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Damian Hardung was born on 7 September 1998 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Club der roten Bänder (2015), Maxton Hall: The World Between Us (2024) and Red Bracelets: The Beginning (2019).

Mina Tander was born on 4 December 1979 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Forgotten (2012), Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht! (2009) and Frau Müller muss weg! (2015). She has been married to Elmar Fischer since 2011. They have two children.

Stefan Kapicic is known for his work through Europe and USA. He speaks fluent English and five other languages including many dialects. He is adept in both comedy and drama and has played everything from a comedic stoner to a ruthless drug lord to a heartbreaking Savant. In his career he played more than 100 roles on film, television and theater. Stefan played iconic X men character "COLOSSUS" in 2016 hit "DEADPOOL" and "DEADPOOL 2"."Deadpool" was nominated for Golden Globes, Critics choice awards and MTV movie awards. His other known projects are award winning show "BETTER CALL SAUL" for "AMC", NETFLIX hit show "LOVE, DEATH & ROBOTS", " THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER" Amblin/Universal, "CICATRIZ" Prime Video and in a legendary video game franchise "CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE" 1, 2 & 3 His last project is record breaking hit and the highest R-rated movie of all time "DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE"

Stefan is married to an actress Ivana Horvat. They have two kids - Ivan & Sebastijan.

Fabian Arnold is an American actor originally from Germany. While working as one of the top male models in the world, he discovered his natural talent for acting. His acting career is set to skyrocket with 3 feature film debuts starring talents such as Tara Reid, John Waters and David Millbern. He has a large social media following with nearly 5M across all platforms and has sustained an acclaimed career in fashion, ranging from collaborations with brands including Dior, Versace, MCM and Givenchy among many others. He also has his own production company and rising fashion brand.

As the son of a Lufthansa manager, Henckel von Donnersmarck spent his childhood and school years in New York, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Brussels, where he passed his international high school diploma in 1991. He then spent two years studying in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) with the following job as a Russian teacher. From 1993 to 1996 he studied PPE philosophy, political science and economics at New College, Oxford. In 1996 he completed a directing internship with Richard Attenborough. In 1997 he began studying feature film directing at the University of Television and Film in Munich. The four-minute short film "Dobermann" was made in 1999, for which he also wrote the book. The work received the rating "Particularly Valuable" and became part of the "Next Generation Role" of "German Cinema in Cannes". At the same time, the work marked his national breakthrough with numerous awards, including the Max Ophüls Prize in 2000.

This was followed by a commissioned work for Universal and Gaumont TV, "Les Mythes Urbains" from 2001. In 2002, he directed the short film "The Templar" in collaboration with producers Max Wiedemann and Quirin Berg. Awarded as "particularly valuable", the five-minute film was shown as part of the Hof Film Festival. The work was awarded, among other things, the Eastman Prize and the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize in 2003. Henckel von Donnersmarck became a German star of international cinema with his first feature film "The Lives of Others". In 2006 he was awarded the "Bavarian Film Prize", the "European Film Prize", the "Peace Prize for German Film", the "Quadriga Prize" and a nomination for the "Golden Globe".

On February 25, 2007, "The Lives of Others" was awarded the "Oscar" for "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, which also marked his international breakthrough as a filmmaker. In 2010 he directed his second feature film, the romantic thriller "The Tourist", starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp.

In his private life, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is married to the lawyer Christiane Asschenfeldt and is the father of two children.

