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

Natalia Wörner
Born (1967-09-07) 7 September 1967 (age 56)
Stuttgart, West Germany[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1992–present
SpouseRobert Seeliger (2006–2008)
PartnerHeiko Maas (2016–2023 (or earlier)[2])
Websitenatalia-woerner.de

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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. 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]

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References edit

  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.

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