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

Natalia Wörner (German: [naˈtaːlɪ̯aː ˈvœʁ.nɐ] ; born 7 September 1967) is a German actress.

Biography

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

In 2009, Wörner played the role of Ellen in the TV miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, based on the eponymous book by Ken Follett.[3] In 2012, she was given the role of Rebecca Kendall as one of the "other wives" in Rosamunde Pilcher's The Other Wife.

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.[5] She later was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.[6]

Filmography

Awards

References

  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 (on 23 August they published a joint statement that they had separated a certain time before)
  3. ^ a b "The Pillars of the Earth - Natalia Wörner". Starz. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  4. ^ Sandra Maischberger und Natalia Wörner in Jury berufen, SAT.1 übernimmt Federführung German Television Award, press release on 3 April 2001.
  5. ^ Karoline Beyer (26 April 2016), Was Natalia Wörner von Frank-Walter Steinmeier lernte Berliner Morgenpost.
  6. ^ SPD schickt Natalia Wörner zur Bundespräsidentenwahl Südwest Presse, 13 December 2016.