Nora Marie Tschirner (born 12 June 1981) is a German film actress, musician and former television and radio presenter.

Early life

Nora Tschirner was born in East Berlin (then

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) to the documentary film director and the radio journalist Waltraud Tschirner. She grew up with her two older brothers in the

East Berlin East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...

suburb Pankow. She attended John-Lennon-Gymnasium in Berlin, as did Sarah Kuttner, with whom she is friends. Tschirner completed her

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at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Oberschule in Pankow. She made her first appearance on television in 1997 with a role in the

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children's series ''Achterbahn''.

Presenting

In 2001, she was cast as a VJ for

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and worked for the station until 2007. In addition, she hosted the radio program "Blue Moon" on Radio Fritz ( RBB) with Stephan Michme. In 2004 she appeared with

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in his show '' Ulmens Auftrag'' on MTV. In 2007 she hosted the First Steps Awards. She was also seen in OneRepublic's ''Secrets'' music video as the main character.

Acting

After appearing as Anya in Conny Walter's ' (2001), she was the leading actress, playing Paula Behringer, in the ARD series ''

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'' (2002). In 2003 she played alongside Matthias Schweighöfer as Katharina in '' Soloalbum'', from the novel with the same title by

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. In 2005 she was the leading actress, playing Titzi in Anno Saul's '' Kebab Connection'' and some smaller roles in television series including '' Ein starkes Team'' and ''

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''. She was the leading actress playing alongside

in the film '. In 2006 she played in the ZDF science fiction series '' Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot'', a filming of ''

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'' by Stanisław Lem. It won the German Television Prize and was nominated for the Grimme-Preis. In 2007 she was the leading actress alongside

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in the romantic comedy ''

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''. For this role, she won a Bambi in the national film category in 2008. In 2012, she voiced the main role of in the German dub of '' Brave''. From 2013, Tschirner and

play a team – and couple – of investigators in the

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-based episodes of the ''

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'' crime film series. In the German version of the 2013 reboot of the video game ''Tomb Raider'', she voices the main character

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Singing

She participated on the songs "Das ewige Date" and "Küss mich schnell bevor Du platzt" on the album ''Brichst du mir das Herz, dann brech ich dir die Beine'' by

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. In 2012 Nora Tschirner together with Tom Krimi and Erik Lautenschläger founded the band project "Prag". They released the "cineastic pop" album "Premiere".

Filmography

Television

* 2002: ''

'' (series) * 2004: '' Ein starkes Team: Sicherheitsstufe 1'' * 2004: ''Ulmens Auftrag'' * 2005: ''Nichts geht mehr'' (

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Shocking Short) * 2006: '' Die ProSieben Märchenstunde'', Hans im Glück as apprentice witch 'Rabea' * 2007 & 2011: '' Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot'' (Comedy science fiction series) * 2007: ''

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'' * 2013: ''

: '' * 2015: ''Tatort: Der irre Iwan'' * 2016: '' Tatort: '' * 2016: ''Circus Halligalli'' * 2017: ''Tatort: Der scheidende Schupo'' * 2017: ''jerks.'': Braindead * 2017: ''Tatort: Der wüste Gobi'' * 2018: ''Tatort: Der kalte Fritte'' * 2018: ''Tatort: '' * 2019: ''Arthurs Gesetz'' (series) * 2019: ''Tatort: Der höllische Heinz''

Cinema

* 2001: ' * 2003: '' Soloalbum'' * 2005: '' Kebab Connection'' * 2006: ' * 2006: ''

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'' * 2007: '' Rabbits Without Ears'' * 2008: ' * 2009: ' * 2009: ''

Vicky the Viking ''Vicky the Viking'', known as ''Wickie und die starken Männer'' () in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It ...

'' * 2009: ''

Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling ''Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling'' (''Killing is My Business, Honey'') is a German comedy directed by . Plot Enrico Puzzo (Franco Nero) is an eccentric Italian author who claims he knows the Mafia from inside. Based on these allegations he ...

'' * 2009: ''

Rabbit Without Ears 2 ''Rabbit Without Ears 2'' (German title: ''Zweiohrküken'', "Two-Eared Chick") is a 2009 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger. A sequel to 2007's ''Rabbit Without Ears'' (''Keinohrhasen''), it was co-writte ...

'' * 2010: ' * 2010: ''

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'' * 2010: ''

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'' * 2011: ' * 2012: ' * 2013: '' Everyone's Going to Die'' * 2013: ''

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'' * 2014: ' * 2016: '' SMS für Dich'' * 2022: ' (also creative producer) * 2022: '

Video games

* 2013: ''

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'' (German voice of

) * 2019: '' Trüberbrook''

Audiobooks

* 2013:

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: ''Du und ich und all die Jahre'', publisher: Random House Audio, * 2015: Elizabeth Little: ''Mördermädchen'' (''Dear Daughter'', together with Oliver Siebeck), publisher:

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Awards

* 2008: Bambi - film national for the performance in Keinohrhasen * 2009: Jupiter - best actress (national) for the performance in Keinohrhasen * 2010: GQ Woman Of The Year Award

External links

*
Nora Tschirner
at the German Dubbing Card Index

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tschirner, Nora 1981 births Living people German film actresses People from East Berlin German radio presenters German women radio presenters German television presenters Actresses from Berlin Singers from Berlin German television actresses German video game actresses German voice actresses 21st-century German actresses 21st-century German women singers German women television presenters People from Pankow