Mona Seefried
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Mona Seefried | |
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Mona Seefried | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1977–present |
Mona Seefried (real name Mona Seefried-Funck) is an Austrian actress. She gained great fame through her portrayal of Charlotte Saalfeld, one of the main roles in the ARD telenovela Sturm der Liebe, which she played continuously from September 2005 to May 2018.
She was brought up as a theater artist in Vienna before moving on to Hamburg and later Berlin in Germany. She started with minor television roles before her breakthrough with the telenovela Sturm der Liebe.
From 1980 to 1985 she was a member of the Berlin state drama theater ensemble under the direction of Boy Gobert.[1]
She gained great fame through her portrayal of Charlotte Saalfeld, one of the main roles in the ARD telenovela Sturm der Liebe (Storm of Love), which she played continuously from September 2005 to May 2018.[2] However, she repeatedly took time out to take on other tasks such as filming the ORF crime series Donau. On March 12, 2018, Seefried announced her final exit from the successful telenovela, in which she had been a part from the beginning. The last episode, in which Charlotte Saalfeld emigrated to Africa forever, was broadcast on May 16, 2018. Even before her role in Sturm der Liebe, Seefried was seen in television roles, such as Marienhof in Praxis Bülowbogen and as Louiserl in the Christmas films Single Bells and O Palmenbaum by Uli and Xaver Schwarzenberger.