Hesse). She took an apprenticeship as a nurse, but became an actress after she met the theatrical agent Frank Oliver Schulz. After a casting session she was cast and appeared in the TV-Series Die Camper
Die Camper
Die Camper is a German television series....
, subsequently remaining with the show for three years. In 1998 she began taking acting lessons at the Düsseldorfer Tanzhaus (Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
Dance House) under Wladimir Matuchin. She plays piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and gained theatrical experience as a singer.
After her role as 'Tanja Ewermann' in Die Camper, she appeared in Für alle Fälle Stefanie
Für alle Fälle Stefanie
Für alle Fälle Stefanie is a German television series....
and Hamann-Spezial. At the end of 1999 she appeared in the starring role in the German-Chinese Co-Production True Love Is Invisible (a TV series) and in a family series for Germany's second public service TV channel, ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
(Die Nesthocker). Success continued in 2001 with Mädchen, Mädchen
Mädchen, Mädchen
Mädchen, Mädchen is a 2001 German film directed by Dennis Gansel. Its story is about an eighteen year old girl named Inken , who is frustrated at not having had an orgasm yet with her boyfriend. Her two best friends are Vicky , who is in the same situation as Inken, and the still virgin Lena...
by Dennis Gansel
Dennis Gansel
Dennis Gansel is a film director, writer and actor from Germany.-Movie career:Gansel is best known for directing The Wave; his following project is the vampire film We Are The Night, which stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.- Filmography :* 1999 — Das...
, her breakthrough.
Her largest previous success had been as 'Lolle', acting with Jan Sosniok (Sven Ehlers), his best friend Hart (Matthias Klimsa) and Lolles best friend Sarah (Rhea Harder) together, in the ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
evening series Berlin, Berlin
Berlin, Berlin
Berlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.-Plot:...
, which won the 2002 Deutschen Fernsehpreis
Deutscher Fernsehpreis
The Deutscher Fernsehpreis is a German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created as a equivalent to the Emmy Awards though it is not organized by an academy and is awarded annually in September or October...
, 2003 the Adolf-Grimme-Preis and in 2004 the Goldene Rose von Lucerne
Rose d'Or
The Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...
for the best female actress in a sitcom. For Berlin, Berlin she received an Emmy on 2004.
In 2004 she played 'Mia' in the female lead role in Abgefahren ("Driven Off").
2005 was a turning point for the ZDF co-production Dresden
Dresden (film)
Dresden is a East German film. It was released in 1946....
(original title The Fire). In the film, a young German nurse (Woll), falls in love with an English pilot (played by John Light
John Light (actor)
John Light is an English cinema, television and theatre actor.-Career:His theatre performances include the Complete Works Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he starred in Sean Holmes' Julius Caesar as Brutus and in Rupert Goold's The Tempest as Caliban...
) during the destruction of the city by allied bombers in February 1945
Bombing of Dresden in World War II
The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force and as part of the Allied forces between 13 February and 15 February 1945 in the Second World War...
. The movie was filmed in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
's rebuilt city centre as well as at the railway station (also rebuilt) and in other parts of Dresden. Other scenes such as the theatre place and at the prince course, was continued in Chemnitz
Chemnitz
Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
and at an industrial estate in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, in order to use remote studios to film the larger fire scenes
Firestorm
A firestorm is a conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system. It is most commonly a natural phenomenon, created during some of the largest bushfires, forest fires, and wildfires...
, such as the firestorm. The film, in which Heiner Lauterbach
Heiner Lauterbach
Heiner Lauterbach is a German actor.- Life and work :Heiner Lauterbach was married to German actress Katja Flint who is the mother of his son Oscar . Later he had a relationship with Jenny Elvers. Since 7 September 2001 he has been married to Viktoria Skaf. They have two children: Maya and Vito...
and Wolfgang Stumph
Wolfgang Stumph
Wolfgang Stumph is an award-winning German actor and cabaret artist.-Early life:Stumph was born in Silesia in 1946 and grew up without a father in Dresden in the German Democratic Republic...
also star, was broadcast in two parts on 5 March and 6 March 2006.
Woll is currently involved in supporting the cause of people with Down's Syndrome (Trisomie 21) in the poster campaign of the Posterkampagne des DS-Infocenters. On the posters and post cards she is pictured with her younger brother, Tassilo, who was born with Down's Syndrome. The wording on the posters reads: "A brother with Down's Syndrome is sometimes like hell. Just like every other brother in fact."
On 9 November 2005 Woll announced that she was pregnant and on 14 February 2006 gave birth to a daughter named Taisha Valentina.
In 2008 she portrayed Wörterfee, a new character on the German adaptation of Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
(Sesamstrasse).
In 2011 she played Bertha Benz
Bertha Benz
Bertha Benz was born on 3 May 1849 in Pforzheim, Germany. She married inventor Karl Benz on 20 July 1872, and died 5 May 1944 in Ladenburg...
in the ARD TV-movie Carl & Bertha.
Filmography
- 2011 - Carl & Bertha, ARDARD (broadcaster)ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
, TV-film, first broadcast 23 May 2011 - 2006 - DresdenDresden (film)Dresden is a East German film. It was released in 1946....
, ZDFZDFZweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
, as 'Anna Mauth' - 2004 - Eine Krone für Isabell, ZDF, TV-filmTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, first broadcast 1 January 2006 - 2004 - Abgefahren, BR DeutschlandBayerischer RundfunkBayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...
, second big-screen feature film - 2001 to 2005 - Berlin, BerlinBerlin, BerlinBerlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.-Plot:...
, TV-cult seriesTelevision programA television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
ARDARD (broadcaster)ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
, as 'Lolle' - 2002 - TatortTatortTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...
, ARD, long-running TV-series since 1970, guest star - 2002 - Dr. Sommerfeld, ARD, TV-series, guest star
- 2002 - Inshallah - Club der Träume, ZDF, TV-series
- 2001 - Mädchen, MädchenMädchen, MädchenMädchen, Mädchen is a 2001 German film directed by Dennis Gansel. Its story is about an eighteen year old girl named Inken , who is frustrated at not having had an orgasm yet with her boyfriend. Her two best friends are Vicky , who is in the same situation as Inken, and the still virgin Lena...
, BR Deutschland, first big-screen feature film - 2000 - Für alle Fälle StefanieFür alle Fälle StefanieFür alle Fälle Stefanie is a German television series....
, SAT 1Sat.1Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
, TV-series, guest star - 1999 to 2000 - Die Nesthocker, ZDF, TV-series
- 1999 - Hamann - special, ZDF, TV-series
- 1999 to 2000 - True love is invisible, TV-series BR Deutschland/China
- 1998 to 2000 - Die CamperDie CamperDie Camper is a German television series....
, RTLRTL TelevisionRtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
, TV-series
Awards
- 2002 Deutscher FernsehpreisDeutscher FernsehpreisThe Deutscher Fernsehpreis is a German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created as a equivalent to the Emmy Awards though it is not organized by an academy and is awarded annually in September or October...
(best actress - Series - Berlin Berlin) - 2003 Adolf-Grimme-Preis (Main role as 'Lolle' in Berlin Berlin)
- 2004 Rose d'OrRose d'OrThe Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...
(best actress - Sitcom - Berlin Berlin) - 2006 Bayerischer FernsehpreisBayerischer FernsehpreisBayerischer Fernsehpreis is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989.- 2010 :* Nina Gummich, Nachwuchsförderpreis * Klaus Doldinger, Bavarian Prime Minister's Prize- 2009 :...
for Dresden