Annika Blendl | |
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 Blendl at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019 | |
| Born | Annika Greta Blendl June 16, 1982 Regensburg, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Director, Producer |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Known for | Various roles in German television series and films |
| Notable work | SK Kölsch, SOKO Wismar, Tatort, Kommissar Dupin, Das Quartett |
| Partner | Alexander Beyer |
| Children | 1 |
Annika Greta Blendl (born 16 June 1982 [1] in Regensburg) is a German actress, film director, and film producer.
Annika Blendl grew up with five siblings. She began her artistic career as a student, studying violin, and won first place twice in the nationwide youth competition Jugend musiziert . After graduating, she moved from Cologne to Berlin to pursue acting, following the example of her older sister Mareile. [2] [3] She initially filmed commercials and worked as a model for various fashion brands. In 2004, after meeting director Schorsch Kamerun at the Zurich Schauspielhaus, she collaborated with him on a theatrical adaptation of The Snow Queen , based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.
Without formal acting training, Blendl received her first television roles in 2002, debuting as Lisa Nordbrock in the television film Love Crash.
Blendl took roles in feature films such as Michael Klier's Farland (2004), Christian Petzold's Ghosts (2005), and Stephan Geene's After Effect (2007). She closed 2008 with the title role in Matthias Tiefenbacher's TV crime drama The Beauty by the Poolside of the ZDF series Ein starkes Team and a guest role in Polizeiruf 110 directed by Alain Gsponer. In addition, she played lead roles in the directorial debut and graduation films Maria am Wasser by Thomas Wendrich (2006) and Transit by Philipp Leinemann (2010).
In 2007, Blendl starred in her first continuous lead role as Sophie Heise in the four-part crime series Donna Roma . From 2014 to 2020, she appeared alongside Pasquale Aleardi as police secretary Nolwenn in the ARD crime series Kommissar Dupin . Since October 2019, Blendl has starred as Detective Pia Walther, grieving the loss of her husband under the leadership of Maike Riems (Anja Kling) in the ZDF crime series Das Quartett . [4] [5]
In 2009, Blendl began studying documentary film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich [2] [3] and in 2012 co-founded the Man on Mars Filmproduktion (Blendl Schmitt Stade GbR) with director Michael Schmitt and actress Leonie Stade. [1] Here, the feature documentary Mollath – "And Suddenly You're Crazy" , which covers the Gustl Mollath case, was produced in 2015. Blendl's graduation project at the HFFM, the feature film with documentary elements All I never wanted, co-directed with Leonie Stade, was also produced by her company. [1]
Annika Blendl is in a relationship with actor Alexander Beyer. The couple has one son. [6]
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