Born in Lübz, Germany. Brought up in East Berlin. Moved abroad aged 17.
Carolin trained at the School of Physical Theatre London (now based in Canada), where she completed an intensive one year Lecoq course. She then continued her studies on the three year BA (Hons) Acting Course (pathway- Collaborative and Devised Theatre) at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama before enjoying a more classical, postgraduate acting training at Drama Studio London. The marriage of all has given her a unique and rounded approach to her work.
Since graduating from Drama School in 2010 Carolin has worked on stage and screen internationally. Most recently she performed in ‘The Last Days of Mankind’ (Karl Kraus) at Leith Theatre in Edinburgh, directed by Yuri Birte Anderson and John Paul McGroarty. The production is underscored by original music from the Tiger Lillies who also formed part of the ensemble. The show will tour Poland and Germany later in 2019. Carolin has starred in various independent films, such as ‘FlySpy’ directed by BAFTA award winning director Daniel Smith, acting opposite Ophelia Lovibond and ‘Caraba’, a feature about free education, directed by Katharina Mihm. As a voice over artist she regularly records animations for the Goethe Institute and past clients include the BBC, IHG, Vodafone, PURE, Olympia, Hodder & Stoughton, EasyJet, KPMG and many more.
At the beginning of 2017, after living abroad for 13 years, Carolin made the decision to spend more time in her hometown Berlin to rediscover her German roots.
NEXT: Hecate House, as Eve Hecate, Theater im Delphi Berlin, 10th- 12th May, 7:30pm, directed by James Darrah, written by Christopher Adams- Cohen. Come one, come all!
My collaboration with THEATERLABOR continues. This time we are devising a political piece of work which asks questions such as: What is revolutionary movement? We want change, but what change? What is a revolution? Our work is supported by Creative Europe and will be shown as part of a theatre festival in Bilbao, Spain in July, and also in August in Bielefeld, Germany and September in Faenza, Italy. I am so grateful to work with these wonderful artists.
Last weekend I filmed a short comedy with MUSTart Films, it’s working title is ‘Turnbeutelvergesser’, directed by Alexander Garms and written by Daniel Hettinger. Really looking forward to seeing the final edit. Thanks to everyone involved- I had a great time on set. Stay tuned.
Comedy Central News has asked me to voice various characters for season 3. I can be heard in episodes ‘Influencer’ and ‘Haustiere’. The new season starts Monday the 18th March at 8pm. We had a great time in the studio with much laughter and fun. Thank you.
The incredible work of artist Manfred Schneider will be exhibited at the Livingstone Gallery as part of ART ROTTERDAM from 6th- 10th February 2019. The video installation we have created ‘Bad Jokes Cycle Repeated’ will also be shown. Very happy about this!
I travelled from Edinburgh to Strasbourg to create a short theatre piece with visual artists Association Arsène. There was an 11 day revolution in the Alsace region shortly after the first World War and this is a memoir to that. I am very happy to collaborate with these great artists.
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