Mirjam Elisabeth Novak (born 16 January in Nuremberg) is an

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and

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of Croatian-

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descent who has appeared in various films and television shows in the US, England, Canada and Germany. She moved to

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to attend the

Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (originally the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute) is an acting school founded in 1969 by actor, director, and acting teacher Lee Strasberg. The Institute is located in Union Square on East 15th Street, a ...

there in 2001 and completed her training in 2005. After that, Mirjam returned to her native

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and enrolled at the

Humboldt University Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of ...

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, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English in 2009. In May 2009 she was one of 16 finalists out of over 34,000 applicants for

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's " The Best Job In The World" competition. She subsequently spent almost 3 months travelling in Australia and blogging about her experience and appeared in a series of commercials for Tourism Queensland. She also was involved with Tourism Queensland as ambassador for the region in Germany. She has appeared in the short film ''Bauhaus Broken Wings''Bauhaus Broken Wing
(Official website)
(as Ellen Schuster) that went to several festivals; and in films such as ''

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'' (as Verne) and series such as ''Strike Back'' (as Marie Parker) as well as on German television with the series ''

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'' (as Tara Zenner).

Selected filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novak, Mirjam 1981 births German film actresses German television actresses German people of Croatian descent Living people Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni Actors from Nuremberg German screenwriters German women screenwriters 21st-century German actresses Film people from Nuremberg