Mariella Ahrens

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Mariella Ahrens
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Mariella Ahrens
Born (1969-04-02) 2 April 1969 (age 55)
NationalityGerman
OccupationActress
Spouse(s)Jost Paffrath (div.)
Patrick Alexander Hubertus Graf von Faber-Castell (div.)
PartnerDragan Banić (sep.)
Children2

Mariella Ahrens (born 2 April 1969) is a Russian-born German actress.

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Early life

Ahrens was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Soviet Union, as the daughter of Reinhard Ahrens, a German computer specialist, and wife Svetla Ahrens, a Bulgarian ophthalmologist. [1] [2] She grew up to the age of three in Bulgaria and then moved in 1974 to Berlin-Friedrichshain in East Germany.

Education

After a previous cancellation by the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, she completed her education as an actress at Fritz-Kirchhoff-Schule in Berlin.

Career

Ahrens first appeared on stage at the Kleine Theater in "Palais Podewils" in Berlin.

In addition to roles in television series such as Leipzig Homicide , Sabine! and Im Namen des Gesetzes , she also played in the ZDF production The Desert Rose  [ de ] (2000) as well as The Dreaming  [ fr ] (2001) and Rosamunde Pilcher films.[ citation needed ]

In 2004 she was a participant in "Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!. [3]

In 2015 she played Walpurga von Schwarztal in the television movie Prinzessin Maleen .

Ahrens was photographed for the March 2001 issue and as a cover girl for the March 2004 issue and for the April 2025 issue of the German Playboy magazine. [4] [5]

Filmography

Film

Television series

Personal life

In 1999, Ahrens gave birth to her daughter Isabella Maria in a relationship with Croatian derivative trader Dragan Banić. [8]

In 2001, Ahrens married investment banker Jost Paffrath. One year later they separated [9] and divorced in 2004.

On 12 December 2006, Ahrens married Patrick Alexander Hubertus Graf von Faber-Castell, born in Düsseldorf on 4 June 1965, in a civil ceremony in New York City, New York. Although she has since been called "Countess von Faber-Castell", she continues to call herself Ahrens. [10] [11] [12] The couple met each other at the wedding of Verona and Franjo Pooth in Vienna in September 2005 and was engaged since September 2006. The church wedding took place on 7 July 2007 at the Martin Luther Church in Schloss Stein, Stein at Nuremberg. Ahrens' daughter was adopted by Patrick Graf von Faber-Castell. Their daughter Lucia Marie Christina was born in Berlin in March 2007. [13] On 5 November 2012, the couple announced their split "due to different views of life". [14] They divorced in 2015.

References

  1. https://www.imago-images.com/st/0063816311
  2. https://www.imago-images.de/st/50576750
  3. "Mariella Ahrens: Dschungelcamp hat ihr beruflich geschadet". www.t-online.de. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. (mso) (6 May 2009). "Mariella Ahrens machte Nackt-Fotos des Geldes wegen". Europolitan . Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  5. https://www.krone.at/3713938
  6. "Jan Oppen (1987 TV Movie)". IMDb. 1987. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  7. "Balko (1995–2006) - Hotline". IMDb. 1995. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  8. "GQ Starportrait Mariella Ahrens". GQ. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  9. "Mein Aussehen schadet mir beruflich". Die Welt . 24 November 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  10. Susanne Groth (14 October 2007). "Gestatten, Gräfin Mariella..." Superillu . Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Mariella Ahrens im Interview
  11. Lesley Sevriens. "Stilkritik Berlinale: Welche Stars glänzten mit welchem Outfit?". Brigitte . Retrieved 27 October 2012. Fotostrecke zur Berlinale
  12. "Die Wiesn 2009 Promigeflüster Patrick Graf von Faber-Castell und Mariella von Faber-Castell". Webseite des "Hippodrom" von Sepp Krätz. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  13. "Tochter für Mariella Ahrens". netzeitung . 24 March 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  14. "Mariella Ahrens hat ihren Grafen verlassen". Bild . 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.