Denise Marko

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Denise Marko (born February 6, 1994 ) is a German human resources specialist . As an actress , she became known for her teenage lead in the 2007 television film Contergan .

Life

Marko comes from near Augsburg . She grew up in the Upper Bavarian district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen , where she also went to school. Because of a rare genetic defect , she was born with a physical disability. She has no arms and only one leg . In the summer of 2005, when Marko was 11 years old, she was hired by Michael Souvignier and his production company to play the leading role of eight to nine year old Katrin in the television film Contergan . The contact to Marko was arranged through a Viennese self-help group for children and adolescents with limb damage. Marko did not learn her text beforehand; instead, in order to make their playing appear more authentic, only the sequence of the scene was briefly discussed beforehand, and then played, initially without and then with a camera. Marko was used on nine of the 54 days of shooting; partly because of her the film was shot during the autumn vacation 2005 so that she didn't miss too much of the lessons.

She and her "film parents" Katharina Wackernagel and Benjamin Sadler were awarded the Bambi for their performance. Shortly before the television film was broadcast in 2007, at the age of 13, she was a guest on the talk show Menschen bei Maischberger .

At the age of 16, Marko graduated from secondary school and then completed an apprenticeship as a clerk for office communication at LFK Lenkflugkörpersysteme GmbH in Schrobenhausen , which belongs to EADS , where she was also taken on after her training. Later, Marko also completed further training to become a human resources specialist. She works full-time as a personnel administrator, and at times she also worked as an HR administrator. In 2011 she acquired, almost 18 years old, the car - driver's license ; she operates the steering wheel with a joystick . She is married with one son and runs social profiles on Facebook and Instagram .

In 2016 she was portrayed in a film in the Aktion Mensch campaign “We make it easy” . In 2018 she took part in an image film for the Swiss association ProInfirmis , which shows people with a wide variety of disabilities in a humorous way who master their everyday lives just as much as people without disabilities.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 2007: Bambi
  • 2007: Golden Citizen Medal of the City of Gachenbach
  • 2018: Proud to be me Award in the “Outstanding Personality” category of the Business Women's Society

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Denise Marko . Official profile on Facebook . Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Denise does everything with one foot: work, make up, build a house . In: bento of December 23, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b c d She wants everything - just no pity . In: Donaukurier of November 6, 2007. Accessed October 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Maischberger and the "Contergan trauma" . In: WELT dated November 7, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f When it all comes together . Portrait of Denise Marko. Official website of Aktion Mensch . Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  6. ^ Contergan film: "I always believed in it" . In: Spiegel Online from November 6, 2007. Accessed October 6, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Bambi winners: Benjamin Stadler, Denise Marko and Katharina Wackernagel (from left to right) were honored for filming the Contergan scandal . In: FOCUS of November 30, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  8. ↑ DENISE MARKO: Star from "Contergan" has the driver's license . In: BILD from May 30, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  9. ↑ Everyone is the same - no one is the same. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ Golden Citizen Medal for Denise Marko. In: Donaukurier . December 21, 2007, accessed October 6, 2017 .
  11. ↑ BUSINESS WOMEN'S SOCIETY AWARDED BWS AWARD FOR THE FIRST TIME . Retrieved October 9, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Marko, Denise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1994