Mirjam Novak

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Mirjam Novak
Born
Mirjam Elisabeth Novak

OccupationActress
Years active2000present
Known for

Mirjam Elisabeth Novak (born 16 January 1981 in Nuremberg) is an actress and screenwriter of Croatian-German descent who has appeared in various films and television shows in the US, England, Canada and Germany.

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She moved to Los Angeles to attend the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute there in 2001 and completed her training in 2005. After that, Mirjam returned to her native Germany and enrolled at the Humboldt University in Berlin, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and English in 2009.

In May 2009 she was one of 16 finalists out of over 34,000 applicants for Tourism Queensland's "The Best Job In The World" competition. She subsequently spent almost 3 months travelling in Australia and blogging [1] about her experience and appeared in a series of commercials for Tourism Queensland. She also was involved with Tourism Queensland as ambassador for the region in Germany.

She has appeared in the short film Bauhaus Broken Wings [2] (as Ellen Schuster) that played at several film festivals in the US and Germany; and in films such as The Spy Who Dumped Me (as Verne) and series such as Strike Back (as Marie Parker) and Halo (as Tesic) as well as on German television with the series 112 – Sie retten dein Leben (as Tara Zenner) and Herzogpark (as Hellen).

Selected filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
2004 Evil Eyes Camille
Cotton Flowers LyndieShort film
2006 Apology JudyShort film
Bauhaus Broken Wings Ellen SchusterShort film
2008 112 – Sie retten dein Leben Tara ZennerTV
2009 The Best Job In The World Finalist Top 16Appearance in various TV shows
2011 Bielefeld - Die in Style Sarah PowellShort film
2016 The Last Kingdom Saxon LadyBBC America
Mars American ISMF MemberNAT GEO / SKY
2017 Papillon Irish NunMovie
2018 The Spy Who Dumped Me VerneMovie
Strike Back Marie ParkerSky One, Cinemax
2019 Radioactive Nurse FrancoiseMovie
2020 Complete Strangers Dr WallaceMovie
2021 Honeysuckle IngeMovie
2022 Halo Flight Tec TesicSky, Paramount
Herzogpark HellenRTL+

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