Uta Kargel | |
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Occupation(s) | Model, Actress, Voice Actress |
Years active | 1998–present |
Uta Kargel (born 28 May 1981 in Halle (Saale)) is a German Playboy model, [1] actress, and voice actress [2]
Uta Kargel was born in Halle (Saale) in the former GDR and later moved to East Berlin with her family. She started modelling at the age of 18. [3] After school she first finished her job training as a bookseller. [3] At the same time she started acting in the stage group Grüner Hund that she had cofounded in 2002. [4]
On television Kargel had her breakthrough with the role as Lena Bachmann in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten , where she appeared in 487 episodes until she left in 2006. Kargel started studying culturology., [3] [5] which she paused for two years when she got a leading role in the soap opera Storm of Love . After 2011 Kargel worked in the patient's library of the Charité and as a school aide at a primary school, [3] while she finished her studies with a master's degree. With a few of her friends the founded BiK Pictures, an independent film company, which produced its first feature film Kartenhaus [6] with Kargel in one of the leading roles in 2017 with the help of crowdfunding. [7] After returning to Storm of Love for just seven episodes in 2017, her role became continuous, when she returned again in March 2018. In episode 3381 (May 2020) Kargel left Storm of Love again [8] after a total of 808 episodes. As a voice actress, Kargel dubs roles voiced by Bai Ling. [2]
In 2017 Kargel survived a heavy car crash on a road trip from Denver to Los Angeles without any injuries. [9]
In August 2019 Kargel and the Italian photographer Nicoló Lanfranchi posted a series of photos on Instagram, which revealed, that they were in a relationship. [10] [11] Kargel still lives and works in Germany, while Lanfranchi lives in Italy. [12] Kargel has one sister. [3]
Kargel became known to a broader public, when she posed for the November 2019 issue of the German edition of Playboy. [1]
Year | Title | Director |
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1998 | Hamlet – Eine Reise durch die Metropole | Ilona Zarypow |
2003 | Wedding Daydream (short film) | Ansgar Ahlers |
2003 | Die Allee (documentary) | Ilona Zarypow |
2006 | Sunny Hill | Luzius Rüedi |
2006 | Die Liebe der Lieblosen | Benjamin Tholen |
2008 | Der Morgen danach (short film) | Robert Lyons |
2015 | Idyllik (short film) | Jurij Neumann |
2016 | Twice (short film) | Sharon On |
2017 | Glücklich (short film) | Jurij Neumann |
2017 | Kartenhaus | Jurij Neumann |
Year | Title | Notes |
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2006-2006 | Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten | |
2006 | Verliebt in Berlin | single episode |
2007 | R. I. S. – Die Sprache der Toten | season 2, episode 4 |
2008 | Volles Haus | leading role |
2008 | Ein starkes Team | |
2008 | Dr. Molly & Karl | leading role in one episode |
2009 | Kill Your Darling | web series |
2009 | Ein starkes Team | |
2010-2011 | Storm of Love | leading role in episodes 1087-1391 |
2011 | Rote Rosen | episodes 1271-1290 |
2012 | Loona Balloona | short film, leading role |
2014 | Heldt | single episode |
2016 | Stuttgart Homicide | single episode |
2017 | Storm of Love | episodes 2791-2797 |
2018-2020 | Storm of Love | episodes 2886-3381 |
Year | Title | Written by |
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1998 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare |
2003 | Die Küche | Arnold Wesker |
2003 | Elizaveta Bam | Daniil Kharms |
2003 | Eine absurde Tischrunde | Daniil Kharms |
2003 | Die Reise nach Brasilien | Daniil Kharms |
2003 | Publikumsbeschimpfung | Peter Handke |
2004 | Zirkus Sardam | Daniil Kharms |
2004 | Goldene Herzen | Daniil Kharms |
2005 | Schiller, Schiller | Friedrich von Schiller |
2006 | Roter Schnee – oder wir sind keine Heringe | Daniil Kharms |
2006 | Die Frau vom Meer | Henrik Ibsen |
2019 | Kasimir und Kaukasus | Francis Veber |
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