Stephanie Stumph
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Stephanie Stumph is a German actress. She is the daughter of actor Wolfgang Stumph
.
and Christine Stumph on 7 July 1984. Since her childhood, she was active in multiple choir
s and danced ballet
. She also completed several professional dancing classes where she learned standard and Latin dances. In 1996 she started taking piano and violin lessons. In 1998 she successfully applied at the acting school in Leipzig
but decided to concentrate on school instead. After her Abitur
in 2003, she studied at the Leipzig
Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre
from 2003 to 2007. Stumph is fluent in English, French, Russian and Italian.
Stumph is an avid boxing
fan since childhood and in 2009, she proposed to her idol, IBF
middleweight
world champion Arthur Abraham
but he declined, saying that he was "too young [to marry]".
police investigation series Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall playing Christiane Stubbe, the daughter of (her father) Wolfgang Stumph
's character. In 2001 she played the daughter of Götz George
's character in Liebe ist die halbe Miete and in 2003 and 2004 she starred alongside Katharina Thalbach
, Katja Riemann
and her father in the two-part film Der Job seines Lebens. In 2005 she starred in the Rosamunde Pilcher
film adaptation The Shell Seekers
. 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
and Francis Fulton-Smith
. Also in 2009, the ZDF
produced Stumph's first own series called Die Bergwacht.
. During her studies she was with the Staatsschauspiel Dresden
which she currently has a guest contract with.
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...
.
Personal life
Stumph was born as the daughter of WolfgangWolfgang 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...
and Christine Stumph on 7 July 1984. Since her childhood, she was active in multiple choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
s and danced ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
. She also completed several professional dancing classes where she learned standard and Latin dances. In 1996 she started taking piano and violin lessons. In 1998 she successfully applied at the acting school in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
but decided to concentrate on school instead. After her Abitur
Abitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
in 2003, she studied at the Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre
Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre
The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig is a public university in Leipzig . Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn as the Conservatory of Music, it is the oldest university school of music in Germany....
from 2003 to 2007. Stumph is fluent in English, French, Russian and Italian.
Stumph is an avid boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
fan since childhood and in 2009, she proposed to her idol, IBF
IBF
IBF may refer to:*International Boxing Federation is one of several boxing organisations* International Bandy Federation former name of Federation of International Bandy , an international governing body for bandy...
middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
world champion Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham is an Armenian-German professional boxer HyeFighter residing in Berlin, Germany. He was IBF world middleweight champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title...
but he declined, saying that he was "too young [to marry]".
Television
Since 1995, Stumph has a role in the ZDFZDF
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...
police investigation series Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall playing Christiane Stubbe, the daughter of (her father) 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...
's character. In 2001 she played the daughter of Götz George
Götz George
Götz George is a German actor, son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg commissar Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series Tatort.-Early years:...
's character in Liebe ist die halbe Miete and in 2003 and 2004 she starred alongside Katharina Thalbach
Katharina Thalbach
Katharina Thalbach is a German actress and film director.- Life and work :Katharina Thalbach comes from a particularly artistic-oriented family. Her father Benno Besson was a director, her mother Sabine Thalbach was an actress. Her late husband Thomas Brasch was an author. Her daughter Anna and...
, Katja Riemann
Katja Riemann
Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann is a German actress.- Life and work :Born as the daughter of two teachers, Katja Riemann spent her childhood in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater...
and her father in the two-part film Der Job seines Lebens. In 2005 she starred in the Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher OBE is a British author of romance novels and mainstream women's fiction. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Pilcher retired from writing in 2000.-Early years:...
film adaptation The Shell Seekers
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 2008 she starred alongside her father in 30 Tage Angst, a hostage thriller. In 2009, she had a major role in the ARD
ARD (broadcaster)
ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...
film Väter werden ist nicht schwer alongside Fritz Wepper
Fritz Wepper
Fritz Wepper is a German television actor.- Life and work :He has been married to Angela Prinzessin von Hohenzollern since 1979, and they have one daughter, Sophie...
and Francis Fulton-Smith
Francis Fulton-Smith
-Life:Fulton-Smith was born in Munich, Germany, the son of a German mother and an English father.He trained as an actor at the Otto-Falkenberg-Schule in Munich....
. Also in 2009, the 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...
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 DresdenDresden
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....
. During her studies she was with the Staatsschauspiel Dresden
Staatsschauspiel Dresden
The Staatsschauspiel Dresden is a theatre on Theaterstraße in Dresden. It is maintained by the Free State of Saxony, hence its name. It is made up of a main auditorium and a studio theatre...
which she currently has a guest contract with.
Television
- Stubbe – Von Fall zu FallStubbe – Von Fall zu FallStubbe – Von Fall zu Fall is a German crime detective television series starring Wolfgang Stumph as detective Stubbe...
(1995—) - Liebe ist die halbe Miete (2001)
- Der Job seines Lebens (2003)
- Der Job seines Lebens 2 (2004)
- The Shell SeekersThe Shell Seekers (mini-series)The Shell Seekers is a 2006 mini-series starring Academy Award-winners, Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell. The British-German co-production was directed by Piers Haggard. It is an adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's 1987 novel-of-the-same-name and premiered on Germany's ZDF on December 25th,...
(2005) - SOKO LeipzigSOKO LeipzigSOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on the 31st of January 2001, on German television channel ZDF...
(2006) - SOKO WismarSOKO WismarSOKO Wismar is a German television series....
(2007) - Draußen wartet der Tod (2008)
- 30 Tage Angst (2009)
- Die BergwachtDie BergwachtDie Bergwacht is a German mountain rescue television series, broadcast since 26 November, 2009 on ZDF....
(2009) - Väter werden ist nicht schwer (2009)
- Baby frei Haus (2009)
Theater
- Das Haus in Montevideo (Komödie Dresden): Carmencita (2000–2001)
- A Christmas Carol (Staatsschauspiel Dresden) (2005–2007): Ghost of Christmas Past / choir member
- Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (Staatsschauspiel Dresden): Shen Te / Shui Ta / Mrs. Yang / Wife of the carpet salesman (2006–2007)
- Faust - der Tragödie II. Teil (Staatsschauspiel Dresden): Sphinx / choir member (2007–2008)
- Romeo und Julia (Rheingausfestspiele): Julia (2008)