Julia Mendes
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Nina Bott as Julia Mendes
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| Verbotene Liebe character | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by |
Valerie Niehaus (1995–1997) Nina Bott (2011–2012) |
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| Duration | 1995–1997, 2011–2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 1 January 2, 1995 |
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| Last appearance | Episode 4000 January 18, 2012 |
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| Created by | Reg Watson | ||||||||||||||||
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| Other names | Julia Prozeski (believed birth name) |
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| Occupation |
Photographer Doctor's Receptionist |
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| Residence |
Lanzarote, Canary Islands Spain |
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| Parents |
Arno Brandner † Clarissa von Anstetten Christoph von Anstetten † (adoptive father) |
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| Siblings |
Jan Brandner (brother; twin) Susanne Brandner (paternal half-sister) Florian Brandner (paternal half-brother) Henning von Anstetten † (adoptive brother) |
| Spouse | Tim Sander † (divorced) [1997-1998] Ricardo Mendes (separated) |
| Children |
Timo Mendes (son, with Tim, adopted by Ricardo) |
| Grandparents | Gerd Prozeski † (maternal grandfather) Erna Prozeski † (maternal grandmother) |
| Aunts and uncles |
Achim Brandner Walter Prozeski † Ben von Anstetten † (adoptive) |
| Nieces and nephews |
Leonie Richter Paul Brandner (adoptive) Lisa Brandner (adoptive) Carolin Brandner (legal) |
| First cousins | Robin Brandner Jana von Lahnstein † Nick Prozeski Ulli Prozeski Verbotene Liebe minor characters#Jessica von Deinburg-Thalbach Rajan Rai † (adoptive) |
Julia Mendes (born Prozeski, adopted von Anstetten and formerly Sander) is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love), played by Valerie Niehaus. She is introduced in the series' premiere on January 2, 1995. She departed from the series in July 1997, when Niehaus decided to pursue other roles. The role was surprisingly recast with well-known actress Nina Bott in 2011; reinstating the Brandner family and the original story of the show. Bott appeared for the first time on-screen on June 23, 2011. She eventually finished shooting her story arc in October 2011 and last appeared on January 18, 2012. The character is known as the first protagonist of the show and her main story focuses around the incestuous love to her twin-brother Jan Brandner.
Even though Julia is the daughter of Arno Brandner, she believes for the first twenty years of her life that Christoph von Anstetten is her father and his son Henning her half-brother. After Julia returns from a trip in the abroad, the young countess returns home to celebrate her twentieth birthday with her family. On the airport, unknowingly to herself she meets her twin-brother Jan and starts to fall in love with him. Julia's mother Clarissa finds out with whom her daughter got romantically involved with and tries to break Jan and Julia up without letting anyone know the real truth. Clarissa makes several attempts to reunite Julia with her former boyfriend Gero von Sterneck, who soon turns out to be gay before he and Julia can get married. Jan belongs in Julia's heart and even though the two doesn't seem to make it because of their different lives, they always find their way back to each other. Clarissa then has no other choice to come clean to Jan after he learned the truth from Fiona Beckmann. Jan promises to end things with Julia but stays furious with Clarissa. Julia is heartbroken when Jan leaves her and she tries to take her own life by almost freezing to death in a cold winter night; mourning the lost of her great love.
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