Nicole Ansari has been acting since she was 9 years old in her native Germany, where she had her first big break in the German Cop series Tatort alongside German star Goetz George, followed by guest- starring roles in other TV series like Polizeiruf and Kommissar Rex. After studying Drama and Dance in Hamburg she starred in two Independent Art house movies- "Franta", directed by Matthias Allary , an adaptation of the First World War novel and "Little King Eric" by Thomas Bahmann. She then left Germany to join the renowned Zuerich-based Repertory company Theater am Neumarkt. In Zuerich she starred in the Swiss/Iraki Filmmaker Samir's first feature Film, "Always and Forever", an adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre's "The Game is over." She also starred in the TV series Eurocops, directed by Markus Imboden. In Germany she also worked with director Thomas Jahn in the feature "Kai Raabe gegen die Vatikankiller." She then went to study further in New York and auditioned for Uta Hagen, with whom she studied for the following 2 years and also for the Actor's Studio with Susan Batson, where she got accepted as a working temporary Member. Back in Europe she was chosen out of thousands of Applicants in a grueling 3 months long Audition process to become a Member of the famed Theatre du Soleil in Paris under the director Ariane Mnouchkine and performed there and on tour for 2 1/2 years. In Paris she replaced French Film star Maria Schneider and collaborated with Corine Blue on the short Film "Quand Fred rit", alongside Valeria Bruni-Tedesci. After Paris she went to Vienna, where she played the "Muse of the four Arts" Alma Mahler on stage and in a TV Mini series for Arte, which was the start of collaborating with director Paulus Manker and writer Joshua Sobol. She subsequently performed many leads at the Public Theater (Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac; Irma in Irma la Douce; Romy Schneider in Romy, ich...Berenice in Berenice) and starred in the TV movie "Two women, a man and a baby", which raised the Issue of Same Sex marriage and as Desdemona in "Jago", a modern day adaptation of Othello. During that time she was also a regular on the German Cop TV series "SK Koelsch." After getting married to the Scottish actor Brian Cox and having two children with him she split her time between the US and the UK, where she kept working mostly in Television, in the UK in Phillip Saville's "The Biographer" and in the US most notably as a recurring character in the HBO Original series Deadwood. She also Co- starred in Scottish Punk- Rocker Richard Jobson's feature "a Woman in Winter." Nicole originated the part of Lenka, a Czech student of Philopsophy in Tom Stoppard's "Rock N' Roll" at the Royal court and in the West end in London and revived her role on Broadway at the Bernhard B. Jacobs Theater. Back in NY she also started producing Independent movies and has two feature Films -the Thriller "As good as dead" with Andy McDowell and the Comedy "Blumenthal" with Brian Cox, in which she also Co-stars -and a short Documentary about the Arts program in a Public school "Padim" (which she directed)-under her belt. She is a NY working actor and guest- starred as a Transsexual in the First Interactive TV show for current TV, "Bar Karma", which was produced by Sims creator Will Wright and producer Abi Hecht and in the last season of the longest running Soap "As the world turns" .She has recently worked with Steven Soderbergh in "Side effects" as well as Co-starred in the upcoming Indie "Maggie Black" and also guest-starred in the new NBC show "The Mysteries of Laura."

Katharina Schüttler started acting for film and television when she was 11 years old. Her breakthrough in Germany was the International Emmy Award winning Mini-Series "Generation War" ("Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter") in which she portrayed singer Greta del Torres. She appeared in many films for cinema and television, such as Golden Globe winning production "Carlos" by Olivier Assayas, the youngest version of Hans Fallada's "Alone in Berlin" acting alongside Emma Thompson and Swedish Production "Simon and the Oaks" by Lisa Ohlin. She was in German Indie-hits "Oh Boy", "Zeit der Kannibalen" and recently portrayed Fräulein Rottenmeier in the remake of "Heidi" by Alain Gsponer. In "13 Minutes" ("Elser") by Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Der Untergang"), which premiered in the Berlinale Film Festival (out of competition), she performed Hitler assassin Georg Elser's lover Elsa and recently worked with German director Dani Levy in "Die Welt der Wunderlichs".She is best known to English-language audiences for her lead performances in the Channel 4 drama Mini-Series "The Promise" by Peter Kosminsky, alongside Claire Foy and "Run", by Jonathan Pearson, starring Olivia Colman and Katie Leung. In 2009 she received the Bavarian Film Award, the "Guenter Strack Nachwuchspreis" in 2006 and Best Actress at the Munich Film Festival in 2002. For her performance in "Generation War", which won the International Emmy Award, she received the German Television Award as well as the Bavarian TV Award with her co-actors Tom Schilling, Miriam Stein, Ludwig Trepte and Volker Bruch in 2013. In 2014 she was given the Günter-Rohrbach-Filmpreis for her performance in "Zeit der Kannibalen" together with Devid Striesow and Sebastian Blomberg. Besides her film works she is one of the leading young theatre actresses in Germany. In 2006 she received the German Theatre Award "Der Faust" as Best Actress and was voted "Actress of the Year" by the German Theatre Critics. She was the youngest actress ever to receive this honour. In 2010 she was awarded with the renowned "Ulrich Wildgruber Prize" for outstanding artistic performances.

In 2009 she won the "Bavarian Film Prize" as Best Young Actress for her performance in the terrorist-drama "The Day Will Come" ("Es kommt der Tag").

Besides her film works she is one of the leading young theatre actresses in Germany. Her works include "Hedda Gabler", "Penthesilea", "Blasted", "Joan of Arc", "Lolita" and many more.

She was awarded with the renowned "Ulrich Wildgruber Prize 2010".

