Antje Nikola Mönning (born 2 February 1977) is a German actress.

Career

Born in

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, Mönning studied acting from 1999 until 2002 at the Schauspiel München actors' studio. Her first television-role was in the 2003 crime-series ''

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'' on

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. This was followed by a string of other supporting- and leading-roles on German television, most-notably in 2008 and 2009 as a nun in the ARD-series ''

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 a ...

''. Apart from her television- and film-work, she also appeared on several German and other European stages and toured the US with a

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. After appearing throughout her career in several short films, she co-produced and played a lead-role in the 2009 film ' (: ''Angel with dirty Wings''), directed by

Roland Reber Roland Reber (11 August 1954 – 11 September 2022) was a German director, author and producer. Biography After finishing his studies at the Schauspielschule Bochum, Germany, in the 1970s, Reber worked as actor, writer and director at many ...

. In 2009, Mönning was a jury-member at the

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in Spain. Mönning lived together with Roland Reber, his wife, and the actress Marina Anna Eich. Mönning co-produced and played a leading role in Reber's 2012 film ''Die Wahrheit der Lüge'' ('' The Truth of the Lie''). Mönning again collaborated with Reber, co-writing and starring in the 2017 film ''Der Geschmack von Leben'' (''The Taste of Life''). Mönning portrays Nikki, the protagonist. On 27 April 2023, Mönnings's book ''"Nicht normal" ist ganz normal'' was published.

Filmography

* ''Um Himmels Willen'' (2008-2009) * ''Um Himmels Willen – Weihnachten in Kaltenthal'' (2008) * ''Engel mit schmutzigen Flügeln'' (2009) * ''Die Wahrheit der Lüge'' (2011) * ''Illusion'' (2013) * ''Der Geschmack von Leben'' (2017) * ''Roland Rebers Todesrevue'' (2019)

References

External links

Official website
(in German)
WTP International profile
* 1977 births 21st-century German actresses German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses Living people People from Lüdinghausen Actresses from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-screen-actor-stub