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Natalia Wörner

Natalia Wörner
Born (1967-09-07) 7 September 1967 (age 57)
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
SpouseRobert Seeliger (2006–2008)
PartnerHeiko Maas (2016–2023 (or earlier)[2])
Websitenatalia-woerner.de

Natalia Wörner (German: [naˈtaːli̯a ˈvœʁnɐ] ⓘ; born 7 September 1967) is a German actress. Her credits in English speaking television include The Pillars of the Earth (2009), and Berlin Station (2017).

Biography

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After finishing high school in Stuttgart, Wörner moved to New York City, where she studied acting at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio.[3] In 2000, she returned to Germany, where she won a German television award, the Deutscher Fernsehpreis, for best leading actress.[4] She served on the award's jury in 2001 and 2002.[5]

In 2009, Wörner played the role of Ellen, working alongside Ian McShane, Donald Sutherland, Rufus Sewell, and Eddie Redmayne in the TV miniseries The Pillars of the Earth,[6] based on the eponymous book by Ken Follett.[4] In 2012, she was given the role of Rebecca Kendall as one of the "other wives" in Rosamunde Pilcher's The Other Wife.[6]

In 2017, she starred alongside Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Ashley Judd, and Ismael Cruz Córdova in the Paramount Home Entertainment series Berlin Station.[6]

Other work

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In addition to her acting career, Wörner has been a goodwill ambassador for German charity Kindernothilfe since 2006. She also served as ambassador of a 2010/2011 Pink Ribbon campaign in Germany. In 2015, Wörner accompanied Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on an official trip to South Korea and Indonesia.[7] She later was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.[8]

Filmography

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Natalia Wörner - Eine Frau für alle Fälle". Die Welt - Panorama (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ^ dpa 23. August 2023: Politik und Glamour - Wörner und Maas haben sich getrennt Archived 26 August 2023 at the Wayback Machine (on 23 August they published a joint statement that they had separated a certain time before)
  3. ^ Oliver Armknecht (15 November 2021). "Natalia Wörner Interview". film-rezensionen.de. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "The Pillars of the Earth - Natalia Wörner". Starz. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  5. ^ Sandra Maischberger und Natalia Wörner in Jury berufen, SAT.1 übernimmt Federführung German Television Award, press release on 3 April 2001.
  6. ^ a b c d "Natalia Wörner Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  7. ^ Karoline Beyer (26 April 2016), Was Natalia Wörner von Frank-Walter Steinmeier lernte Berliner Morgenpost.
  8. ^ SPD schickt Natalia Wörner zur Bundespräsidentenwahl Archived 21 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Südwest Presse, 13 December 2016.
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