Alexandra Kamp-Groeneveld (born 29 December 1966) is a German model and actress.

Biography

She was born in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

to Peter Kamp and his wife and grew up in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the Rhine, the border with Fra ...

. She visited drama schools in New York, Los Angeles and Paris before she started her career as an actress in 1994. She has had many star and supporting roles in German movies and TV series and some in Hollywood

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. In 1998, she acted together with

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in ''

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'', in 2001 with

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in '' 2001: A Space Travesty'' and in 2003 she played the star role in '' Sumuru'' together with

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in an English-South African co-production. In 2007 she appeared as a covergirl on the German issue of the

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. Alexandra is the spokeswoman for the children's hospital "Kinderhospiz St. Nikolaus" in the Bavarian Alps, which gives a care home to terminally ill children and their parents. She frequently gives charity readings.

Filmography

*''Alle lieben Julia'' (1994, TV series, 26 episodes), as Liz *''Eine Frau wird gejagt'' (1995, TV series), as Fränzi Belling *''Küsse niemals deinen Chef'' (1997, TV series) *''Eine Lüge zuviel'' (1998, TV), as Britta Burkhard *''

'' (1998) *''Fieber – Ärzte für das Leben'' (1998-2000, TV series, 23 episodes), as Dr. Sybille Alberich *''Ich liebe eine Hure'' (1998, TV film), as Lissy Seibold *''Der Kopp'' (1999, TV film), as Tanja Pollack *''Morgen gehört der Himmel dir'' (1999, TV film), as Anne *''

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 b ...

: Licht und Schatten'' (1999, TV), as F. Timmermann *''Thrill – Spiel um dein Leben'' (2000, TV film) as Corinna Diering *'' 2001: A Space Travesty'' (2001), as Dr. Uschi Künstler *''Barbara Wood: Traumzeit'' (2001, TV film), as Joanna Williams *''

Shadow Fury ''Shadow Fury'' is an action/science-fiction film released in Japan on October 30, 2001, starring Sam Bottoms. This is the feature film debut of both Taylor Lautner and Jennette McCurdy. Plot A discovery in the near future makes it possible to c ...

'' (2001), as Dr. Louise Forster *''Antonia – Zwischen Liebe und Macht'' (2001, TV film), as Antonia Scherrer *''The Red Phone: Manhunt'' (2002, TV film), as Diana *''Sehnsucht nach Sandin'' (2002, TV film), as Anne Berentzen *''

Half Past Dead ''Half Past Dead'' is a 2002 American action film written and directed by Don Michael Paul in his directorial debut, and produced by Steven Seagal, who also starred in the lead role, alongside Andrew Stevens and Elie Samaha. The film co-stars Mor ...

'' (2002), as Reporter *''Deep Freeze'' (2002), as Dr. Monica Kelsey *''Ein himmliches Weihnachtsgeschenk'' (2002, TV film), as Sabine Pitzel *''Antonia – Tränen im Paradies'' (2003, TV film), as Countess Antonia von Ahrendorff *'' Sumuru'' (2003), as Sumuru *''Mary Higgins Clark: A Crime of Passion'' (2003, TV film), as Arabella Young *''Ein Baby für dich'' (2004, TV film), as Ulrike Kunert *''

Dracula 3000 ''Dracula 3000'' (stylized as ''DRACULA.3000'', and also known as ''Dracula 3000: Infinite Darkness'') is a 2004 made-for-television science fiction horror film directed by Darrell Roodt. An international co-production of the United States and ...

'' (2004, TV film), as Mina Murry *'': Wer schön sein will, muss sterben'' (2005, TV), as Heike Berger *''

Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg The 'Karl May Festival' (german: link=no, Karl-May-Spiele Bad Segeberg,') is a theatre festival in Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Since 1952, Karl May's adventure novels about the Wild West have been put on stage as part of ''Karl Ma ...

: Winnetou III'' (2006), as Dr. Kate Brody *''

Um Himmels Willen ''Um Himmels Willen'' (English: ''For Heaven's Sake'') is a German television sitcom created by Jana Brandt and Sven Döbler, which originally aired on Das Erste since 8 January 2002. The 13th season was aired from 4 March 2014 to 3 June 2014 ...

: Traumfrau'' (2006, TV), as Monika Saint Claire *'' Zoo Doctor: My Mom the Vet'' (2008, TV series, 5 episodes), as Dr. Lena Weingarten

External links

Official website
in German * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamp, Alexandra 1966 births Living people German female models German film actresses People from Baden-Baden German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses