Alexandra Neldel
Encyclopedia
Career
Neldel worked as a dental assistantDental assistant
Dental assistants assist the dental operator provide more efficient dental treatment, by preparing the patient for treatment, sterilizing instruments, passing instruments during the procedure, holding a suction device, exposing dental radiographs, taking impressions, and fabricating provisional...
before she was discovered by the boss of a Berlin casting agency during a polo competition. He helped her audition for daily soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
and Neldel, barely experienced in acting, immediately landed the role of Katja Wettstein. After leaving GZSZ in 1999 Neldel starred in several German motion pictures and TV films, including Lammbock
Lammbock
Lammbock is a 2001 German stoner film. The movie is based around two pizza delivery guys who decide to up their income by adding marijuana to the menu and get into trouble after attracting the attention of an undercover cop. There are numerous subplots, and the movie is essentially split up into...
, Samba in Mettmann and Emmy
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning Berlin, Berlin
Berlin, Berlin
Berlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.-Plot:...
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In 2005 Neldel made her breakthrough as Lisa Plenske, the leading role in the Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Verliebt in Berlin
Verliebt in Berlin
Verliebt in Berlin is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in most of German-speaking Europe, with its final episode broadcast on October 12, 2007...
. She decided to leave the series after the final episode of season one.
Cinema
- 1999: Bang Boom BangBang Boom BangBang Boom Bang is a German comedy film from 1999. The movie is set in Unna, Westphalia, which was, besides Dortmund, one of the shooting locations.-Plot:The part-time criminal Keek is in trouble, after losing most of the money on the horses...
- 2000: Flashback – Mörderische Ferien
- 2000: Erkan & Stefan
- 2001: LammbockLammbockLammbock is a 2001 German stoner film. The movie is based around two pizza delivery guys who decide to up their income by adding marijuana to the menu and get into trouble after attracting the attention of an undercover cop. There are numerous subplots, and the movie is essentially split up into...
- 2003: Der letzte Lude
- 2003: Sie haben Knut
- 2004: Samba in Mettmann
- 2004: Autobahnraser
- 2005: BarfussBarfussBarfuss is a film by German actor and director Til Schweiger released in 2005. It is a romantic comedy and tells the story of Nick , a hedonistic bachelor, who falls for Leila, an escaped mental patient, portrayed by Johanna Wokalek. Til Schweiger was also involved in the writing of the...
- 2006: Goldene ZeitenGoldene ZeitenGoldene Zeiten is a German film released in 2006. It is the last film in director Peter Torwarth's trilogy of films set in his hometown Unna, and was preceded by Bang Boom Bang and Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht...
- 2007: Meine schöne Bescherung
- 2008: Märzmelodie
TV-films
- 1998: Die Mädchenfalle – Der Tod kommt online
- 1998: Das Miststück
- 1999: Doggy Dog – Eine total verrückte Hundeentführung
- 2000: Heimliche Küsse – Verliebt in ein Sex-Symbol
- 2001: Verliebte Jungs
- 2001: Die Großstadt-Sheriffs
- 2002: Rosamunde PilcherRosamunde PilcherRosamunde Pilcher OBE is a British author of romance novels and mainstream women's fiction. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Pilcher retired from writing in 2000.-Early years:...
: Wenn nur noch Liebe zählt - 2004: Nachtschicht – Vatertag
- 2005: Scharf wie Chili
- 2005: Comedy-Schiff (sketch comedy)
- 2006: Die ProSieben MärchenstundeDie ProSieben MärchenstundeDie ProSieben Märchenstunde is a television movie series that has been produced since 2006. It features characters that are exclusively portrayed by German and Austrian comedians and actors...
– Der Froschkönig - 2007: Zodiak – Der Horoskop-Mörder (4-part miniseries)
- 2009: Die Rebellin (3-part miniseries)
- 2009: Killerjagd. Töte mich, wenn du kannst
- 2010: Killerjagd. Schrei, wenn du dich traust
- 2010: The WhoreThe Whore (2010 film)The Whore is a 2010 television film adaptation of a novel by the same name. The film is set in Konstanz, Germany in the years 1414 and 1415.The novel was written by Iny Lorentz...
