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Carla Juri
Carla Juri in 2013
Born1984 or 1985 (age 39–40)[1]
Locarno, Switzerland
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Carla Juri (1984 or 1985) is a Swiss actress. Her acting credits include 180°, Wetlands[1] and Finsterworld.

Early life

Juri was raised in Ambrì, a village in the Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino in Switzerland.[2] She is fluent in German, English and Italian.[1] She learned German and Italian as a small child and picked up English at 15. Her father is a lawyer and her mother is a sculptor [3] In school, she played hockey for HC Ambrì-Piotta and went on to be a forward for the Swiss Schweizer Meister Class A team, SC Reinach.[4] From 2005 until 2010, she studied theater in Los Angeles and London.[5] Juri started her acting career by hopping between auditions in Berlin, London, and Rome.[6] She maintained a busy schedule trying to find work while making use of her trilinguialism.[6]

Education

  • From 2005 to 2007 Juri was coached by Douglas Matranga in Los Angeles.[7]
  • Between 2007-2008 she took part in the ensemble of the Theatrical Arts Theatre Company in Los Angeles.[8]
  • From 2008 to 2010 Juri attended acting classes at The Actors Centre in London.[8]

Career

Juri's first film appearance was in the short film Midday Room. In 2011 she received the Swiss Film Award in the Best Performance in a Supporting Role category for 180° (2010). The next year, she won the award for Best Actress for her role in Eine wen iig, dr Dällebach Kari [als]. In 2013, she was selected to receive the Shooting Star which is awarded annually to ten young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival.[9] She also played the leading role in the 2013 film adaptation of Wetlands. This is arguably the role she is best known for. The novel it is based on was a controversial best seller in Germany.[10] To prepare for this role, Juri wore the clothes of her character, Helen, for several weeks and spent a lot of this time in Berlin, where her character lives.[6] She even went undercover as a student in a highschool where only the director of the school knew she was an actress.[10] She is also a star of the Blade Runner reinstallment Blade Runner 2049.[11]

Selected filmography

Awards

  • 2011: Best supporting actress for 180° [12] at the Swiss Film Awards
  • 2012: Best leading actress at the Swiss Film Awards [8]
  • 2013: Shootingstar - Europe's best young actors [8]

References

  1. ^ a b Rapold, Nicolas (28 August 2014). "Carla Juri of Wetlands, Playing the Wild Child". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  2. ^ «Mein Erfolg ist harte Arbeit und Glück» Carla Juri im Interview mit 20min.ch vom 11. Februar 2013.
  3. ^ Ravensburg, Munzinger-Archiv GmbH,. "Carla Juri - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 24 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Essenz in den Augen. Archived 13 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Interview mit Carla Juri in: Der Rheintaler vom 16. März 2012.
  5. ^ Carla Juri bei Swiss Films; retrieved, 10 August 2013
  6. ^ a b c "Flash Forward: Interview with the Fearless Carla Juri of Wetlands - MovieMaker Magazine". MovieMaker Magazine. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Carla Juri – Officine Artistiche" (in Italian). officineartistiche.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d "FBE agentur : Carla Juri". felix-bloch-erben-agentur.de. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  9. ^ Carla Juri bei shooting-stars.eu; retrieved, 10 August 2013
  10. ^ a b Rapold, Interview By Nicolas (28 August 2014). "Carla Juri of 'Wetlands,' Playing the Wild Child". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Blade Runner 2 Adds Carla Juri to Cast". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  12. ^ "180° – Wenn deine Welt plötzlich Kopf steht". Wikipedia (in German). 15 March 2016.
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