Cosima Henman was born on 21 December 1996 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Hard Feelings (2023), Beasts Like Us (2024) and Behringer and the Dead - A Bamberg Mystery (2024).

Kim Petras (born 27 August 1992) is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Between 2016 and 2020, she released music as an independent artist under her own imprint, BunHead Records, before signing with Amigo and Republic Records in 2021.

Kim Petras was born in the city of Cologne. Her mother is a choreographer and artist, her father is an architect and her older sister is also a singer. While she was assigned male at birth, her parents said that from the age of two Petras knew she was a girl. In 2006, Petras, then aged 13, appeared on a German television current affairs show in which she discussed her medical gender transition. At age 14, Petras appeared in a documentary and a talk show, in a push to get permission for early sex reassignment surgery at age 16, before the minimum age of 18 in Germany. These appearances resulted in international media coverage of her transition, touting her as the "world's youngest transsexual".

In September 2007, she was a model for a German chain of hair salons. Petras was evaluated by the head of the psychiatric unit at Frankfurt Hospital, Dr Bernd Meyenburg, and approved for gender confirmation surgery at 16 years old; Petras announced, in November 2008, that the surgery was completed. The Daily Telegraph claimed Petras was the youngest person in the world to have had that surgery at the time. About her surgery, she stated "I was asked if I feel like a woman now - but the truth is I have always felt like a woman - I just ended up in the wrong body".

In an interview with BuzzFeed, Petras said the first song she ever wrote was "about this dude in second grade who didn't like me back".[13]

Petras began recording music as a teenager, releasing her debut extended play One Piece of Tape in 2011. She independently released her debut international single in 2017 Kim Petras: I Don't Want It at All (2017), in the music video she appears together with Paris Hilton, forming a duo of explosive blondes. The song was followed by Billboard-charting singles Kim Petras: Heart to Break (2018), in the music video she is a princess and Julio Marcelino is the prince. Following her early success, Petras released a collection of digital singles which would later comprise her unofficial body of work known as Era 1. Petras released her debut album Clarity, on 28 June 2019. The record was preceded with a nine-week-long promotional campaign, during which Petras released one single per week with an accompanying visual lyric video. Clarity received acclaim from music critics, reached number seven on the Heatseekers Chart and number 26 on the Independent Albums chart. Following this, Petras released her second studio album, Turn Off the Light in October 2019. In 2020, Petras saw further success with her songs Kim Petras: Malibu (At Home Edition) (2020) accompanied by a very summery music video featuring big names like Paris Hilton who repeats with Kim and others like Demi Lovato, Charli XCX, the sisters Jessie J and AJ Michalka, Nikita Dragun and many others.

In 2021 Petras signed with Republic Records and released the 7-track EP Slut Pop in 2022.

On 30 July 2022, Petras seemingly confirmed via Twitter that the album titled Problématique had been scrapped. On 2 August 2022, many songs believed to be on the album leaked online.

Petras is a pop singer who also makes electronic dance music, dance-pop, electropop and bubblegum pop. She credits the late 1990s and early 2000s pop scene, as well as 1980s Italo disco, as the primary basis for her sound. Petras' inspirations include Katy Perry, Cher, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, Madonna and the Spice Girls, as well as Boy George, Debbie Harry, Queen, Freddie Mercury, Judy Garland, Baby E, Lil Aaron, Liz Y2K., and Kesha.

Tina Ruland was born on 9 October 1966 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Nicht von schlechten Eltern (1993), Tatort (1970) and Ants in the Pants (2000).

Wilma Elles is a German actress known in more than 70 countries in Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern and Central Europe for her lead-role in 'Filinta' and 'Yeter' and especially in the weekly TV series "Öyle bir gecer zaman ki" (As time goes by), which broke several viewer records and is watched with the highest ratings.

Since four years old she wanted to be an actress and performed plays for family and neighbors. She took acting classes since the age of 10 and played in about 26 theatre plays. After receiving her acting diploma from the Kaca Celan Theatre School she got her first offers for TV and cinema productions. Her breakthrough was definitely the lead role as Caroline in the record breaking TV series "As times goes by", which is now screened in 70 countries. Despite not knowing Turkish at that time she won the casting out of 800 actresses, while learning her lines phonetically. Now she speaks not only German and Turkish fluently, but also French and English, which she proved by playing a Native French and Native American English speaker in different cinema movies. Until now she gave life to the lead character in about twenty cinema movies.

Besides that she designed the worldwide first Feng Shui Fashion collection for the international brand ADL and appears as a model at various Fashion Weeks of the world. She has been on many magazine covers as Elle Bulgaria, GQ Turkey, Instyle Home, Tempo Turkey.

Wilma Elles has won twenty-one awards as Best Actress, including the European Quality Award and the World Consumer Award.

Diana Staehly was born on 31 October 1977 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Die Rosenheim-Cops (2002), Stromberg (2004) and König von Kreuzberg (2005). She has been married to René Wolter since 2007. They have one child.

Erwin Bach was born on 24 January 1956 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Tina (2021), Maldito amor: Demasiado tarde (1999) and 60 Minutes (1968). He was previously married to Tina Turner.

Max von der Groeben was born on 15 January 1992 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Kidnapping Stella (2019) and Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding (2020).

Annette Frier is a German actress and comedian known for her versatility in television, film, and theater. She gained prominence with roles in series like "Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast" and "Danni Lowinski," the latter earning her the Bavarian TV Award for Best Actress. Beyond acting, Frier has hosted shows such as the "Bundesvision Song Contest" and participated in programs like "LOL: Last One Laughing." Since 2002, she has been married to director Johannes Wünsche, with whom she has twins born in 2008.

Marie Zielcke was born on 3 February 1979 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Silvester Countdown (1997), Agnes and His Brothers (2004) and Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace (2009). She was previously married to Henry Thomas.

Luk Piyes was born March 30th 1975 in Cologne Germany. His passion for acting started in primary school and accompanied him along his way, from Thai Box Champ, being a Street-Worker with 16, to the Law School Student. While studying at the Faculty of Law in Cologne, he continued to act on independent stages. As soon as he got a sponsorship he followed his desire for acting and took off to the US. His first stations were NY and L.A., where he soon studied screenwriting and directing as well. He returned to Germany and starred in several award wining films as a lead all over Europe. He always continued his work as a social worker. Establishing several anti-violence, anti-drug and anti-terror projects and giving seminars in schools and universities (often in war zones) gave him the urge to package independent film projects by his own. Short films in the States and Germany were soon followed by his first full-length features films 'Barut' and 'Ates' as an writer/director/producer in Istanbul, where he studied sociology. The third film 'Pasha' , is in Pre-Production and will be shot in Antiochia, Istanbul, Berlin and Cologne.

Heiner Lauterbach was born on 10 April 1953 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Eurocops (1988), Men... (1985) and Welcome to Germany (2016). He has been married to Viktoria Lauterbach since 8 September 2001. They have two children. He was previously married to Katja Flint.

Anna Schäfer was born on 8 July 1973 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians (2016), Knallerfrauen (2011) and Cologne P.D. (2003). She is married to Jochen Kilian. They have two children.

Henning May was born on 13 January 1992 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and executive, known for Goodbye Berlin (2016), Trüberbrook (2019) and Juju feat. Henning May: Vermissen (2019).

Janine Kunze is a German actress and television presenter, best known for her role as Carmen Krause in the comedy series "Hausmeister Krause - Ordnung muss sein" (1999-2010). She has also appeared in shows like "Die Rote Meile," "Balko," and "Die dreisten Drei." In 2011, she co-hosted the second season of "Die Alm" alongside Daniel Aminati. Kunze is married to Dirk Budach, and they have two daughters and a son.

Sina Martens studied acting at the Hochschule for Music and Theater 'Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy' in Leipzig. Already during her studies, collaborations began with directors, such as Hans-Werner Kroesinger, Rainald Grebe and Sebastian Hartmann. She was then discovered by Oliver Reese, who engaged her at the Schauspiel Frankfurt and subsequently, at the Berliner Ensemble, where she took on leading roles in productions by Alexander Eisenach, Bernadette Sonnenbichler, Frank Castorf, Lena Brasch, Michael Thalheimer and Robert Borgmann.

She has received many awards for her outstanding acting talents, including the Award of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, the Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation and the International Forum of the Berlin Theatertreffen, and was voted Young Actress of the Year by the theater magazine Theater heute.

Her work in film include leading roles in productions by directors like Andreas Dresen, Irene von Alberti, Lars Becker, Marc Schießer, Arman T. Riahi and Michael Krummenacher like 'From Hilde with Love', 'I don't work here' and 'Trunk'.

Anna Angelina Wolfers was born on 8 November 1978 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Storm of Love (2005), Jabhook (2010) and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996).

Picco von Groote was born on 15 April 1981 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Home for the Weekend (2012), Tatort (1970) and Duell der Brüder - Die Geschichte von Adidas und Puma (2016). She has been married to Moritz since 2012.

Philipp Danne was born on 22 April 1985 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015), Tessa - Leben für die Liebe (2006) and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996).