- 2010: Glückstreffer - Anne und der Boxer
- 2011: Bollywood lässt Alpen glühen
Series
- 1996–1999: Gute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
- 2000–2001: OP ruft Dr. Bruckner (5 episodes)
- 2002: Ein Fall für zweiEin Fall für ZweiEin Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on the broadcasting corporation ZDF. The series, which is situated in Frankfurt am Main, shows two main characters, a defense attorney and a private investigator, who solve crimes.The character of the private...
(episode 198) - 2003: SOKO 5113SOKO 5113SOKO 5113 is a long running German police television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.-Longest serving cast:...
(episode 293) - 2004–2005: Berlin, BerlinBerlin, BerlinBerlin, Berlin is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 6:50PM on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.-Plot:...
(3. – 4. season) - 2005–2006: Verliebt in BerlinVerliebt in BerlinVerliebt in Berlin is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in most of German-speaking Europe, with its final episode broadcast on October 12, 2007...
– 1. season - 2007: Verliebt in BerlinVerliebt in BerlinVerliebt in Berlin is a Golden Rose-winning German telenovela, starring Alexandra Neldel, along with Mathis Künzler, Tim Sander, and Laura Osswald. It premiered on February 28, 2005, on Sat.1 in most of German-speaking Europe, with its final episode broadcast on October 12, 2007...
– 2. season (16 episodes) - 2008: Unschuldig
Synchronization
- 2000: Titan A.E.Titan A.E.Titan A.E. is an American animated post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman released in 2000. The title refers to the spacecraft that is central to the plot, with A.E. meaning "After Earth."...
- 2001: Dr. Dolittle 2Dr. Dolittle 2Dr. Dolittle 2 is a 2001 American comedy film, and the theatrical sequel to the 1998 film Dr. Dolittle. The continuing tale of the doctor who can talk to the animals—this time, it's Dolittle versus Darwin when the animals launch a labor strike to protect their forest from unscrupulous human...
- 2006: Open SeasonOpen Season (film)Open Season is a 2006 computer-animated comedy film, written by Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman and directed by Jill Culton, Roger Allers, and Anthony Stacchi, and production designed by Michael Humphries...
- 2010: Tangled
Awards
- 1997
- Bravo Otto in Silver in the category TV-Star female
- 1998
- Bravo Otto in Silver in the category TV-Star female
- 2005
- Undine Award – Best Young Supporting Actress in a film for Barfuss
- MaximMaxim (magazine)Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
– Woman of the Year - Deutscher FernsehpreisDeutscher FernsehpreisThe Deutscher Fernsehpreis is a German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created as a equivalent to the Emmy Awards though it is not organized by an academy and is awarded annually in September or October...
– Best daily series as a member of the crew of Verliebt in Berlin - Bravo Otto in Silver in the category TV-Star female
- 2006
- Rose d'OrRose d'OrThe Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...
– Best European Soap as a member of the crew of Verliebt in Berlin - Rose d'OrRose d'OrThe Rose d’Or is one of the most important international festivals in entertainment television. It was founded in Montreux in 1961 and has taken place in Lucerne since 2004. Producers, executives from independent and public service broadcasters and heads of production companies from over 40...
– Beste Soap-Actress for Verliebt in Berlin - Berliner Bär (BZ-Kulturpreis)
- Rose d'Or
- 2008
- Bayerischer FernsehpreisBayerischer FernsehpreisBayerischer Fernsehpreis is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989.- 2010 :* Nina Gummich, Nachwuchsförderpreis * Klaus Doldinger, Bavarian Prime Minister's Prize- 2009 :...
– Best Actress in the series category for Unschuldig
- Bayerischer Fernsehpreis