Cosima Shaw is an actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Steffi Ehrlich on the Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

autumn 2009 special, The Waters of Mars

The Waters of Mars

"The Waters of Mars" is the second 2009 special of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC One on 15 November 2009. It aired on BBC America on 19 December 2009 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 11 January 2010 and in the US on 2 February 2010...

as well as "Nadia Pirlo" in "ZEN".

Early life

Cosima Shaw grew up grew up in Berlin, Germany. Her mother is a German classical violinist and her father is an American writer. She trained briefly in musical theatre in Berlin, building on her childhood passions singing and dance, before deciding on an academic path instead and absolving the German Abitur. Despite early appearances in school theatre productions, commercials and television, she did not pursue acting as a profession until later. Instead she worked as a model in London, Paris and New York and has starred in numerous adverts. During her acting career she has continued to study and in 2008, completed her BA Hons Humanities and Media.

Acting

Shaw's first role came about in the show in the German television series Sylter Geschichten

Sylter Geschichten

Sylter Geschichten is a German television series....

. Her first big acting break came when she was cast as the German lesbian receptionist in the BBC1 comedy 'Trevor's World of Sport', written and directed by Andy Hamilton. This led to parts in feature films such as 'V for Vendetta' as well as other appearances on British as well as German television. She played Ana, a woman, who equally mourns and rejoices in the death of her husband from cancer, whilst trying to start again, in the British independent feature film 'Ana Begins' directed by Ben O' Connor. In 2009 she played a scientist on a doomed Mars mission in one of the final Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

specials with David Tennant

David Tennant

David Tennant is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr...

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In 2011 she played Nadia Pirlo, an Italian prosecutor, in the BBC drama series Zen.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Rosenemil	Philippa
2002	The Visitor The Visitor (2002 film) The Visitor is a 2002 Australian film directed by Dan Castle and starring Barry Otto and Nicholas Carpenter.-Plot:"Michael is avoiding phone calls regarding his dear friend and former lover Chris who is dying back in America. While trying to write, he is disturbed by the noisy surfers next door as...	Caroline
2003	Second Nature	Joelle
2004	Piccadilly Jim Piccadilly Jim Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on February 24, 1917 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, and in the United Kingdom in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London...	Susie
	Alfie Alfie (2004 film) Alfie is a 2004 British/American comedy-drama film based on the 1966 British film of the same name, starring Jude Law as the title character, originally played by Michael Caine. The film was written, directed and produced by Charles Shyer.-Plot:...	New Year's Eve Stunner
2005	Homeland Security	Inhaftierte
	Verführung für Anfänger	Sandra Seidel
	The Mistress of Spices The Mistress of Spices (film) The Mistress of Spices is a film by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Berges. It is based upon the novel The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The film stars Aishwarya Rai...	Doug's Ex Girlfriend
	V for Vendetta V for Vendetta (film) V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian thriller film directed by James McTeigue and produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers, who also wrote the screenplay. It is an adaptation of the V for Vendetta comic book by Alan Moore and David Lloyd...	Patricia
2007	Paparazzo	Sandy Faulkner
2009	Be Good	Pop Star
	Ana Begins	Ana	Main Character
	Secrets of Angels	Guardian of the Mist
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Sylter Geschichten Sylter Geschichten Sylter Geschichten is a German television series....	Vanessa	Unknown Episodes
Year Unknown	Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher Rosamunde Pilcher OBE is a British author of romance novels and mainstream women's fiction. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Pilcher retired from writing in 2000.-Early years:...	Kate Hastings	1 Episode
2003	Trevor's World of Sport Trevor's World of Sport Trevor's World of Sport began as a 2003 BBC television sitcom written and directed by Andy Hamilton and starring Neil Pearson as Trevor. Only one television series was made, and Hamilton felt mistreated by the BBC over the scheduling of the show. The first episode attracted an average of 3.4...	Heidrun	7 Episodes
2004	Doctors	Jenny Matthews	1 Episode
	Coupling Coupling (UK TV series) Coupling is a British television sitcom written by Steven Moffat that aired on BBC2 from May 2000 to June 2004. Produced by Hartswood Films for the BBC, the show centres on the dating and sexual adventures and mishaps of six friends in their thirties, often depicting the three women and the three...	Sexy Girls	1 Episode
2006	Mayo Mayo (TV series) Mayo was a comedy detective drama television series made by the BBC and starring Alistair McGowan, Jessica Oyelowo, Huw Rhys and Loo Brealey. The series is based on a popular series of Gil Mayo mysteries books by Marjorie Eccles. It was filmed on location in and around Leamington Spa. The series...	Klaus	1 Episode
2008	GSG 9 - Die Elite Einheit	Susan Parker	1 Episode
	Harley Street (TV series) Harley Street (TV series) Harley Street is a British television medical drama shown on ITV in 2008.The series was made by Carnival Films and was set in Harley Street, London...	Lauren	1 Episode
2009 series	Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...	Steffi Ehrlich	1 Episode: Autumn 2009 Special The Waters of Mars The Waters of Mars "The Waters of Mars" is the second 2009 special of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, broadcast on BBC One on 15 November 2009. It aired on BBC America on 19 December 2009 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 11 January 2010 and in the US on 2 February 2010...
2011 series	Zen (TV series) Zen (TV series) Zen is a British television series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on...	Nadia Pirlo	2 Episodes: 2/3 Cabal Cabal A cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views and/or interests in a church, state, or other community, often by intrigue... , 3/3 Ratking

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