Ulrike Mai

Ulrike Mai (born 6 January 1960 in Dresden, East Germany as Ulrike Kunze) is a German television, movie, voice and theater actress. Among her native German she speaks English, French and Russian languages.[1]

Ulrike Mai
Born
Ulrike Kunze

(1960-01-06)6 January 1960
Dresden, German Democratic Republic
OccupationActress
Known forAppearing as Anna Mons in movies after Aleksey Tolstoy's novel; appearances in German series; acting in German theaters.

Life and career

From 1978 to 1981, Ulrike Kunze studied at Ernst Busch Drama School in Berlin.

In 1980, she became famous in the USSR after appearing as Anna Mons in Sergei Gerasimov's movies The Youth of Peter the Great and At the Beginning of Glorious Days after Aleksey Tolstoy's Peter the Great novel.

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The Youth of Peter the Great movie: Peter and Anna Mons

Having succeeded her studies in Berlin, she acted in Magdeburg's theater until 1984 and then continued her performing career in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.

In 1987, Ulrike Kunze got a job at DDR-FS (a state owned channel in East Germany).

It was the same year she married a German actor and director Jürgen Mai whose last name she took.

From 2005 to 2007, Ulrike Mai appeared as Helga Plenske in ViB series.

gollark: Uncool.
gollark: Unlike uncool google maps users, I can DOWNLOAD maps for offline use.
gollark: I would, but my internet connection is tied up downloading UK maps onto my phone.
gollark: Extremely bad?
gollark: Isn't that a BAD thing?

References
  1. http://www.agenturmosblech.de/damen/mai/body_mai.htm
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