Sonya Kraus

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Sonya Kraus at the Radio Regenbogen Award 2019

Sonya Kraus (born June 22, 1973 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German television presenter , author , actress and a former model . Kraus became known in 1998 for her work at the wheel of fortune . She has also been designing bikini fashion for a fashion house for years . In her private life, Kraus is an animal rights activist , for example for the Duo Ibiza organization .

Life

Childhood and private life

At the age of six, Sonya Kraus lost her nine-month-old brother to sudden infant death . When she was eleven, her father committed suicide.

For ten years, from 1977 to 1987, Sonya Kraus danced ballet , among others to Dr. Hoch's Conservatory and in the ballet department of the Frankfurt University of Music . Since she was too tall at 1.77 m, she had to give up ballet at the age of 14. Kraus completed her school education in 1992 with the Abitur at the Frankfurt drawing school and then worked as a professional model with international assignments until 1994.

She has been in a relationship with her partner since 1997, with whom she has two sons (* 2010 and * 2012).

Television career

In 1998 Kraus became Frederic Meisner's assistant at the wheel of fortune on kabel eins , where she replaced Maren Gilzer . Her first regular broadcast on ProSieben from August 2000 to April 2011 was talk talk talk , as well as the offshoots talk talk talk - The Late Show and talk talk talk - Fun, a summary of the highlights from international talk shows . The show and its offshoots were discontinued in April 2011 due to falling audience numbers. In mid-2000 she was part of the Fort Boyard moderation team with Steven Gätjen and Alexander Mazza - Stars on a Treasure Hunt . Also with Mazza, she led through the productions Desert Forges - Stars at their limits and Clip Mix .

From 2003, Kraus presented the home improvement program Do It Yourself - SOS on ProSieben , in July 2004 together with Elton the program Die Alm and in January / February 2005 Die Burg . In addition, Kraus was regularly seen in TV-total extra broadcasts (such as: TV total high diving ). Other productions in which she participated several times are Red Nose Day and Blond am Freitag .

In 2006 Kraus was awarded the Golden Romy as the most popular show and talk master. In 2007 Kraus was the circus director in the Gala Stars in the ring in Munich's " Circus Krone ".

In July and August 2010 she hosted the show Crazy Competition on ProSieben together with Jumbo Schreiner . She also moderated the reality TV show Solitary, which was produced in 2009 and broadcast in the summer of 2010 .

In June 2011 Kraus gave her début as a DJ on the 51st Hessentag in Oberursel (Taunus) . A month later she was the team leader of the yellow team on the show I love Germany .

Sonya Kraus ended her contract with ProSieben in 2013. In February 2014 she took over the moderation of the Yahoo web show Life & Harmony . In the same year she appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's film Praunheim Memoires about the Praunheim district of Frankfurt , from which she comes.

In November 2014, it acted as a guest star in an episode of WDR Comedy The unlikely events in the life of ... with. Since March 13, 2017 she has been part of the team of hosts at maintower on hr-fernsehen , where she alternates with her former ProSieben colleague Susann Atwell . In 2018 she appeared in the ZDF broadcast by Jan Böhmermann Let yourself be monitored! The PRISM IS A DANCER show participated in a prank in which a candidate and her dog, of whom she posted numerous pictures online, took part in the casting for a fictional animal show and was ultimately rewarded with a magazine cover for her dog.

Acting engagement

Sonya Kraus at the Berlinale 2010

As an actress, Kraus worked in the television series Die Märchenstunde in 2006 in the episodes Rumpelstiltskin - Auf Wache im Märchenwald and The Princess and the Pea - Agony of Choice Royal . In 2007 she played in the television comedies Dörte's Dancing alongside Jeanette Biedermann and in Was ich gut? with Ina Paule Klink and Marco Girnth . From February to April 2008 she had her first leading theater role in the two-person play A Picasso (in English) alongside Tim Hardy at the English Theater , directed by Gareth Armstrong in Frankfurt am Main. In 2009 she was the dubbing voice of guinea pig agent Juarez in the family comedy G-Force - Agents with Bite by director Hoyt Yeatman . She also played in the Sat.1 production Suddenly 70! the role of Mrs. Kleinschmidt. In the ZDF television series Notruf Hafenkante , she had a guest role in the episode Scheinwelten, which was first broadcast in 2014, and in 2017 in an episode of the second season in prison as ex-wife Elvira of the main character Manfred Schuster.

Activity as an author

In addition to the works listed below, Kraus also wrote several articles as a columnist for the feminist magazine Emma .

Works

  • Construction site man - the ultimate love guide. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-404-66407-8 .
  • Construction site: Sonya's Secrets. with Frauke Ditting. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-785-76003-1 .
  • If life gives you a lemon, ask for salt and tequila: The Sonya strategy for happiness, success and lots of fun. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-66439-9 .
  • Baby construction site - an educational report. with Christiane Stella Bongertz. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-404-60689-4 .
  • Tart time - All you need is sweet. with Jessi Hesseler. Bastei Lübbe AG, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-431-03895-8

Web links

Commons : Sonya Kraus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV documentary "very personal Sonya Kraus" Germany, 2008, broadcast on ARD January 3, 2009.
  2. ^ Helmut Kohl: Drawing School 1913–2009: Chronicle of a Frankfurt high school. Specialized book service Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main 2010.
  3. ↑ Kluge Sonya - Abi with 1.6. Picture online . February 8, 2007, accessed September 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Julia Katharina Hettich: Sonya Kraus. She reveals her relationship secret! Colorful . May 1, 2015, accessed September 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ricarda Heil: "Nobody notices it, nobody knows it". In: Bunte. July 24, 2016, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Sonya Kraus. Birth at the final whistle. Focus . July 13, 2010, accessed September 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ James Brunt: Flat jokes while diving. The west . November 28, 2011, accessed September 8, 2017.
  8. ^ The unlikely events in the life of ... on wdr.de ( Memento from November 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  9. ↑ Sonya Kraus strengthens the “Maintower” team of moderators. Frankfurter Neue Presse . March 10, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  10. ^ Sonya Kraus | EMMA. Retrieved January 26, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kraus, Sonya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main