Mara Scherzinger
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Mara Scherzinger is a German
actress. She performed in commercials, TV films, TV series, and cinema movies.
in the Black Forest
. Her father, Paulus Straub, was an electronics engineer working in solar energy business. Her mother is Claudia Scherzinger, working as High Performance Coach; Mara has a brother named Jannis.
About 2000, the family moved to Cologne
. Mara's parents now offer sales training, career coaching and similar courses.
. From then on parts in short films, movies and series followed. Her role as Anna Peterson on the Australian/German produced TV-Series Blue Water High
gained her credits as it aired not only in Australia and Germany but also in other countries.
Mara has been singing and dancing since a young age and continues to take classes for example at the Sydney Dance Company
and other acclaimed institutions.
The girlgroup "Pretty Girls" was founded by Mara Scherzinger, Mareike Xander, Joana Xander and Johanna Sandvoss in 2001. They had international succes until 2005.
From 2002 until 2005 Mara took part in the High Performance Leadership Training.
In 2008 she completed her HSC Certificate, Performing Arts (Drama, Dance and Arts) in New South Wales, Australia.
Parallel to acting, school and international travels and workshops Mara Scherzinger has also worked as a model in print and catwalk. On print she appeared in various magazines. For example Dolly and Girlfriend Australia, YAM! Germany etc. The shows range from fashion shows in Manhattan, NYC to shows in Germany for various labels like La Perla, Britta Uschkamp and Valisere
.
At the international trade fair Photokina 2010 she worked with the American fashion and lifestyle photographer Steve Thornton, as well as with the photographers of fine arts Manuel Cortez and Florian Anders in Berlin.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of film works
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | Monologe
| 2011
| Ranja
| Monologue: "Vollmilch-Nuss"
TV format pilot, directed by Florian Anders
|-
! scope="row" | Life Changes
| 2010
| Arielle
| Short film
|-
! scope="row" | The Whitch and the Holy
| 2008
| Sybilla
| Short film, by Lena Film Los Angeles
|-
! scope="row" | Beautiful Bitch
| 2007
| Lea
| feature film
directed by Martin Theo Krieger
best foreign film in Santa Barbara 2008, german cinema Berlinale 2008
|-
! scope="row" | Blue Water High
| 2004-2005
| Anna Petersen
| Australian TV Series
2005, 2006 AFI nomination for "Best Children's Television Drama" and "Young Actor Award" 2005. 2007 Logie nomination "Most outstanding Children's Drama"
also starring Sophie Luck
|-
! scope="row" | SK Koelsch
| 2004
| Maike
| TV crime drama, episode "die liebesfalle"
|-
! scope="row" | Love and Longing
| 2003
| Torchy
| TV film, 90minutes, ZDF, German Title "Das Andere Lächeln"
starring Natalia Wörner
, Katja Flint
|-
! scope="row" | R.A.U.S.C.H.
| 2003
| Kathi
| format: TV Series Pilot, directed by Joscha Douma, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg)
|-
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
actress. She performed in commercials, TV films, TV series, and cinema movies.
Childhood
Mara Scherzinger grew up in Saig, LenzkirchLenzkirch
Lenzkirch is a municipality in the Black Forest. It lies in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-Geography:...
in the Black Forest
Black Forest
The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
. Her father, Paulus Straub, was an electronics engineer working in solar energy business. Her mother is Claudia Scherzinger, working as High Performance Coach; Mara has a brother named Jannis.
About 2000, the family moved to Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. Mara's parents now offer sales training, career coaching and similar courses.
Career
In 2002, she got a small role in a commercial for Masterfoods. Her success came with the film "Liebe und Verlangen" (Love and Longing), in which she plays Torchy, a troubled and wild juvenile. She played alongside Katja FlintKatja Flint
Katja Flint is a German actress.Flint grew up in Utah and married German actor Heiner Lauterbach. They have a son named Oskar...
. From then on parts in short films, movies and series followed. Her role as Anna Peterson on the Australian/German produced TV-Series Blue Water High
Blue Water High
Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries...
gained her credits as it aired not only in Australia and Germany but also in other countries.
Mara has been singing and dancing since a young age and continues to take classes for example at the Sydney Dance Company
Sydney Dance Company
The Sydney Dance Company is one of Australia's most successful and well-known contemporary dance companies. The company was founded in 1969 as the dance-in-education group Ballet in a Nutshell by Suzanne Musitz , later changing its name to Athletes and Dancers, and Dance Company ...
and other acclaimed institutions.
The girlgroup "Pretty Girls" was founded by Mara Scherzinger, Mareike Xander, Joana Xander and Johanna Sandvoss in 2001. They had international succes until 2005.
From 2002 until 2005 Mara took part in the High Performance Leadership Training.
In 2008 she completed her HSC Certificate, Performing Arts (Drama, Dance and Arts) in New South Wales, Australia.
Parallel to acting, school and international travels and workshops Mara Scherzinger has also worked as a model in print and catwalk. On print she appeared in various magazines. For example Dolly and Girlfriend Australia, YAM! Germany etc. The shows range from fashion shows in Manhattan, NYC to shows in Germany for various labels like La Perla, Britta Uschkamp and Valisere
Valisere
Valisere is a lingerie brand of the German underwear company Triumph International.- Valisere - The heritage :Auguste Perrin founded leather glove manufacturer ‘Grand Perrin’ in 1860, and launched the Valisere line in Grenoble, France in 1913....
.
At the international trade fair Photokina 2010 she worked with the American fashion and lifestyle photographer Steve Thornton, as well as with the photographers of fine arts Manuel Cortez and Florian Anders in Berlin.
Filmography
- Liebe und Verlangen (Love and Longing) (2002)
- German TV series "SK Kölsch" (2004)
- Australian TV series Blue Water HighBlue Water HighBlue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries...
(2005) - Beautiful Bitch (2006)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of film works
|-
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | Monologe
| 2011
| Ranja
| Monologue: "Vollmilch-Nuss"
TV format pilot, directed by Florian Anders
|-
! scope="row" | Life Changes
| 2010
| Arielle
| Short film
|-
! scope="row" | The Whitch and the Holy
| 2008
| Sybilla
| Short film, by Lena Film Los Angeles
|-
! scope="row" | Beautiful Bitch
| 2007
| Lea
| feature film
directed by Martin Theo Krieger
best foreign film in Santa Barbara 2008, german cinema Berlinale 2008
|-
! scope="row" | Blue Water High
Blue Water High
Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries...
| 2004-2005
| Anna Petersen
| Australian TV Series
2005, 2006 AFI nomination for "Best Children's Television Drama" and "Young Actor Award" 2005. 2007 Logie nomination "Most outstanding Children's Drama"
also starring Sophie Luck
Sophie Luck
Sophie Kathlyn Luck is an Australian actress best known for her roles on the television shows Blue Water High and Home and Away.-Personal life:...
|-
! scope="row" | SK Koelsch
| 2004
| Maike
| TV crime drama, episode "die liebesfalle"
|-
! scope="row" | Love and Longing
| 2003
| Torchy
| TV film, 90minutes, ZDF, German Title "Das Andere Lächeln"
starring Natalia Wörner
Natalia Wörner
Natalia Wörner is a German actress.- Biography :After finishing high school, Wörner moved to New York, where she studied acting at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio...
, Katja Flint
Katja Flint
Katja Flint is a German actress.Flint grew up in Utah and married German actor Heiner Lauterbach. They have a son named Oskar...
|-
! scope="row" | R.A.U.S.C.H.
| 2003
| Kathi
| format: TV Series Pilot, directed by Joscha Douma, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Ludwigsburg)
|-