Kristina Dörfer (born 26 July 1984), also known by the stage name KR!S or Kris, is a German singer and television actress.

Biography

Born in Wurzen,

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, Dörfer was the older of two children. She and her younger brother grew up with their mother in Wurzen until she was 18 years old. Dörfer learned to play the

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at primary school. She performed as a singer for the first time when she was 10 years old in her hometown, and after that she was hired for various events in the region. In 2002, she reached the "Top 20" at

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for the show ''Teenstar''. In the same year, she was presented with the Bravo Award for the project ''1000 Schulen in Bewegung''. The presentation was in Europa-Park and had an audience of 10.000. In 2003, Dörfer was a candidate in the RTL show ''

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'', which was the German edition of

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, reaching the "Top 50" stage. After moving to the

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, Dörfer started her professional singing career in two bands in the Dortmund area in parallel. With the ''Soulsukkers'', she sang soul music, and with ''Soundset'', a cover band, she sang rock and pop music. The following year, Dörfer was selected by

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for the '' Popstars – Jetzt oder nie!'' program, and on 8 December 2004 was chosen as a member of the band created by the series, Nu Pagadi. The first single of the band, " Sweetest Poison" reached number one in the German charts. The first album, ''Your Dark Side'', reached number one in the German charts for one week. The band broke up in September 2005, nine months after being formed. Dörfer, who had moved to

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at the beginning of 2005, started a solo career from October 2005. She was given a contract by

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. After appearing in concerts in various countries in Europe, her first single, "Room for More", was released in October 2006. The single reached number 10 in the charts in Finland and number 51 in the Czech Republic. Škoda used the song for advertising the '' Roomster'' model. She played Olivia Schneider in the ARD series '' Verbotene Liebe'' from December 2006 to September 2009. In 2008, she was a member of the casting jury for the musical ''Frühlings Erwachen'', the German language edition of ''Spring Awakening''. In 2010, she and Joscha Kiefer (her former co-worker on "Verbotene Liebe") had a daughter. Her second daughter was born in April 2013.

Discography

Singles

* 2006: "Room for More" :CZ: 51 – 44/2006 – 1 week :FI: 10 – 42/2006 – 2 weeks

Filmography

* 2006–2009: '' Verbotene Liebe'' ( Olivia Schneider)

References

External links

Kristina Dörfer
official website
Kristina Dörfer
official Myspace page * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorfer, Kristina 1984 births Living people People from Wurzen German television actresses Deutschland sucht den Superstar participants German soap opera actresses 21st-century German women singers Actresses from Saxony