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Raina A. Mercedes Echerer (born 16 May 1963 in
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) is an
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n film and stage actress, host of TV and radio shows, and
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. From 1999 to 2004 she was
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(MEP) for the
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, part of the European Greens, although she was not member of the party. During her term she was member of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, and substitute for the
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. In 2006 she played ''Elmire'' in
Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
's '' Tartuffe'' at the Lower Austrian state theater in
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Filmography

*''Wanted'' (1999) *''Der See'' (1996) *''Halbe Welt'' (1993) *''Fahrt in die Hauptstadt'' (1991) *''Café de l'union'' (1990) *''Nachsaison'' (1988) *''Schmutz'' (1985)


TV

*''Ein glücklicher Tag'' (2004) *''Unser Opa ist der Beste'' (1995) *''Landläufiger Tod'' (1990)


External links


European Parliament biographyAustrian Parliament page
* 1963 births Living people Austrian film actresses Austrian stage actresses Austrian television actresses The Greens – The Green Alternative MEPs MEPs for Austria 1999–2004 {{Austria-MEP-stub 20th-century women MEPs for Austria 21st-century women MEPs for Austria