Shooting Stars 2004. - 21 Most Talented Young European Actors
by nativaiva | created - 12 Mar 2015 | updated - 12 Mar 2015 | PublicEach 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 Rachel Weisz, Franka Potente, Daniel Craig, Nina Hoss, Ludivine Sagnier and Daniel Brühl.
1. Elena Anaya
Actress | La piel que habito
Spanish actress Elena Anaya impressed the critics with her performance in Sex and Lucía (2001).
Elena was born in Palencia, Spain, on July 17th, 1975. An active child, she excelled in karate and mountain climbing. By the time she was 17 Elena knew that she wanted to channel her energy into ...
2. Alexandra Aidini
Actress | Treis meres eftyhias
Alexandra Aidini was born in 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress, known for Three Days Happiness (2012), Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (2004) and Approach (2017).
3. Lubna Azabal
Actress | Incendies
Lubna Azabal was born on August 15, 1973 in Brussels, Belgium. She is an actress, known for Incendies (2010), Coriolanus (2011) and Body of Lies (2008).
4. Eva Birthistle
Actress | Imagine Me & You
Eva Birthistle was born in April 1974 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. She is an actress and director, known for Imagine Me & You (2005), Brooklyn (2015) and A Fond Kiss (2004). She is married to Ross John Barr. They have two children. She was previously married to Raife Patrick Burchell.
5. Irina Björklund
Actress | Rauhantekijä
Irina, born 1973, is a Finnish film/TV/stage actress, as well as a recording singer, song writer and musician She spent her childhood in Sweden, France and Finland. She danced at the Finnish National Opera Ballet school during 5 years She studied at the Helsinki Theatre Academy 1993-96
She has spent...
6. Zoé Félix
Actress | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
Zoé Félix was born on May 7, 1976 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Welcome to the Sticks (2008), Captifs (2010) and Le coeur des hommes (2003).
7. Georg Friedrich
Actor | Große Freiheit
Georg Friedrich was born on October 31, 1966 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor, known for Great Freedom (2021), Wild Mouse (2017) and Bright Nights (2017).
8. Anna Geislerová
Actress | Anthropoid
Born in 1976 in Prague, this prolific actress debuted before the cameras at the early age of 14. Also a top model, Anna Geislerová already has an impressive career behind her (110 films, TV films or series episodes in early 2013!) and has received several awards for her remarkable performances, ...
9. Aksel Hennie
Actor | Max Manus
Aksel Hennie is a Norwegian actor, writer and director. He has acted in a number of successful Norwegian movies, and has received several awards. Hennie grew up in Lambertseter in Oslo. In his late teens he was sentenced for tagging, and became an outcast in the community for confessing to the ...
10. Michael Koch
Director | Marija
Michael Koch is a young Swiss actor who received his training at the Actor's Academy at the "Junges Theater Basel", in Switzerland. Some of his many theater credits include the leading role in "Playboy of the Western World", featured at the Theaterspektakel in Zürich. He also played in "Die ...
11. Tom Leick
Actor | The Merchant of Venice
Tom Leick is known for The Merchant of Venice (2004), Hannah Arendt (2012) and The Emperor's Wife (2003).
12. Tómas Lemarquis
Actor | Blade Runner 2049
Tómas Lemarquis was born on August 3, 1977 in Iceland. He is an actor and producer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Snowpiercer (2013).
13. Kristine Nevarauska
Actress | Sauja lozu
Kristine Nevarauska was born on March 3, 1981 in Bauska, Latvia, USSR. She is an actress, known for A Handful of Bullets (2002), Nothing Can Stop Us Now (2019) and Three to Dance (2011).
14. Filippo Nigro
Actor | Suburra - La serie
Filippo Nigro was born on December 3, 1970 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Suburra: Blood on Rome (2017), A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012) and Facing Windows (2003).
15. Eszter Ónodi
Actress | Boldog születésnapot!
Eszter Ónodi was born on February 17, 1973 in Budapest, Hungary. She is an actress, known for Happy Birthday! (2003), Aglaya (2012) and Az alkimista és a szüz (1999).
16. Thekla Reuten
Actress | In Bruges
As a young Dutch actress with numerous internationally acclaimed films under her belt and whose work has been twice Oscar nominated, Thekla Reuten is an undeniable front-runner in the new wave of European actresses lauded on the international stage and screen.
Thekla first came to wide international...
17. Sonja Richter
Actress | The Homesman
Sonja Richter was born on January 4, 1974 in Esbjerg, Denmark. She is an actress, known for The Homesman (2014), Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013) and Cecilie (2007).
18. Andrew Scott
Actor | Spectre
Andrew Scott was born in Dublin, Ireland, the middle child with two sisters, Sarah and Hannah. His parents, Jim and Nora, sent him to a private Catholic school for boys. He did a little acting as a child when he was in a couple of commercials on Irish TV. At 17 he was chosen to star in his first ...
19. Maria Simon
Actress | Good Bye Lenin!
Maria Simon was born on February 6, 1976 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic [nox Saxony, Germany]. She is an actress and producer, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Portrait of a Married Couple (2002) and Kleine Schwester (2004). She is married to Bernd Michael Lade. They have three children.
20. Ângelo Torres
Director | Kunta
Ângelo Torres was born in 1969 in Equatorial Guinea. He is an actor and director, known for Kunta (2007), Hay Road (2012) and Foreign Land (1995).
21. Andreas Wilson
Actor | Ondskan
Andreas Wilson was born on March 7, 1981 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is an actor, known for Evil (2003), Äkta människor (2012) and Bicycle Bride (2010).
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