Katerina Jacob (born 1 March 1958 in Munich) is a German actress. In addition to

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she also holds

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Life and career

Jacob comes from an artistic family: her mother was the actress

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, her father was

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Peter Jacob. Her late younger brother Daniel Jacob (1963-1985) worked as an actor, her uncle Holger Schwiers is also an actor and voice actor. Through her mother, Jacob came to the age of 15 for her first role in the TV miniseries ''The Red Scarf''. In 1977 she became known nationwide with her first title role as ''

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''. Later, she went to the prestigious Institute of Lee Strasberg in

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for acting training, and in 1980 received her first stage engagement as Gretchen in ''

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'' at the

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. To this day, she always finds time for guest performances with touring theaters. In addition, Jacob played numerous roles in film and television, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and a starring role in the series ''

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''. She was particularly popular in her role as Detective Inspector ''Sabrina Lorenz'' in the series ''

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'',Der Bulle von Tölz
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'', 4 settembre 2011 in which the native Bavarian from 1995 to 2005 next to

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played a Berliner. Katerina Jacob was the German dubbing voice of

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('' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' and '' Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'' and

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(''

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'' and ''

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''). She also performs on the cabaret stage with her solo program ''The Mysteries of Love or the Eerie Phenomenon of Testosterone''. In 1977, Jacob studied painting at the

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. She returned to this subject in Canada in 1998 and has been successfully painting ever since. In 2012 she participated in the seventh season of

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, where she retired in the first round. In 2013 she toured with her stage play ''Sara is under the hood''. She played the role of ''Sara Hastings''. Her mother Ellen Schwiers stood with her on the stage, she embodied her energetic ''Aunt Martha''.

Personal life

From 1997 until her divorce in 2002, Jacob was married to

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Oliver Hengst. For several years she has been living with the German-Canadian broker Jochen Neumann. They married in September 2011. Her daughter Josephine Jacob (born September 30, 1981) is in long-term relationship with

actor

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.''Fast 35 Jahre nach ihrer Geburt: Katerina Jacob verrät, wer der Vater ihrer Tochter ist''
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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacob, Katerina 1958 births Living people Actresses from Munich German emigrants to Canada German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses