biography of Svenja Jung

biography of Svenja Jung

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biography of Svenja Jung

Svenja Jung in 2023
Born 28 May 1993 (age 31)
Weroth, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Alma mater

Fachhochschule Potsdam

Occupation

Actress

Years active

2011–present

QUICK FACTS
Activity Actress
Nationality Germany
Birth May 28, 1993 (Weroth, Germany)

BIOGRAPHY : 

Svenja Jung is one of Germany’s new generation actresses who gained popularity thanks to her role as Sonia Rossi, the protagonist of Fucking Berlin (2016). Despite being a relatively young actress, Svenja has almost twenty projects on her resume, among which the film adaptation of the book The Center of My World (2016) stands out, the original version of which premiered out of competition at the Film Festival. Cannes 2001. In this production, Svenja shared credits with Louis Hoffman , one of the most famous actors in Germany thanks to his leading role in the series Dark . For these 3 roles, Svenja was nominated in several German awards for best new actress and best actress. Since 2019, Svenja began collaborating with Netflix, the streaming giant that entered the German market in 2017 with the global science fiction phenomenon, Dark , in which Svenja participated in 2020 with the role of Sonja Tannhaus, the wife. of the watchmaker’s son who creates the time machine in the series. Svenja also starred in the Netflix mini series, Holiday Secrets (2019).

Skills/Talents : 

LanguagesGerman (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (good)

DialectsBaden (good), Cologne (good), Pfalz (good)

DanceBallet (good), Jazz dance (good), Modern dance (good), Show dance (good)

Musical instrumentsGuitar (good), Piano (good)

SportsHorseback Riding (good), Skiing (good)

Driving licences / Other permitsDriver’s licence car

Appearance  : 

Height169 cm

BuildSlender

Colour of eyesBlue/green

Colour of hairBrown

Special physical characteristicsSommersprossen

Ethnic typesMiddle Europe/Caucasian

Training  : 

2022 - 2024Jens Roth Coaching
2022Giles Foreman Acting Center
2020Vocal Coaching | Stimmbildung Gabriella Crispino
2019 - 2024Tim Garde Coaching
2017Lena Lessing (Coaching)
2016Die Tankstelle | Sigird Anderson

Awards/Nominations  : 

2024 Jupiter Award | Beste Schauspielerin für SAM- ein Sachse - Award

2024 Grimme-Preis, Wettbewerb Fiktion "Sam - Ein Sachse" - Award

2024 Bambi - Award

2024 Festival des deutschen Films und Filmfest Bieberach | bester Film für Sterben für Beginner - Award

2023 Jupiter Award | Beste Schauspielerin für Der Palast - Award

2023 International Emmy Award für Serie "Die Kaiserin” - Award

2022 Jupiter Award | Beste Schauspielerin national für der Palast - Award

2022 Goldene Henne | Schauspielerische Leistung - Der Palast - Award

2022 Der deutsche Fernsehpreis "Der Palast"- bester Mehrteiler - Award

2019 Bayerischer Filmpreis | Beste Nachwuchsschauspielerin für A Gschicht über d'Lieb - Award

2018 New Stars@deutscher Filmball - Beste Nachwuchsschauspielerin für Ostfriesenkiller, Die Mitte der Welt & Fucking Berlin - Award

2017 New Faces Award | Beste Nachwuchsdarstellerin für Ostfriesenkiller, Die Mitte der Welt & Fucking Berlin - Award

2016 Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino | Beste Nachwuchsschauspielerin für Die Mitte der Welt - Award

Career : 

Jung completed her final school exams in 2012 and took acting lessons at the Juniorhouse in Cologne. She then performed in TV series Zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein by Bayerischer Rundfunk and she worked as a model. She also performed in TV commercials and short movies.

Jung played Sonia Rossi in the feature film Fucking Berlin and performed in the film adaptation of Andreas Steinhöfel's The Center of the World as Kat 2015. More lead roles followed. In the ZDF film Ostfriesenkiller, she portrayed the mentally disabled Sylvia Kleine. For her three leading roles, Jung was nominated for the New Faces Award 2017 as best young actress.

Jung also studied European media science at Fachhochschule Potsdam. 

Filmography : 

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Stamp Amsterdam
2012 Der Schlüssel
2013 Zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein Bayrischer Rundfunk
2014 Besonders Short movie
Sirene Filmakademie Ludwigsburg
2015 Unter uns Lisa Brück TV series
Heldt Mandy Episode: Wehrlos
2016 Fucking Berlin Sonja feature film
Verrückt nach Fixi Mädel cinema movie
Center of My World Kat cinema movie
The Old Fox Johanna Episode: Paradiesvogel
Darth Maul: Apprentice Jedi Apprentice Short movie
2017 Ostfriesenkiller Sylvia Kleine Feature Film
Armans Geheimnis Milena TV series
Letzte Spur Berlin Anna Schrader TV series
Tatort - Wer jetzt alleine ist Bird TV series
Electric Girl Lissy cinema movie
A Gschicht über d'Lieb [de] Maria cinema movie
Beat Nani Amazon series
Zarah - Wilde Jahre Jenny Olsen TV series
2018 Tsokos - Zersetzt Jana Forster TV movie
Jenseits der Angst Karin Korschak TV movie
Der süße Brei Jola TV movie
2020 Dark Sonja Tannhaus Netflix Original Series
Deutschland 89 Nicole Zangen TV series
2021 Der Palast  [de] Christine Steffen / Marlene Wenninger TV miniseries
Fly Bex cinema movie
2022 The Empress Countess Louise Gundemann Netflix Original Series
2023 Master/Spy Ingrid von Weizendorff HBO
Baghead Sarah
2024 Sexuell verfügbar  [de] Bianca Hellmann TV miniseries
Crooks Samira Treptow Markovic TV series

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