Janina Elkin is a German actress, known for starring in the films Bella Kiss: Prologue (2011), Stille Nachts (2012) and Foreign Body (2014). He is also known for his performance in the lead role of Dominik in the German Freedom Award-winning short film Sissu (2009).
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Wiki/Biography
Janina Elkin was born on Monday, December 20, 1982 (age 38 years; as in 2020) in Kyiv, Ukraine. At a very young age, she began her dance training at the Kyiv State Dance Academy. Later, she took ballet lessons at the State Ballet Academy in Mannheim, Germany. In 2001, he enrolled at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, New York, for a four-year course in acting. Subsequently, in 2012, he did a two-year course at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, Berlin. To gain expertise, she pursued various additional acting courses such as Method Acting Master Class (2010), Meisner Technique Training at Actors-Space in Berlin (2010), Ivana Chubbuck Masterclass (2018), etc.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 5″
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye colour: brown
signature/autograph
Janina Elkin’s autograph
Family and ethnicity
parents and siblings
Janina Elkin’s sister’s name is Natalia Sislock.
Janina Elkin with her father
Janina Elkin with her mother
Janina Elkin with her sister
Relationships, Husband and Children
Janina Elkin is married to Chris Apitius, founder of X-Centives, an event planning organization.
Janina Elkin with her husband
In 2017, Janina Elkin gave birth to Romi Liv Elkin, a child actress who played Mrs. Levin’s daughter ‘Leo’ in the television series Schloss Einstein (1998).
Janina Elkin with her daughter
livelihood
Theater
In 2003, Janina Elkin began her journey as a theater artist at the Altonaer Theater in Hamburg, where she played the role of Yvonne in the theater play ‘Der Schönste Tag’. Subsequently, he acted in various dramas such as Lost (2006), Der Taxifahrer (2007), Motortown (2007), etc. In 2009, she starred as ‘Baby’ in the play Dirty Dancing at the Theater am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.
Janina Elkin in the drama Dirty Dancing (2007)
short film
In 2004, Janina Elkin made her short film debut with Tumbling Leaf. Subsequently, he gained popularity with the German Freedom Award-winning short film Sissu (2009), in which he played the role of Dominik.
Janina Elkin in Sisu (2009)
Later, she appeared in various short-films such as Not Afraid (2010), Vivre à Berlin (2014), Der Besuch (2018), etc.
Television
In 2003, Janina Elkin made her debut in the German television film Kusen Verboten, bagern Erlaubt (Kissing Forbidden, Digging Permitted), in which she played Gelibte, a mistress. In 2004, she appeared as a dancer in ZDF’s crime-drama ‘Der Ermitler’ (The Investigator). In 2012, she played the role of Anna-Carina Levin, a protagonist in the show ‘Schloss Einstein’.
Janina Elkin at Schloss Einstein (2012)
In 2019, she played the role of ‘Ina Brach’, a blind patient, in the television series ‘In aller Freundschaft – Die Jungen Arzte’.
Janina Elkin in All Freundschaft – Die Jungen Arzte (2019)
Other television series in which she appeared include SOKO 5113 (2009), Notruf Hafenkante (2017), Tatort (2019), etc.
movies
After her first film Lady Europa (2012) in which she played the role of Zaza, she came into limelight with the German horror film Bella Kiss: Prologue (2013) in which she played the role of Sophie.
In 2012, she appeared in the film ‘Stil Nachtas (Silent Night)’ as ‘Maria’, a villager who is considered scum in the village and considered socially inferior.
In 2014, she became famous with the film ‘Foreign Body’, in which she played the role of Irina, a young Ukrainian woman who blackmails Wolfgang Kruber; The recipient of Irina’s illegally transplanted kidney. The role of Irina earned Janina various accolades, including a Best Actress award at Italy’s Levante International Film Festival (2016).
Janina Elkin in Foreign Body (2014)
In 2015, she appeared in the film Ostfriesisch für Anfanger, in which she played the role of Svetlana. Subsequently, she appeared in various films such as Full Moon (2017), Mission Ulja Funk (2019), Lovers (2019), etc.
Janina Elkin in Ostfriesisch für Anfanger (2015)
OTT/Web Series
In 2020, Janina rose to international stardom with her digital debut with The Queen’s Gambit, in which she played Borgov’s wife.
Janina Elkin in The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
Awards/Honors
- Nominated for Maverick Movie Award (2009) in the category Best Actress Award for the short film Sissu (2009)
- Won the Best Actress Award at the Levante International Film Festival (2015) for the film Foreign Body (2014).
Facts/General Knowledge
- Janina Elkin is multilingual and can speak six different languages; German, Russian, English, Spanish, Ukrainian and French.
- She is a professional dancer and is proficient in various dance forms like ballet, jazz dance, Latin American dance, merengue, etc.
Janina Elkin performing ballet
- He is an active sports player and is skilled in sports like boxing, inline skating, swimming etc.
- Janina Elkin also lent her voice to various computer games and dubbing series such as Grey’s Anatomy (2011, voice of Anna), White Collar (2013, voice of Katya), The Americans (2013, voice of Nina Sergeevna Krylova). etc., in German and Russian languages.
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