Caroline Vasicek (born 19 August 1974 in Vienna) is an Austrian actress and singer.

Early life

She studied dance, drama and musicals in Vienna under

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. Her first stage role came at age ten and her first lead at twelve year. She was the narrator in a production of

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's '' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat''. She played Fanny in ''

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'' ( Theater an der Wien) Sandy in '' Grease'' ( Vienna's Raimund Theater) and Belle in '' Beauty and the Beast'' (1995–1997). She played the female lead role of Elena Bühringer in Franz Antel's film ''The Bockerer II - Austria is free''. Her second film was with Charles Aznavour, ''Wedding in Vienna''. She performed on the ''Disney Musical Fantasy Gala'' on its Europe tour. Until the beginning of 1999 she returned to the role of Sandy ''Grease'', this time in Düsseldorf and in its Berlin

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(Theatre the West). For the two Disney films '' Arielle, the Mermaid'' (Austrian version) and ''

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,'' she sang the female lead roles. She voiced two of Ariel's sisters in the English version of the film. She played Nannerl, Mozart's sister, in the world stage premieretofhe musical

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! ( Theater an der Wien). She appeared in ''The Bockerer III - The Bridge at Andau,'' German TV series '' Medicopter 117'' and ''Bockerer IV''. In August 2001 in Cologne she played Stephanie in ''

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''. She returned to Vienna from August to November 2002 as Sally in '' Me and My Girl'' in

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. From autumn 2003, she was in the play ''In light candles'' (

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). In 2005 played Lucy Westenra in the musical

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(Municipal Theatre of St. Gallen). She appeared in ''Musical Christmas in Vienna'' ( Raimund Theater) with

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, Carin Filipcic, Jasmina Sakr and Dennis Kozeluh. She married Boris Pfeifer in September 2006 after a seven-year partnership. The couple have one child.

Filmography

*1996: ''Der Bockerer II – Österreich ist frei'' as Elena Kolotschewa *1997: ''Sans cérémonie'' (TV Movie) as Puppe *1998: '' Arielle, die Meerjungfrau'' (Austrian version: Speaking and singing voice of Ariel) *1998: ''

'' (German version: Singing voice of Mulan) *2000: ''Der Bockerer III – Die Brücke von Andau'' as Elena Bühringer *2001: '' Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt'' (TV Series) as Vivian *2003: ''Der Bockerer IV – Prager Frühling'' as Elena Bühringer

References

External links

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Caroline Vasicek
(German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasicek, Caroline 1974 births Living people 20th-century Austrian women singers Austrian film actresses Austrian musical theatre actresses 21st-century Austrian women singers Austrian stage actresses Austrian voice actresses English-language singers from Austria Actresses from Vienna Austrian people of Czech descent