Miriam Stein (born 10 May 1988) is an Austrian-Swiss television and film actress. She is best known internationally for a leading role as Charlotte in the German television drama ''

Generation War ''Generation War'' (german: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, links=no, translated as "Our Mothers, our Fathers") is a German World War II TV miniseries in three parts. It was commissioned by public broadcasting organization ZDF, produced by the UFA ...

'' (2013).

Early life

Stein was born in

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, Austria, to an Austrian mother and her Swiss father, television presenter Dieter Moor. She is of

German-Jewish The history of the Jews in Germany goes back at least to the year 321, and continued through the Early Middle Ages (5th to 10th centuries CE) and High Middle Ages (''circa'' 1000–1299 CE) when Jewish immigrants founded the Ashkenazi Jewish ...

descent; her paternal grandfather was a

Holocaust survivor Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...

from Germany. She was raised in Vienna, where she began dancing and acting from a young age. She professionally acted through her teenage years before attending

Zurich University of the Arts Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich' ...

; she graduated in 2009, whereafter she spent a year at the

Paris Conservatoire The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

Career

Stein's first professional role was at age ten in the 1999 television film ''Das Mädchen aus der Fremde;'' she received a German Television Award for her performance as a troubled child refugee from

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. She had various small roles in television movies and shows as a young adult, before her breakout role in the 2010 film ''

Young Goethe in Love ''Young Goethe in Love'' (originally titled ''Goethe!'') is a 2010 German historical drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, and Moritz Bleibtreu. It is a fictionalized version of the early years of the ...

''. Stein came to national prominence with the 2013 German miniseries ''

'' in which she played one of the five protagonists. Stein won an Austrian

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Award for her performance and received a special award for Ensemble Cast at the 2013

Bavarian TV Awards Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Spec ...

. She won the Best Actress award for her role in '' One-way to Moscow'' at the 2020 Swiss Film Awards. In 2021, she won the Romy for the second time for her performance in the TV mini series '' Unterleuten: The Torn Village''.

Personal life

Stein lives in Berlin with her boyfriend, actor

Volker Bruch Volker Bruch (; born 9 March 1980) is a German television and film actor. He is best known internationally for his leading roles as Wilhelm Winter in the television drama ''Generation War'' (2013) and as Inspector Gereon Rath in the neo-noir seri ...

. They had a child together in 2017. Stein met Bruch in 2009 on the set of the film ''

''. Notably, they later starred together in 2013's ''Generation War'', 2014's '' Tour de Force'', and 2015's ''Das goldene Ufer''.

Filmography

Selected filmography *''Das Mädchen aus der Fremde'' (1999) *''

'' (2010) *''

The Foster Boy ''The Foster Boy'' (german: Der Verdingbub) is a 2011 Swiss drama film directed by Markus Imboden. It dramatizes the fate of two Verdingkinder in Emmental. Plot Max is an orphan whose one true passion is to play the accordion. He is sent to the ...

'' (2011) *''Four Women and a Funeral'' (2012–2015) *''

'' (2013) *'' Tour de Force'' (2014) *'' The Team'' (2015) *''

The Origin of Violence ''The Origin of Violence'' (French title: ''L'Origine de la violence'') is a 2016 Franco-German drama film directed by Élie Chouraqui, based on the Prix Renaudot-winning novel of the same name by Fabrice Humbert. The film won the Best Narrative ...

'' (2016) *' (2018)

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* Living people 1988 births Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses Austrian people of German-Jewish descent Austrian people of Swiss descent 21st-century Austrian actresses Zurich University of the Arts alumni {{Austria-actor-stub