Shooting Stars 2005. - 21 Most Talented Young European Actors
Each year, European Film Promotion (EFP), a network of promotion and marketing organisations from 35 European countries, presents the most talented young actors from throughout Europe to the press, public and industry during the Berlin International Film Festival. Actors with established national careers are suddenly on the international stage at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival. Among the actors recognized with the SHOOTING STARS AWARD over the years are such top-flight actors as Daniel Craig, Daniel Brühl, Rachel Weisz, Franka Potente, Maya Sansa and Nina Hoss.
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- Jakob Cedergren was born on 10 January 1973 in Lund, Sweden. He is an actor, known for The Guilty (2018), Submarino (2010) and Terribly Happy (2008).
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Aleksandra Balmazovic was born on 3 June 1976 in Celje, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and producer, known for Usekovanje (2022), All Against All (2019) and Beleznica profesora Miskovica (2021).- Johanna Bantzer was born in 1978 in Zürich, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Strähl (2004), Der Freund (2008) and Havarie (2006).
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Jan Budar plays his roles with great commitment. He has portrayed a wide range of characters in many films and TV shows during his career. He loves "method acting", because he was deeply inspired by great actors like Daniel Day Lewis, Matthew McConaughey, Dustin Hoffman, Viggo Mortensen and by many others. Jan is a hard worker who loves to collaborate with the best. He inspires and loves to be inspired. He learns something new every day. In his work and in his life, he always goes for the experience and not for the result. Jan was born in Frydlant, a short distance from the city of Liberec.[1] He graduated from Brno's Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in 2000.[2] He started his career in Brno under the tutelage of Vladimír Moravek, one of the most acclaimed Czech theatre directors. This creative partnership culminated in their first film, Boredom in Brno. Budar also co-authored the script and composed the music. The comedy was awarded five Czech Lions in 2003, including Best Male Actor for Jan Budar's performance. This success led to roles in such films as Marek Najbrt's debut Champions and Jan Hrebejk's recent Up and down, the Czech entry for the Academy Awards, which won the top awards at the Czech Lions Awards 2005. The team of Moravek and Budar created their second film, Hrubes and Mares best friends: come rain or shine. Besides acting, writing, composing and singing, Budar also makes his own short films, documentaries and video clips. In March 2005, Budar won the Czech Lion award for "Best Supporting Actor" in Champions. In February 2005, Budar was sent to Berlin as a shooting star to represent Czech cinematography at the Berlinale Film Festival 2005.- Actress
Marisa Cruz was born on 27 June 1974 in Angola. She is an actress, known for Kiss Me (2004), Olhos nos Olhos (2008) and Casos da Vida (2008). She has been married to João Pinto since 2 May 2009. They have two children.- Actress
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As of her youth, Sara Forestier revealed an artistic temperament, loving to write, to paint, and especially to act. When she was thirteen and half years old, she decided to accompany one of her friends to an audition. She took the audition with brilliance, and her career in the acting started here. She met an artistic agent and obtained minor parts in movies and TV movies until L'Esquive. Whereas Abdellatif Kechiche didn't want "true actors" for his movie, she succeeded in convincing by her talent and obtained the leading female role of the film. The movie and her performance were cheered. Now, she continues to shoot in varied films and will have her second leading role in a film adaptation of the novel of Lolita Pille, Hell, at the side of Nicolas Duvauchelle.- Actress
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Already during her first year of studies, Dorka Gryllus assumed the leading role in the film adaptation of Péter Esterházy's bestseller 'Seventeen Swans' which made her nationally famous in Hungary. Engagements at many important European and American theaters and institutions followed, including the Deutsches Theater and HAU in Berlin, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Volkstheater in Vienna, PS122 in New York, the Atrium, Örkèny, as well as the Thalia Theaters in Budapest. She attracted international attention with her leading roles in Sam Garbaski's 'Irina Palm', in Fatih Akin's 'Soul Kitchen' and the Berlinale entry 'Dallas Among Us' for which she was awarded the film festival's 'European Shooting Star'.
With her profound, intuitive acting and her intense corporeality, Dorka Gryllus creates a sustained field of tension and excitement with which she brings her characters convincingly and poignantly to life on stage and in film without revealing their deeply human secrets. Her detailed exploration of her characters is apparent in her natural, expressive performances, for which she has received numerous national as well as international 'Best Actress' awards, including the 'Silver Dolphin' of the Festróia Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia, the 'Best Actress' of the Faces of Love International Film Festival in Socci, as well as from the Zoom Festival in Barcelona.
Widely acclaimed for her precise depictions of contradictory human motivations, she has achieved a prominent position on the European theater and film landscape and become a much sought after European actress. Dorka Gryllus is the ambassador for the Autistic Art Foundation.
