Daniela Amavia
Daniela Amavia ( Greek Ντανιέλα Αμαβία , born March 4, 1966 in Athens ) is a Greek actress . Until 2002 she appeared under the name Daniela Lunkewitz .
Life
Daniela Amavia was born to Greek parents in 1966 in Greece (according to other information around 1970) and grew up in Germany . She began classical dance training as a child, later she studied American literature at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University , went on to dance and theater and attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London . Until 2004 she was the wife of the German publisher Bernd F. Lunkewitz . In 1988 she made her feature film debut as Daniela Lunkewitz with a small role in Frank Strecker's family drama Anna . She was then seen in German film and television and had guest appearances in the series Ein Fall für Zwei (1989) and Tatort (1994 and 1997).
From the mid-1990s, Lunkewitz focused on an international career and roles in English-language productions followed such as the television film Max 'Vermächtnis with Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers , which was based on the television series Hart but cordially (1979-1984). She played leading roles in Gabriela Tagliavini's science fiction comedy Perfect Lover and the romantic comedy Venus & Mars (both 2001) in which Julie Bowen , Lynn Redgrave and Julia Sawalha were her screen partners . Since her appearance in the US science fiction series Children of Dune (2003), she has appeared under the name Daniela Amavia.
Daniela Amavia has lived in Los Angeles since 1999 . There she was also the scriptwriter and director of the short film Rockin 'Good Times (1999) and executive producer of the film Venus & Mars (2001). Parallel to her work as an actress, she has also appeared as a model in the past, including for Karl Lagerfeld's perfume campaign Cloe . In 2013, Amavia made her debut as a screenwriter and director with the film A Beautiful Now .
Filmography (selection)
- 1988: Anna
- 1989: The Nest (TV series)
- 1989: A Case for Two (TV series)
- 1991: Silent
- 1992: the parrot
- 1993: Rosenemil
- 1993: Make up!
- 1994: affairs
- 1994: Crime Scene : The Rest Area Murderer
- 1995: Max's Legacy ( Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time , TV)
- 1996: The Ice Princess (TV)
- 1996: Just for love
- 1997: Crime scene: Eulenburg
- 1999: Rockin 'Good Times
- 1999: Showdown in Hell (Facade)
- 2001: Perfect Lover (The Woman Every Man Wants)
- 2001: Venus & Mars (Venus and Mars)
- 2002: haven't we met before? ( Haven't We Met Before?, TV)
- 2003: Children of Dune (three-part television series, all episodes)
- 2004: The Sum of Jobe
- 2009 The Perfect Sleep
- 2013: A Beautiful Now
Awards
- DIVA - German Entertainment Prize 1995
- New York International Independent Film & Video Festival 2001: Best Actress for Perfect Lover
Web links
- Daniela Amavia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Daniela Amavia at filmportal.de
- Biography at kinoweb.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Publisher Bernd Lunkewitz (photo) said yesterday yes: In Fra ... . In: Die Welt , March 12, 2005
- ↑ cf. Bernd Lunkewitz . In: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 40/2007 from October 6, 2007, supplemented by news from MA-Journal up to week 42/2008 (accessed on August 21, 2009 via Munzinger Online)
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SURNAME | Amavia, Daniela |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lunkewitz, Daniela; Elle, Daniela; Αμαβία, Ντανιέλα (Greek) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens , Greece |