Paula Kalenberg


Paula Kalenberg is a German actress. She is probably best known to international audiences for her roles in films Krabat, Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen and .

Career

Kalenberg began her career in 2001, after hearing about a casting on the radio. She appeared in two television films, Hanna – Where Are You? in 2001, and In the End the Truth in 2002. In 2003, apart from appearing in television series Vice Squad and Tatort, Kalenberg also made her film debut, in drama The Puppet Grave Digger. Throughout 2004 and 2005, she acted in four television films — The Doctor, The Sting of Scorpion, Secret of the Red House and Intrigue and Love. In Intrigue and Love, Kalenberg starred as Luise Miller, opposite famous German actor August Diehl.
In 2006, Kalenberg starred film The Cloud, based on the novel Die Wolke, for which she won the New Faces Award for Best Actress. She then starred the 2007 drama What Counts at the End. In 2008, Kalenberg appeared in various projects on television and film, the most notably fantasy film Krabat, opposite David Kross and Daniel Brühl, and mini–series Rosamunde Pilcher – The Four Seasons. The following year, she starred two short and two full– length films, A Song Sleeps in All Things and Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen. The later one earned her Lilli Palmer Memorial Camera at the 2009 Golden Camera Awards ceremony.
In 2010, Kalenberg portrayed Kristina Söderbaum in film , winning Askania Award for Shooting Star. In 2011, she made episode appearances of television series Countdown – The Haunt Begins and Wilsberg, and acted in film Adam's End. It was announced Kalenberg would star a new television film, Löwenstein, which is expected to be released in 2012.

Personal life

Kalenberg was born in Dinslaken, near Düsseldorf, but she currently lives in Berlin. She named Mata Hari as the role she would like to play.

Filmography

Awards and nominations