Valerie Niehaus (born 11 October 1974) is a German actress.
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.jpg) Valerie Niehaus in 2018 at Berlin Film Festival | |
| Born | 11 October 1974 |
| Alma mater | Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, New York City |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Relatives | Ruth Niehaus (grandaunt) |
Early life
editValerie Niehaus grew up in Emsdetten where she went to the local primary school. After that she moved to Fulda and later to Berlin.[1]
Career
editAt the age of thirteen Niehaus made her first television appearance in the television series Rote Erde.[1] She came to public prominence starring as Julia von Anstetten in Verbotene Liebe.[2] In 1995 and 1996 Niehaus won the bronze Bravo Otto as female TV star. When she left Verbotene Liebe in 1997 Niehaus went to New York City to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She graduated in 1999.[3] In 1998 Niehaus appeared in the movie St. Pauli Night.
In 2000 followed the movie Flashback. In 2001 she appeared in the TV film Love Crash. In 2002 she played Antonia Lenz in the comedy Der Duft des Geldes. In 2003 she portrayed Irina Burger in Cleaning Up.[4] In 2006 Niehaus played the title role in the television series Alles über Anna.[5] In 2008 Niehaus appeared in Ship of No Return: The Final Voyage of the Gustloff and Mogadischu.[6] In 2009 Niehaus played the horse breeder Katherina Mohr in Tierisch Verliebt.[7]
In 2010 she starred as the single mother Maja Nielsen in the TV movie Sind denn alle Männer Schweine?.[8][9] In 2011 she played the first love of Udo Jürgens in The Man with the Bassoon.[10] In the 2013 TV movie The Beautiful Spy Niehaus played the agent Vera von Schalburg who worked for the German defense at the beginning of World War II.[11][12] In 2014 Valerie Niehaus played Lila in the comedy Frauenherzen.[13] In the same year she appeared next to Uwe Ochsenknecht in the film Überleben an der Scheidungsfront.[14]
Since 2018, she has worked as a correspondent on the heute show, a satirical news program shown on the German television channel ZDF.[15]
Personal life
editValerie Niehaus is a single mother. She lives in Berlin together with her son Joshua Elias.[16][17] The German actress Ruth Niehaus is Niehaus's grandaunt.[18]
Filmography
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References
edit- ^ a b Benedikt Ophaus and Ralf Schacke (28 September 2011). "Emsdettenerin im ARD-Zweiteiler Valerie Niehaus als große Liebe von Udo Jürgens". Emsdettenervolkszeitung.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Ivona Obradovic (10 October 2014). "Ich will nicht mehr wie eine Zwanzigjährige aussehen". focus.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Valerie Niehaus, Berlin". Marinaschramm.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Valerie Niehaus". Express.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Marcus Lucas (29 February 2008). "Valerie Niehaus. "Ich segle grad das ganze Schiff"". Bunte.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "TV-Star Valerie Niehaus: "Die Krise trifft uns alle"". mopo.de. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Ulrike Reisch (22 September 2009). "Valerie Niehaus: Sehnsucht nach einer neuen Liebe". Presseportal.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Steffen Lübke (28 October 2014). "Valerie Niehaus in "Sind denn alle Männer Schweine?"". Showbiz.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Claudia Arthen (7 September 2010). "Valerie Niehaus. "Frauen denken auch Schweinekram"". News.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Die blauesten Augen im TV Valerie Niehaus spielt Udo Jürgens erste große Liebe in ARD-Zweiteiler". Bild. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Valerie Niehaus. Von der Lust, allein zu sein". Nwz-inside.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Marie-Luise Braun (27 December 2013). "Valerie Niehaus ist 'Die Spionin' im Ersten". Noz.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Anja Rützel (24 January 2014). "Sat.1-Komödie "Frauenherzen": Stöckelziege, Moppeline und der Rest". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ "ZDF-Komödie "Überleben an der Scheidungsfront"/ Mit Uwe Ochsenknecht und Valerie Niehaus (FOTO)". Presseportal.de. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ ""heute show"-Star Valerie Niehaus: "Die Leute sehnen sich danach"". www.t-online.de (in German). 24 February 2023.
- ^ Stefan Peter (19 June 2014). "Verbotene Liebe"-Star. Valerie Niehaus: "Mit 40 Jahren endlich frei". Bz-berlin.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Sandra Basan (22 January 2009). "Valerie Niehaus startet in Berlin in ein neues Leben". Morgenpost.de. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
- ^ Marcel Romahn (25 September 2014). "Meerbusch. Erste Straße nach Schauspielerin benannt". Rp-online.de. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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