Isolda Dychauk (born 4 February 1993) is a German actress of Russian descent.

Career

Isolda Dychauk was born in 1993 in Surgut (West Siberia) and moved to

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in 2002 with her mother. In addition to her native language Russian, she learned to speak German accent-free. In 2003, she was admitted to the Berlin-based acting school ''Next Generation''. Her camera debut was in 2004 with the short film ''Gimme your shoes'', directed by Anika Wangard, which was shown in October 2009 at the

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. In 2007, she appeared in the family drama ''Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester'', where she acted next to Marianne Sägebrecht. In 2007, she acquired the role of Paula in the TV movie ''Nichts ist Vergessen''. In the following years, she appeared in several television series, including ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Old Fox''. In 2008, she landed her first film role as Bianca in Nana Neuls youth drama ''Mein Freund aus Faro''. In 2010, she played Gretchen in the movie ''

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'', directed by Alexander Sokurov. In September 2011, this screen adaptation of the tragedy by

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won the Golden Lion at the

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. In the European co-production television series of '' Borgia'', Dychauk plays the role of Lucrezia, whose father was Rodrigo Borgia—later Pope Alexander VI—played by the American actor

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. Shooting of the first season took place between October 2010 and May 2011 in

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. A second season has subsequently been aired, and the third, and final season was aired and put on Netflix in the fall of 2014. In 2016, it was announced that Dychauk would make her first appearance at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 in a production by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Lulu).

Filmography/Television

* 2004: ''Gimme your shoes'' * 2007: ''Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester'' * 2007: ''Nichts ist vergessen'' * 2007: ''

'', episode "Gefährliches Vertrauen" * 2007–2010: ''

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'', five episodes * 2008: ''Mein Freund aus Faro'' * 2008: ''

'', episode "Borowski und das Mädchen im Moor" * 2008: ''Alles was recht ist'' * 2008: ''Späte Rache – Eine Familie wehrt sich'' * 2008: '' The Old Fox'', episode "Tot und vergessen" * 2008: ''Stille Post'' * 2009: ''30 Tage Angst'' * 2009: ''

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'', episode "Filmriss" * 2010: ''Tatort'', episode "Kaltes Herz" * 2010: ''The Old Fox'', episode "Rettungslos" * 2011: ''Polizeiruf 110'', episode "Leiser Zorn" * 2011: ''

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'', episode "Große Erwartungen" * 2011: ''

'' * 2011–2014: '' Borgia'' (TV series) * 2012: '' The Capsule'' (short film) * 2013: '' Bastards'' * 2013: ''Guten Tag'' (short film) * 2015: ''

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'' – episode "Partitur eines Todes" * 2016: ''

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'' * 2016: ''

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'' (TV series) *2017: ''Cordelia (The K. Sisterhood)'' (short film) *2018-19: Berlin Station (TV series), season 3 * 2020: '' The Book of Vision'' *2022:

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, season 3

References

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Isolda Dychauk
at the agency ''Christel Vonk Berlin'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dychauk, Isolda 1993 births Living people German film actresses German child actresses German people of Russian descent Russian emigrants to Germany German television actresses