Sophia Thomalla

Sophia Thomalla (born 6 October 1989) is a German actress, model, and television presenter.

Early life

Thomalla was born in East Berlin, East Germany on 6 October 1989, the daughter of actress Simone Thomalla and actor André Vetters. She grew up in Berlin until she was seven and moved to Cologne with her mother. After completing her fourth year of school, she and her mother moved to Kleinmachnow, then to Gelsenkirchen a year later. She also lived there after the separation of her mother from Rudi Assauer. Like her mother, Thomalla practiced kickboxing as a recreational sport; she also partook in some amateur-fights.

Career

From 2007 to 2009, Thomalla attended the Constantin School for Acting, Dance, and Singing in Bochum. In 2006, she played her first television role as the daughter of Barbara Rudnik and Henry Hübchen with TV director Sigi Rothemund in the ARD crime series Commissario Laurenti.

In 2009, she applied for an open casting for the model casting show Germany's next Topmodel. In 2009 and 2010, she appeared in the Sat.1 daily soap Eine wie Keine ("One like no Other") with Chris Putzer. She was a candidate at Let's dance and won the title of Dancing Star 2010, together with her dance-partner Massimo Sinató. In 2012, Thomalla appeared in the ensemble of the comedy series Die dreisten Drei on Sat.1, alongside Oliver Beerhenke and Mirco Nontschew.