Nora Tschirner

With her tall, slim frame, green eyes, and brown hair, Nora Tschirner cuts a familiar figure in German entertainment. Born in East Berlin on June 12, 1981, she is a German actress, director, musician, and former TV and radio host. Her career spans over two decades, starting with a role in the ZDF children's series Achterbahn in 1997. She later became a VJ for MTV from 2001 to 2007, also hosting the radio program "Blue Moon" on Radio Fritz and appearing on Christian Ulmen's show. In 2007, she hosted the First Steps Awards and starred in OneRepublic's "Secrets" music video.

Tschirner's film breakthrough came in 2003 with Soloalbum, opposite Matthias Schweighöfer, followed by leading roles in Kebab Connection (2005) and FC Venus. In 2007, she starred alongside Til Schweiger in the romantic comedy Keinohrhasen, a role that earned her a Bambi Award in 2008. She also appeared in the cult sci-fi series Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot, which won the German Television Prize. Since 2013, she has played an investigator in the Weimar-based episodes of the Tatort crime series. As a voice actress, she dubbed Merida in the German version of Brave (2012) and Lara Croft in the 2013 Tomb Raider game.

Off-screen, Tschirner lives in Berlin and has one child, born in 2013, whose father's identity she has not revealed.