Ulrike Mai
Encyclopedia
Ulrike Mai is a German
television, movie, voice and theater actress. Among her native German
she speaks English
, French
and Russian
languages.
Drama School
in Berlin
.
In 1980 she became famous in the USSR after appearing as Anna Mons
in Sergei Gerasimov's movies The Youth of Peter the Great and At the Beginning of Glorious Days after Aleksey Tolstoy's Peter I novel.
Having succeeded her studies in Berlin
she acted in Magdeburg
's theater until 1984 and then continued her performing career in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
.
In 1987 Ulrike Kunze got a job at DDR-FS
(a state owned channel in East Germany).
It was the same year she married a German actor and director Jürgen Mai whose last name she took.
From 2005 to 2007 Ulrike Mai appeared as Helga Plenske in ViB
series.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
television, movie, voice and theater actress. Among her native German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
she speaks English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
languages.
Life and career
From 1978 to 1981 Ulrike Kunze studied in Ernst BuschErnst Busch (actor)
Ernst Busch was a German singer and actor.Busch first rose to prominence as an interpreter of political songs, particularly those of Kurt Tucholsky, in the Berlin Kabarett scene of the 1920s...
Drama School
Drama school
A drama school or theatre school is an undergraduate and/or graduate school or department at a college or university; or a free-standing institution ; which specialises in the pre-professional training in drama and theatre arts, such as acting, design and technical theatre, arts administration, and...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
In 1980 she became famous in the USSR after appearing as Anna Mons
Anna Mons
Anna Mons was a German commonner who almost succeeded in marrying Tsar Peter the Great.- Biography :In 1691, during one of his visits to the German Quarter, young Peter I of Russia became enamoured of Anna Mons, the daughter of Dutch wine merchant Johann Mon. It is generally thought he was from...
in Sergei Gerasimov's movies The Youth of Peter the Great and At the Beginning of Glorious Days after Aleksey Tolstoy's Peter I novel.
Having succeeded her studies in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
she acted in Magdeburg
Magdeburg
Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
's theater until 1984 and then continued her performing career in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
.
In 1987 Ulrike Kunze got a job at DDR-FS
Deutscher Fernsehfunk
Deutscher Fernsehfunk , known from 1972 to 1990 as Fernsehen der DDR , was the state television broadcaster in East Germany.-Foundation:...
(a state owned channel in East Germany).
It was the same year she married a German actor and director Jürgen Mai whose last name she took.
From 2005 to 2007 Ulrike Mai appeared as Helga Plenske in ViB
VIB
The Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie , is a research institute located in Flanders, Belgium. VIB was founded by the Flemish government in 1995, and became a full-fledged institute on 1 January 1996. The main objective of VIB is to strengthen the excellence of Flemish life sciences research and...
series.