Antje Nikola Mönning (born 2 February 1978) is a German actress.

Career

Born in

Lüdinghausen Lüdinghausen ( Westphalian: ''Lünkhusen'' or ''Lünksel'') is a town in district of Coesfeld in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the Dortmund-Ems Canal, approx. 25 km south-west of Münster. Town parts The t ...

, Mönning studied acting from 1999 until 2002 at the

Schauspiel München Schauspiel München is located in Maxvorstadt, Munich, Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the ...

actors' studio. Her first television role was in the 2003 crime series '' Die Wache'' on RTL. This was followed by a string of other supporting and leading roles on German television, most notably in 2008 and 2009 as a nun in the ARD series ''

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''. Apart from her television and film work, she also appeared on several German and other European stages and toured the US with a

musical Musical is the adjective of music. Musical may also refer to: * Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance * Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...

. After appearing throughout her career in several short films, she co-produced and played a lead role in the 2009 film ' (lit.: ''Angel With Dirty Wings''), directed by

Roland Reber Roland Reber (11 August 1954 – 11 September 2022) was a German director, author and producer. Biography After finishing his studies at the Schauspielschule Bochum, Germany, in the 1970s, Reber worked as actor, writer and director at man ...

. In 2009, Mönning was a jury member at the

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in Spain. Mönning lived together with Roland Reber, his wife, and the actress Marina Anna Eich. Mönning coproduced and played a leading role in Reber's 2012 film ''Die Wahrheit der Lüge'' (''

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''). Mönning again collaborated with director Roland Reber, co-writing and starring in the 2017 film Der Geschmack von Leben (Taste of Life). Mönning portrays Nikki, the protagonist.

References

External links

WTP International profile
* 1978 births 21st-century German actresses German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses Living people People from Lüdinghausen {{Germany-screen-actor-stub