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Nina Franoszek

SAG-AFTRA

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323-462-7411

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    Available to work in the following additional locations: Florida, New York
    Agency Contact Type Location
    Baier-Kleinman International 323-874-9800 Agency-CO Verbal Los Angeles
    Littman Talent Group Inc 323-761-2033 CO Los Angeles

    Physical Characteristics:

    Gender: Female
    Height: 5' 5"
    Weight: 135 lbs.
    Hair: Blonde
    Eyes: Blue
    Dress Size: 8
    Pant Size: 8
    Bust/Chest: 37"
    Waist: 28"
    Hips: 37"
    Body Type(s): Average
    Portrayable Age: 40 years - 50 years
    Portrayable Ethnicities: British,  Caucasian/White,  Dutch,  European,  French,  German,  Irish,  Italian,  Lithuanian,  Polish,  Romanian,  Russian,  Scandinavian,  Scottish
    Disability Information:

    Experience:

    Film
    Martha Martha, lead Mara Eibl Eibesfeldt
    Miriam Supporting Matt Cimber
    Beyond the Sea Patty Duke Kevin Spacey
    The Pianist Polish Woman Roman Polanski
    Marlene Dietrch - Her Own Song Marlene David Riva
    Joint Venture Lead Dieter Berner
    Ohne Mich German Karate Coach/ Supporting Dani Levy
    Stille Nacht- Silent Night Anchor Woman/ Supporting Dani Levy
    The Party- Nature Morte Renee / Supporting Cynthea Beatt
    Buster's Bedroom Tap dancing Nurse Sue / Supporting Rebecca Horn
    Television
    The Brink Guest Star Michael Lehmann, HBO
    Children's Hospital Co-Star David Wain, Warner Brothers
    Easy to Assemble (season 3) Guest Star Michael Kang, web series by and with Illeana Douglas
    MAD MEN Guest Star Phil Abraham, AMC
    Fall of the Berlin Wall MOW Supporting Friedemann Fromm, ARD, Germany
    12 means I love you MOW Supporting Connie Walther, UFA Germay
    The Loop Islandic Johanna Ingolfsdottir Andrew Fleming, 21 Century Fox
    Koerner & Koeter Lead in TV Series Hans Werner, Janus Film, Germany
    Schande (Disgrace) MOW Lead Claudia Prietzel, Filmpool, Germany
    Mystery of the Keys Guest Star Joe Coppoletta, RTL, Entertainment
    Visioner MOW Lead Elodie Keene, Janus Film, USA-Germany
    Julie Lescaut MOW Lead Bettina Woernle, WDR, GMT PARIS, France
    Sardsch Lead in Mini Series Axel de Roche, Saxiona Media Film, Germany
    Zwei Maenner und die Frauen Lead in TV series Jorg Grunler, Tellux Film, Germany- Italy
    Murderous Decision MOW Supporting Oliver Hischbiegel, Gemini Film, G-UK-USA
    The Gang - Waterfront Guest Star Hajo Gies, Lexington Road Pictures
    Berlin Break Guest Star Jim Fargo, RTL, Columbia Tristar
    Credits
    website https://www.ninafranoszek.com
    credits https://imdb.com/name/nm0291711/
    More Showreels https://vimeo.com/ninafranoszek
    Actor Bio
    Berlin-born Nina Franoszek is an internationally established actor of stage, screen and television and LA based film and theater director. She won a Grimme Prize (Germany's Emmy Award) for best actress in 1998 and a German Screen Actors Award for best Ensemble in the TV series "Weissensee Saga II" in 2014.
     
    She played a wide range of roles from tragedy to comedy in over 100 feature films, and TV productions. Her worldwide credits include films from Germany, Austria, Italy, France, South Africa, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Canada and the United States.
     
    Helmut Sorge ("Der Spiegel") wrote about Franoszek:
    "Her strength lies in her classical looks and rich inner life, an interesting mix of rich sensuality and comfortable self-confidence. She has a passion for life, the arts and loves the facets of human nature. A type of woman that belongs to yesterday, to the area of Romanticism, but also in the present, in the time of Egos, competition and stock market crashes."
     
    Franoszek made her international movie debut with the award winning "Buster's Bedroom", a whimsical comedy inspired by Buster Keaton with Donald Sutherland, Geraldine Chaplin and noted cinematographer Sven Nykvist behind the camera. She starred opposite Academy Award winning Jiri Menzel in "Joint Venture", performed with Tilda Swinton in "The Party-Nature Morte" and Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) directed her in "Murderous Decision". Her feature film credits include "Beyond The Sea" by Kevin Spacey and "The Pianist" by Roman Polanski.
     
    She is the first person narrator of Dietrich in "Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song," a documentary directed by Dietrich's grandson, J. David Riva and she starred in the feature film "Martha" a modern day "Mrs. Robinson story".
     
    On TV Franoszek guest starred in the critical acclaimed second season of "Mad Men" as sophisticated Greta in the Fellini-esque "The Jet Set" episode. Don Draper's business trip to Los Angeles takes an unexpected detour when he falls in with her group of wealthy European nomads.
     
    Alongside Ray Wise she embodied Gala, the Swedish "Good Witch of the North" in Illeana Douglas's award winning web series "Easy to Assemble"- Finding North, (2011). And in Rob Coddry's satirical Emmy Award winning TV series "Children's Hospital The Gang Gets Sushi (2013)" she played the NATAO-host opposite Jordan Peele and Erinn Hayes.
     
    Back in Germany she was cast as the recurring role of psychologist Ute Dannowski in the second season of the award winning TV series "The Weissensee Saga", an East Berlin Love Story that deals with East Germany's recent past. A family saga of conflicting loyalties, love, hope, faith and betrayal set behind the Berlin Wall. Franoszek and the cast of "The Weissensee Saga" won a German Screen Actors Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series in 2014.
     
    In HBO's dark Comedy "The Brink" Franoszek plays French Foreign Minister Dominique Roget opposite Tim Robbins and Jack Black.
     
    Franoszek is also a motion capture performer and voice talent and plays the antagonist Frau Engel in the Inglourious Basterds-esque Game of " Wolfenstein: The New Order.
     
    She is an accomplished stage actor, who received her MFA from the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover, Germany and a member of Deutsche Filmakademie (Germany's Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences), the German Directors Guild (BVR), Co initiator of the German Screen Actors Guild (BFFS) and served as a juror for the international Emmy Awards (2007-2015).
     
    Franoszek passes her experience on as an acting coach and career consultant, works as an instructor for MFA Film Acting Programs in LA and was recently seen on Heidi Klum's TV Show "Germany's Next Top Model" teaching the aspiring models how to successfully cry on cue.
     

    Skills and Training:

    Special Skills
    Baseball Player, Bowler, Fencer, Horseback Rider, Ice Skater, Improv, Jazz Dancer, Martial Arts Specialist, Masseuse/Masseur, Photographer, Roller Blader, Scuba Diver, Skier-Snow, Swimmer, Tennis Player, Volleyball Player, Yoga
    Languages
    English - Conversational , English Accent, British Accent French - Conversational German - Conversational
    Other Skills
    Fluent languages: German, French. Accents: Skandinavian, Russian, Polish, Italian, German, French, Painter, Artist, stick shift driving
    Professional Training/Education
    Graduate of the Conservatory for Theatre and Music, Hanover, Germany, MFA
    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
    Deutsche Filmakademie, Germany's Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts & Science
    BFFS, German Screen Actors Guild
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