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Veronika Esslinger(II)

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Veronika Esslinger
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Veronika Esslinger is a talented young actress with a lot of temperament and a sensitive instrument. She knows how to connect to her Characters very easily, she is open-minded and very self-conscious. Veronika Esslinger can act in German, Russian as well as English fluently. She can embody complex figures, which she realizes on the basics of the learned Lee Strasberg and Method acting technique. She has received several international awards. In Berlin, she participated in several film projects, TV Series, and short films. Since this year, she has been studying acting for a film at the New York Film Academy School in Los Angeles and has appeared in several short films. As a filmmaker, Veronika Esslinger is an acclaimed director, recognized for her award-winning 2023 psychological thriller Nameless, particularly praised within the international indie film circuit.

Born in Novosibirsk, Russia (Siberia), Veronika emigrated to Germany with her family at the age of five. She grew up in Baden-Baden and later moved to Berlin, where she worked as a professional Latin American dancer after training in Baden-Württemberg.

In 2019, she published her first book, Die Rolle Deines Lebens, which was also released in English under the title The Script of Your Life.
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      • 37 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Vice Squad: Chicago (2024)
    Vice Squad: Chicago
    TV Series
    • Cathrin Hartwich (2020)
    • Cathrin Hartwich (2021)
    Realm of the Waterfall
    Realm of the Waterfall
    TV Series
    • Kythaela
    Legal Affairs (2021)
    Legal Affairs
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Policewoman
    Nameless (2023)
    Nameless
    7.2
    • Colette
    • 2023

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    • Vice Squad: Chicago
      • Cathrin Hartwich (2021)
      • Cathrin Hartwich (2020)
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Vice Squad: Australia
      • Cathrin Hartwich
      • In Development
      • TV Series
    • Suspended Reality
      • Operator
      • Pre-production
    • Realm of the Waterfall
      • Kythaela
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series



    • Nameless (2023)
      Nameless
      7.2
      • Colette
      • 2023
    • Nameless (2022)
      Nameless
      Short
      • Colette
      • 2022
    • Legal Affairs (2021)
      Legal Affairs
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Policewoman
      • 2021
    • Beacon Hill (2021)
      Beacon Hill
      • German prostitue victim
      • 2021
    • Peter Lee Brevard, Ingo Lenßen, and Jessica Mechergui in Lenßen übernimmt (2020)
      Lenßen übernimmt
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Luisa
      • 2021
    • Maybe (2020)
      Maybe
      Short
      • Sophie
      • 2020
    • The Other Side (2020)
      The Other Side
      Short
      • Nicole
      • 2020
    • Heiko Lehmann, Kassandra Valencia, Serena Lavista, Tomaso Cannello, Toni Traum, Lolita Laav, Alexander Yassin, Chris Theisinger, Robert Homann-Cauquil, and Felicitas Schreier in Angelina Call Girl (2020)
      Angelina Call Girl
      • Hazel Madison
      • 2020
    • The Shangri-la (2020)
      The Shangri-la
      Short
      • Jess
      • 2020
    • Accent
      TV Short
      • Snobbish customer
      • 2019
    • Brian Hooks, Anthony Johnson, Keith Shocklee, Steve Turner, Governor, and Souljah Boy in The Dummy (2019)
      The Dummy
      • Store owners wife
      • 2019
    • Fired
      Short
      • Jessica office secretary
      • 2019
    • The Kill (2019)
      The Kill
      Short
      • Drug addict woman
      • 2019
    • Love Don't Lie (2019)
      Love Don't Lie
      Short
      • Tina
      • 2019
    • When Next We Meet
      Short
      • Nun on the street
      • 2018

    Writer



    • Nameless (2023)
      Nameless
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • Nameless (2022)
      Nameless
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • The Other Side (2020)
      The Other Side
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • The Kill (2019)
      The Kill
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019

    Director



    • Nameless (2023)
      Nameless
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Nameless (2022)
      Nameless
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • The Other Side (2020)
      The Other Side
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • The Shangri-la (2020)
      The Shangri-la
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • The Kill (2019)
      The Kill
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019

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    The Kill
    Maybe
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    Maybe
    Maybe
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    Shangri-la
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    • Height
      • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
    • Other works
      Author of the Book "Die Rolle Deines Lebens" and (4 October 2019)"The Script of Your Life"
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      • 6 Interviews
      • 3 Articles
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