Dorka Gryllus works internationally as an actress and lives in Berlin and Budapest.- Actress
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Frida Hallgren was born on 16 December 1974 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is an actress and director, known for As It Is in Heaven (2004), 30:e november (1995) and The Searchers (1993).- Actress
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Monic Hendrickx was born on 3 December 1966 in Stevensbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Unfinished Sky (2007), Penoza (2010) and The Polish Bride (1998). She is married to Ralph. They have one child.- Actress
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Sascha Ley was born on 13 September 1967 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Shadow of the Vampire (2000), Autobahnraser (2004) and Hannah Arendt (2012).- Actor
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Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir was born on 23 March 1981. She is an actress and director, known for Band (2022), Pity the Lovers (2019) and As in Heaven (1992).- Actress
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Archie is an Emmy Award winning British actress best known for her role as Kalinda Sharma in The Good Wife, for which she was nominated for an Emmy three times in a row and went on to to be honored with a Golden Globe Nomination. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed East Is East which won a Bafta for Best Film. She then went onto star in the Bafta and Golden Globe nominated international hit Bend It Like Beckham. She appeared in John Le Carre's The Constant Gardener, which was nominated for 10 Bafta's and won an Oscar and went on to work alongside Angelina Jolie in the gut wrenching A Mighty Heart. Archie then went on to star in 2 Bafta winning Netflix/BBC series; The Fall, opposite Gillian Anderson as well as Shetland. She recently starred on the American TV hit Blindspot and in the International blockbuster earthquake movie San Andreas opposite Dwayne Johnson. The New Year will see Archie lead the highly anticipated 6 part drama Next Of Kin on ITV.- Actor
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Giorgio Pasotti is an Italian actor who debuts in theatre as a protagonist aside Stefania Rocca in the theatrical show "Le Poligraphe" by Robert Lepage. He then appears in the film "I Piccoli Maestri" directed by Daniele Luchetti based on Luigi Meneghello's novel, and in Gabriele Muccino's directorial debut, "Ecco Fatto" with Barbara Bobulova. Throughout the years he alternates between television and cinema, he finds fame with the tv series "Distretto di Polizia" where he interprets the role of Inspector Paolo Libero. In those years he stars in Neri Marcorè's miniseries "E Poi C'è Filippo", in "Due Mamme Di Troppo" directed by Antonello Grimaldi, "La Scelta di Laura" by Alessandro Piva, and in the miniseries "David Copperfield" by Ambrogio Lo Giudice. In 2012 he enters the role of Giuseppe Garibaldi in the miniseries "Anita Garibaldi" for Rai 1. He also interprets the role of Lino Zani, Pope John Paul II's ski instructor in "Non avere paura - Un'amicizia con Papa Wojtyla", and a police agent who fights against the Germans in World War II in "A Testa Alta - I Martiri di Fiesole". He appears in the series "Il Silenzio dell'Acqua" directed by Pier Belloni, in "La Compagnia Del Cigno" by Ivan Cotroneo, in Season 1 and 2 of "Lea e I Bambini Degli Altri" and in the first two seasons of "Mina Settembre" directed by Tiziana Aristarco. He returns in cinemas with "Ultimo Bacio" directed by Gabriele Muccino, as the protagonist's best friend, he also interprets the new groom in the movie "Volevo solo Dormirle Adosso" by Eugenio Capuccio. He works in "L'Aria Salata" directed by Alessandro Angelini and in "Le Rose del Deserto" by Mario Monicelli, and as the protagonist of "Diario di un Maniaco Per Bene" by Michele Picchi. Giorgio stars in Gabriele Muccino's sequel to "L'Ultimo Bacio" in "Baciamo Ancora", and in 2013 appears in the Oscar-winning film "La Grande Bellezza" directed by Paolo Sorrentino. In 2014 he is one of the protagonists of "Sapore Di Te" by Carlo Vanzina, working with him again in "Un Matrimonio Da Favola", interpreting a closeted homosexual who hides it from his friends. Francesco Prisco chooses him for his directorial debut "Nottetempo", without forgetting the movie "Mio Papà" directed by Giulio Base exploring the themes of a large family, he is the protagonist and, for the first time, writer. In 2015 he directs with Matteo Bini and acts in the movie "Io, Arlecchino". In 2020 he directs and acts in the movie "Abbi Fede" and in November of the same year he is chosen as the new director of Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo. In 2022 he appears in the Tv Series "Lea - Un nuovo Giorno".- Actor
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Max Riemelt was born on 7 January 1984 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for Before the Fall (2004), Free Fall (2013) and Berlin Syndrome (2017).- Actor
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Trond Espen Seim was born on 4 October 1971 in Oslo, Norway. He is an actor and producer, known for Varg Veum - Falne engler (2008), The Thing (2011) and Varg Veum - Kalde hjerter (2012).- Actor
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Kari-Pekka Toivonen was born on 6 May 1967 in Finland. He is an actor and writer, known for Vapaa pudotus (2001), Nousukausi (2003) and Rock'n Roll Never Dies (2006). He has been married to Merja Larivaara since September 1998.- Unax Ugalde was born on 27 November 1978 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, País Vasco, Spain. He is an actor, known for Che: Part One (2008), Goya's Ghosts (2006) and La buena nueva (2008).
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Marie Vinck was born on 3 January 1983 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. She is an actress and writer, known for De kus (2004), De Rodenburgs (2009) and Adem (2010).- Franziska Weisz was born on 4 May 1980 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Hotel (2004), Mutig in die neuen Zeiten (2005) and Tage, die es nicht gab (2022). She has been married to Felix Herzogenrath since 2015.