Franziska Knuppe (born 7 December 1974 in

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

) is a

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and

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

Biography

She was discovered by designer

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in 1997 at a café in

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. She was featured prominently in campaigns of

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, Oasis and

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. She modeled for e.g.

Thierry Mugler Manfred Thierry Mugler (; 21 December 1948 – 23 January 2022) was a French fashion designer, creative director and creative adviser of Mugler. In the 1970s, Mugler launched his eponymous fashion house; and quickly rose to prominence in the fo ...

Diane von Fürstenberg Diane von Fürstenberg (born Diane Simone Michele Halfin, 31 December 1946) is a Belgian fashion designer best known for her wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence in 1969 when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as ...

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, Rocobarocco, Wunderkind Couture,

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, Betty Jackson, Strenesse,

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and

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. She was photographed by i.a.

Peter Lindbergh Peter Lindbergh (born Peter Brodbeck; 23 November 1944 – 3 September 2019) was a German fashion photographer and film director. He had studied arts in Berlin and Krefeld, and exhibited his works before graduation. In 1971, he turned to photo ...

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, Manfred Baumann, and Arthur Elgort. Knuppe married Christian Möstl in 1999. They both had a daughter, Mathilda, in 2007.Morgenpost
/ref> In 2008, she was the host of ''

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'' and in 2019, she reprised that role on the Austrian equivalent of '' Austria's Next Top Model''. In 2020, she appeared as the Bat on the German version of ''

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''.

Award

*2009

Vienna Fashion Award The Vienna Awards for Fashion and Lifestyle are dedicated to special achievements in Austrian fashion and fashion design. The awards were initiated by Marjan Firouz in 2009. Each year the ceremony constitutes a prestigious event in the center of V ...

, ''model'' category

References

3nach9 TV interview

External links

Official website of Franziska Knuppe
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knuppe, Franziska 1974 births German female models German actresses Living people People from Rostock People from Potsdam