Nina Kronjäger

Nina Kronjäger (born 26 February 1967) is a German actress. She had her breakthrough in 1993 as the nurse Maischa in Katja von Garnier's Abgeschminkt!. Since then, she has appeared in over 90 film and television productions.

Career

Kronjäger was born in Marburg. She made her debut in 1985 as Martina under the direction of Peter Grandl in the film drama AIDS – Die schleichende Gefahr. She then completed her acting training from 1986 to 1990 at the Münchener Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich. She began her theater career at the Theater Kiel, where she performed in numerous productions until 1992. Afterwards, she acted at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1992/93) and the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt (1993/95).

In Katja von Garnier's one-hour university film Abgeschminkt! (1993) for the HFF München, which was released nationwide and attracted a total of 1.2 million viewers, she played the lead role of the lively and daring nurse Maischa alongside Katja Riemann. Since then, Kronjäger has appeared in numerous films for both cinema and television. In 1997, Peter Wekwerth cast her in his everyday drama Schlank bis in den Tod, in which she played the anorexic Teresa Bille alongside her then-partner Thomas Heinze. That same year, she took on the title role in Susanne Zanke's comedy Ein Schloß für Rita (A Castle for Rita). In Peter Keglevic’s thriller Vickys Alptraum (Vicky's Nightmare), she appeared in 1998 as Anka, the friend of Katja Flint's character. From 1998 to 2000, she had a regular role in the series T.E.A.M. Berlin as explosives expert Nathalie Pohl. In 2004, she again acted alongside Thomas Heinze in the twelve-part ZDF television series Typisch Mann!, playing the role of Nina Wolf.