Veronica Ferres
| Veronica Ferres | |
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Ferres in 2017
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| Born |
Veronika Maria Cäcilie Ferres 10 June 1965 Solingen, Germany |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse(s) | Carsten Maschmeyer (2009 – Present) |
| Website | www |
Veronica Maria Cäcilia Ferres (born 10 June 1965) is a German actress.
Ferres was born in Solingen. She grew up as the youngest child and only daughter of Peter Ferres, a coal and potato merchant, and his wife Katharina.
She completed her abitur at the Gymnasium Schwertstraße in Solingen, and then studied Germanistik, Theatre studies and Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
From 1990 till 1999 Ferres was liaised with Helmut Dietl .They worked together on movies like Schtonk (1991), Rossini (1997), Late Show (1999) and many others of the regisseur. In February 2000 they announced their separation.
Ferres was born in Solingen, Germany and studied German Literature, Psychology and Drama at the University of Munich before taking up acting. In Germany she had her breakthrough with the title role in the hit comedy, The Super Wife, followed by starring roles in hits such as Oscar nominated Schtonk!, Rossini, Klimt (alongside John Malkovich) and Saviours in the Night, making her a household name in Germany. Her TV productions include The Manns, Destined to Witness, The Woman from Checkpoint Charlie, The Miracle of Berlin, Marco W. – 247 Days in a Turkish Prison, and She Deserved It, among many others. Her awards include the Grimme-Preis, the German Television Award, the Bavarian TV Award, the Golden Camera Award, and the Bambi Award.
In 2013, she shot the international feature Hector and the Search for Happiness with Simon Pegg and Jean Reno, and played the main role in the feature film Casanova Variations, again with John Malkovich. Her 13th international production, The Devil's Violinist, was released theatrically in the fall of 2013. She played the female lead in Jedermann (Everyman), the traditional opening play of the Salzburg Festival, considered the highest honor in German stagecraft. In 2015, she starred opposite Nic Cage in the thriller Pay the Ghost, directed by Uli Edel. In 2016, she had the leading role in Werner Herzog's film Salt and Fire, co-starring Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal. Veronica is also co-starring in The Comedian, her 17th English feature film, along with Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, and Danny DeVito. The film is slated to hit theaters in 2017.
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