Anja Knauer (born 18 March 1979) is a German actress who has played
the leading female role in some German films.Knauer grew up in the
Sasel quarter of the borough of Wandsbek with her younger brother,
Tim. She joined a child modelling agency after being spoken to in the
Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, a shopping centre, when she was 15. After
completing her abitur in Hamburg, Knauer studied film and literature
at the Free University of Berlin. Anja's brother Tim also works as an
actor, but is better known for his work as a voice dubbing artist.In
1996, when she was 17, Knauer gained her first role in Martin Gies’s
ZDF television film Kleine Einbrecher. The film Küss mich, Frosch, in
which Knauer was the leading actress and played alongside Matthias
Schweighöfer, won an Emil, a Goldener Spatz and an Erich
Kästner-Fernsehpreis (for the screenplay), and was nominated for an
Emmy Award.Knauer works as a set designer, and has also worked on the
design of rooms in the Michelberger Hotel in Berlin.
the leading female role in some German films.Knauer grew up in the
Sasel quarter of the borough of Wandsbek with her younger brother,
Tim. She joined a child modelling agency after being spoken to in the
Alstertal-Einkaufszentrum, a shopping centre, when she was 15. After
completing her abitur in Hamburg, Knauer studied film and literature
at the Free University of Berlin. Anja's brother Tim also works as an
actor, but is better known for his work as a voice dubbing artist.In
1996, when she was 17, Knauer gained her first role in Martin Gies’s
ZDF television film Kleine Einbrecher. The film Küss mich, Frosch, in
which Knauer was the leading actress and played alongside Matthias
Schweighöfer, won an Emil, a Goldener Spatz and an Erich
Kästner-Fernsehpreis (for the screenplay), and was nominated for an
Emmy Award.Knauer works as a set designer, and has also worked on the
design of rooms in the Michelberger Hotel in Berlin.
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