Karina Kraushaar (9 April 1971 – 5 March 2015) was a German television

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, and trained

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. She was primarily known for her performances in German soap operas such as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Leipzig Homicide'' and '' Hallo Robbie!'' Initially educated as a nurse, Karina Kraushaar started a career as a

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in 1992. In 1997 she took acting and diction at the Stage School of Hamburg and began to appear on German television in a variety of roles. She played in the series '' Alphateam'', '' Der Bulle von Tölz'', '' Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall'', '' Klinik unter Palmen'', '' Alarm für Cobra 11'' and the Rosamunde-Pilcher-movie ''Blumen im Regen''. In the

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-Series '' Hallo Robbie!'' she played a marine biologist called ''Carla Dux''. She also hosted the television show ''Love Stories''. Kraushaar was found unconscious in her apartment in

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on 5 March 2015. She died the same day due to

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at the

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Karina Kraushaar ist ''Carla Dux''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kraushaar, Karina 1971 births 2015 deaths People from Eilenburg People from Bezirk Leipzig German film actresses German television actresses German soap opera actresses German female models 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses