Julia Jäger

Julia Jäger (born 28 January 1970) is a German actress. She was born in

Angermünde Angermünde () is a town in the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is about northeast of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The population is about 14,000, but has been declining since its traditional industrial base, ...

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and grew up in

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, where her father Diether Jäger was a stage actor. At the age of 13, she appeared in the children's film ''Moritz in der Litfaßsäule''. From 1988 to 1991 she studied at the

Theaterhochschule Leipzig The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was a theatre school in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, which existed from 1953 to 1992. The official name was Theaterhochschule "Hans Otto" Leipzig. History The Theaterhochschule Leipzig was founded on 1 November 1953 ...

and was immediately afterwards engaged by the municipal theatre of

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(Schauspiel Leipzig), being an ensemble member until 1995. Jäger has appeared in multiple movies like ' (1991), '' Outside Time'' (1995), ''

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'' (2001), and the Oscar-winning short film '' Toyland'' (2007); as well as telefilms and series including ''

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'' (since 1994), '' Siska'' (2000), ''

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'' (2002–2003), ''

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'' (since 2003), ''

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'' (2003–2019), '' Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie'' (2007), '' Zeit der Helden'' (2013). She won the ''Best Actress'' award of the

Cairo International Film Festival The Cairo International Film Festival ( ar, مهرجان القاهرة السينمائي الدولي) is an annual internationally accredited film festival held in Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976 and has taken place every year sin ...

1996 and the 2014

Grimme Award The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Theaterhochschule Leipzig alumni 1970 births Living people German film actresses {{Germany-film-actor-stub