Uta Kargel

Uta Kargel (born May 28, 1981 in Halle (Saale)) is a German Playboy model,[1] actor, and voice actor[2]

Uta Kargel
Uta Kargel in 2016
Born (1981-05-28) May 28, 1981
Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, GDR
OccupationModel, Actress, Voice Actress
Years active1998–present

Career and personal life

Uta Kargel was born in Halle (Saale) in the former GDR and later moved to East Berlin with her family. She started modelling at the age of 18.[3] After school she first finished her job training as a bookseller.[3] At the same time she started acting in the stage group Grüner Hund that she had cofounded in 2002.[4]

On television Kargel had her breakthrough with the role as Lena Bachmann in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, where she appeared in 487 episodes until she left in 2006. Kargel started studying culturology.,[3][5] which she paused for two years when she got a leading role in the soap opera Storm of Love. After 2011 Kargel worked in the patient's library of the Charité and as a school aide at a primary school,[3] while she finished her studies with a master's degree. With a few of her friends the founded BiK Pictures, an independent film company, which produced its first feature film Kartenhaus[6] with Kargel in one of the leading roles in 2017 with the help of crowdfunding.[7] After returning to Storm of Love for just seven episodes in 2017, her role became continuous, when she returned again in March 2018. In episode 3381 (May 2020) Kargel left Storm of Love again[8] after a total of 808 episodes. As a voice actress, Kargel dubs roles voiced by Bai Ling.[2]

In 2017 Kargel survived a heavy car crash on a road trip from Denver to Los Angeles without any injuries.[9]

In August 2019 Kargel and the Italian photographer Nicoló Lanfranchi posted a series of photos on Instagram, which revealed, that they were in a relationship.[10][11] Kargel still lives and works in Germany, while Lanfranchi lives in Italy.[12] Kargel has one sister.[3]

Kargel became known to a broader public, when she posed for the November 2019 issue of the German edition of Playboy.[1]

Film
Year Title Director
1998 Hamlet – Eine Reise durch die Metropole Ilona Zarypow
2003 Wedding Daydream (short film) Ansgar Ahlers
2003 Die Allee (documentary) Ilona Zarypow
2006 Sunny Hill Luzius Rüedi
2006 Die Liebe der Lieblosen Benjamin Tholen
2008 Der Morgen danach (short film) Robert Lyons
2015 Idyllik (short film) Jurij Neumann
2016 Twice (short film) Sharon On
2017 Glücklich (short film) Jurij Neumann
2017 Kartenhaus Jurij Neumann

Television
Year Title Notes
2006-2006 Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
2006 Verliebt in Berlin single episode
2007 R. I. S. – Die Sprache der Toten season 2, episode 4
2008 Volles Haus leading role
2008 Ein starkes Team
2008 Dr. Molly & Karl leading role in one episode
2009 Kill Your Darling web series
2009 Ein starkes Team
2010-2011 Storm of Love leading role in episodes 1087-1391
2011 Rote Rosen episodes 1271-1290
2012 Loona Balloona short film, leading role
2014 Heldt single episode
2016 Stuttgart Homicide single episode
2017 Storm of Love episodes 2791-2797
2018-2020 Storm of Love episodes 2886-3381

Stage
Year Title Written by
1998 Hamlet William Shakespeare
2003 Die Küche Arnold Wesker
2003 Elizaveta Bam Daniil Kharms
2003 Eine absurde Tischrunde Daniil Kharms
2003 Die Reise nach Brasilien Daniil Kharms
2003 Publikumsbeschimpfung Peter Handke
2004 Zirkus Sardam Daniil Kharms
2004 Goldene Herzen Daniil Kharms
2005 Schiller, Schiller Friedrich von Schiller
2006 Roter Schnee – oder wir sind keine Heringe Daniil Kharms
2006 Die Frau vom Meer Henrik Ibsen
2019 Kasimir und Kaukasus Francis Veber

References
  1. "Uta Kargel schamlos in Schottland". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  2. "Deutsche Synchronkartei: Uta Kargel". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  3. "Sturm der Liebe: So tickt Uta Kargel (Eva Saalfeld) privat". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  4. "RTL Steckbrief: Uta Kargel". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  5. "Promiflash: Nach GZSZ-Aus: Uta freut sich über bezahlte Jobs". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  6. "Crew United: Kartenhaus". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  7. "Startnext: Kartenhaus". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  8. "Sturm der Liebe: Der Abschied". Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  9. "Sorge um Ex-GZSZ-Star Uta Kargel: Schwerer Autounfall!". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  10. "Nicoló Lanfranchi on Instagram". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  11. "Uta Kargel on Instagram". Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  12. ""Sturm der Liebe"-Star verrät Liebesgeheimnis". Retrieved 2019-12-04.
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