Vijessna Ferkic (born April 28, 1987, near

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) is a German-American

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

, visual artist and writer.

Biography

Ferkic was born and raised in a small town near

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

. At the age of 10, she was accepted into one of the first acting schools in Hamburg. Shortly after that, Ferkic was chosen to star in the series ''Die Pfefferkörner'' (1998-2001). Ferkic subsequently had several guest roles on established television series and movie productions. Ferkic was chosen to play Sophie in ''

The Reader ''The Reader'' (german: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations ...

'' directed by

Stephen Daldry Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Olivier Awards for his work in the West End and three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway. He has received three ...

as well as Sarah in ''Beats Being Dead'' by Christian Petzold.

Filmography and television

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferkic, Vijessna 1987 births Living people Actresses from Hamburg German child actresses German film actresses German people of Croatian descent German television actresses