Natalia Wörner (; born 7 September 1967) is a German actress.

Biography

After finishing high school in

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, Wörner moved to New York City, where she studied acting at

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. In 2000, she returned to Germany, where she won a German television award, the

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalent to the Emmy Awards, t ...

, for best leading actress. She served on the award’s jury in 2001 and 2002. In 2009, Wörner played the role of Ellen in the TV miniseries ''The Pillars of the Earth'', based on the eponymous book by

Ken Follett Kenneth Martin Follett, (born 5 June 1949) is a British author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 160 million copies of his works. Many of his books have achieved high ranking on best seller lists. For example, in the ...

. In 2012, she was given the role of Rebecca Kendall as one of the "other wives" in

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's ''The Other Wife''. In addition to her acting career, Wörner has been a

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for German charity

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since 2006. She also served as ambassador of a 2010/2011

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campaign in Germany. In 2015, Wörner accompanied

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on an official trip to South Korea and Indonesia. She later was a

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delegate to the

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for the purpose of electing the

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in 2017.SPD schickt Natalia Wörner zur Bundespräsidentenwahl
''

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'', 13 December 2016.

Filmography

* 1992: ''Glück 1'' * 1992: ''Thea und Nat'' * 1994: ''Leni'' * 1994: ''Die Maschine'' * 1994: ''Women Are Simply Wonderful'' * 1994: ' * 1995: ''Der Elefant vergisst nie'' * 1995: ''Kinder der Nacht'' * 1996: ''

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'' * 1996: ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'' (episode: "Perfect Mind – Im Labyrinth") * 1997: ''Spiel um dein Leben'' * 1998: ''Zur Zeit zu zweit'' * 1998: ' * 1998: ''Mammamia'' * 1998: ''Der Handymörder'' * 1999: ''Zum Sterben schön'' * 1999: ''Der Feuerteufel – Flammen des Todes'' * 1999: ''Das Tal der Schatten'' * 1999: ''

'' (episode: "Martinsfeuer") * 2000: ''Frauen lügen besser'' * 2001: ''Klassentreffen – Mord unter Freunden'' * 2001: ''Verbotene Küsse'' * 2002: ''Der Seerosenteich'' * 2003: ''Wenn Weihnachten wahr wird'' * 2003: ''Liebe und Verlangen'' * 2004: ''Experiment Bootcamp'' * 2004: ''Für immer im Herzen'' * 2005: ''Miss Texas'' * 2005: ''Das Geheimnis des Roten Hauses'' * 2006: ''20 Nächte und ein Regentag'' * 2006: ' * 2006: ''Der beste Lehrer der Welt'' * 2006–2010: ''Unter anderen Umständen'' (series, 6 episodes) * 2007: ''Durch Himmel und Hölle'' * 2008: ''Die Lüge'' * 2009: ''Mein Mann, seine Geliebte und ich'' * 2009: ''Rosamunde Pilcher – Vier Jahreszeiten'' * 2010: ''

The Pillars of the Earth ''The Pillars of the Earth'' is a historical novel by British author Ken Follett published in 1989 about the building of a cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge, England. Set in the 12th century, the novel covers the time between the ...

'' * 2011: ''

Cenerentola ' (''Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant'') is an operatic '' dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera '' Cendrillon' ...

'' * 2012: ''The Other Wife'' * 2015: '' Tannbach'' * 2017: '' Berlin Station''

Awards

* 1996: Golden Gong * 2000:

* 2011:

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for ''

'' (''Die Säulen der Erde'') * 2016:

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

References

External links

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Prisma.de with current TV notes

Biography
at moviesection.de (2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Worner, Natalia 1967 births Living people 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses Actors Studio alumni Actresses from Stuttgart German film actresses German television actresses Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany