Linda Zervakis

Linda Zervakis (Greek: Λίντα Ζερβάκη; born 25 July 1975 in Hamburg) is a German-Greek television presenter as well as newsreader and journalist in the editorship of ARD-Aktuell in Hamburg. She is the first Tagesschau presenter with an immigrant background.[1]

Linda Zervakis
Born25 July 1975  (age 45)
Hamburg 
Websitehttps://www.lindazervakis.de/ 

Life

Zervakis is the daughter of Greek immigrant guest workers in Hamburg-Harburg, where she attended the Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium until 1994. Her father ran a kiosk in Harburg. Following her father's death, Zervakis and her brothers had to help their mother by working in the kiosk while they were still children. Until the age of 28, Zervakis worked on Sundays in the kiosk.

Career

After graduation in 1994, Zervakis interned at the advertising agency BBDO, where she was then employed as a copywriter. Later, she worked as a volunteer and editor at various radio and television production companies.

In 2001, Zervakis moved to the NDR. There she was first employed as a newsreader and editor of the radio program N-JOY, beginning in 2004. She was also a news anchor and reporter for the Schleswig-Holstein magazine and the Schleswig-Holstein 18 o'clock broadcast. Since 2006, Zervakis moderates the Tagesschau news on tagesschau24. From 2008 to 2010, she was an external reporter on the NDR program My Afternoon.

From February 2009, Zervakis regularly filled in for Gabi Bauer and Ingo Zamperoni in the Nachtmagazin. In February 2010, she became the female speaker for the Tagesschau. From July 2011 to September 2011, Zervakis also appeared together with Simon Beeck in the afternoon program of 1 Live as a holiday replacement.[2]

On 17 May 2013, Zervakis replaced Marc Bator and became one of the anchors of Tagesschau at 8pm.[3]

Filmography
Year Title Role
2017 Sharknado 5: Global Swarming News Anchor Woman

Memoir
  • Königin der bunten Tüte. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2015, ISBN 978-3-499-63080-4

References
  1. Der Spiegel, Personalien: Linda Zervakis auf spiegel.de, abgerufen am 23. Mai 2013, Ausgabe 2011/16, S. 157.
  2. Uwe Mantel (17. Juni 2011) Schlegl und Winterscheidt moderieren bei 1Live auf dwdl.de, abgerufen am 23. Mai 2013.
  3. ""Tagesschau": Linda Zervakis folgt auf Marc Bator" ["Tagesschau": Linda Zervakis succeeds Marc Bator] (in German). DWDL.de. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2018..

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