Sonya Kraus

A German TV Presenter and Model

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Popular name       Sonya Kraus
Birth date              June 22, 1973
Birth place            Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Height                  5' 9¾" (1.77 m)
Occupation           TV Presenter and Model


Career
Sonya Kraus became publicly known as part of the staff in the television show "Glücksrad"  (Wheel of Fortune) on Kabel 1, hosted by Frederic Meisner. Since 2000, she has hosted "Talk talk talk" on ProSieben, a summary of the highlights from talk shows all over the world. Throughout 2000, she co-hosted "Fort Boyard - Stars auf Schatzsuche" with Steven Gätjen and Alexander Mazza.

Other shows she has hosted with Mazza include "Desert Forges - Stars an ihren Grenzen" and "Clip Mix". She was very active in the Pro-Sieben campaign Red Nose Day.

Since 2003, she has presented the show Do it Yourself - S.O.S., remodeling rooms, houses and gardens all over Germany. In July 2004, she co-hosted with Elton "Die Alm" on ProSieben. Between January - February 2005, she and Elton hosted "Die Burg".

Franka Potente

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Birth name          Franka Potente
Birth date           July 22, 1974
Birth place           Münster, West Germany
Occupation          Actress and Singer
Height                 5' 8½" (1.74 m)


Career
Franka Potente starred in several Hollywood productions, most prominently The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and lived one year in Los Angeles. After her return to Berlin, she continues working with German and international directors.

Franka Potente  became famous by portraying the role of of Barbara Buckley in Blow (2001) and the female lead star of the film "The Bourne Identity" with Matt Damon. She also appeared in numerous low budgeted films. She first appeared in the film action thriller "Run Lola Run" in 1998. She received the highest award in Germany for this film. After a career of almost five years in Germany film industry she became known in Hollywood because of acting opposite Matt Damon in 2002. Franka Potentes films are into romantic comedies, drama, science fiction and action thrillers.

Natalia Avelon

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Popular name      Natalia Avelon
Birth Name          Natalia Siwek
Birth date             March 29, 1980
Occupation          Model
Birth place           Wroclaw, Poland
Height                 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
Citizen                 German

Trivia
Sang a remake of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Summer Wine" with Ville Valo for the soundtrack of Das wilde Leben (2007).
Born in Poland, but grew up in Ettlingen, Germany.

After her mother had sent Gunter Sachs photos of 12-year-old Natalia, the billionaire and photographer invited her to a photo shooting.
Friends with Ludmila Diakovska and Uschi Obermaier whom she plays in "Das wilde Leben". Did athletic sports as a schoolgirl.

Diane Kruger

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Popular name        Diane Kruger
Birth name            Diane Heidkrüger
Birth date              July 15,  1976
Birth place            Algermissen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Occupation           Actress and model
Height                   5' 7" (1.70 m)
Measurement        33.5-23-34.5
Languages             English, French and German

Career
Diane Kruger is an actress and at the same time a model. She is included in the "Maxim List of 100 Hottest Woman" in 2005. She won the Cannes Film festival Choppard trophy in 2003. She starred in many blockbuster films: "Troy" as Helen, National Treasure and the recently released film "Inglorious Basterds" in 2009.

Claudia Schiffer

A World Class Model

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Popular name   Claudia Schiffer
Birth date          August 25,  1970
Birth place        Rheinberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height               1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Hair color          Blonde
Eye color           Blue
Measurements   34-24-36 (86-61-92 cm)


Career
She completed her education and then began to work as a model. She flew out to Paris for a trial photo shoot and soon after she appeared in the cover of French Elle, after being well received in Paris. After several other magazine appearances, she quickly achieved "supermodel" status when she was selected by Karl Lagerfeld to become the new face of Chanel. Schiffer went on to become world-famous.  Soon after appearing in the campaigns, her name was launched worldwide, appearing on five magazine covers in the United States and seven covers around Europe. Schiffer joined Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models and was contracted to model for Revlon. She also became involved in modelling for several catalogues. Schiffer has done catwalk modelling for Versace, Jil Sander, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren and Valentino.Schiffer as the first model to make the covers of Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and People.  She has also appeared many times on covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Tank Magazine and Time.

Heidi Klum

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Popular name         Heidi Klum
Birth name             Heidi Samuel or Heidi Klum
Nickname              The Body
Birth date               June 1, 1973,
Birth place              Bergisch-Gladbach, North Rhine
                              Westphalia, Germany
Height                    5' 8" (1.73 m)
Occupation             Model, Actress, TV Host and Singer


Career
Heidi Klum  is a model, actress, television host, business woman, fashion designer, producer of television , artist, and occasional singer. Her career as a top fashion model and swimsuit star began almost by accident when, on a lark, she submitted photos to a model competition hosted by Petra, a young woman's magazine. Klum won the competition, and signed with Metropolitan, the German modeling agency. After modeling in Europe for a few years to great success, she went to the United States to pursue modeling there, and met with more success, culminating in her relationship with Victoria's Secret. This brought her to the pinnacle of modeling and, in 1998, the coveted cover of Sports Illustrated's annual Swimsuit Issue, cementing her status as one of the world's top models. Along with that came lucrative marketing opportunities, including her own signature lines of sandals, jewelry, and perfume.

Klum has been on the cover of fashion magazines, including Elle, Marie Claire, Sports Illustrated (SI) and after the SI photo cover shoot she became famous and great for her work with the Victoria Secret. Heidi Klum hosted the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2009 and started the "Project Runway" television series in that same year. She works hard and even though she is mom to four children she is still the glamorous model, beautiful and charming.
(The pictures Courtesy of  http://clara-topmodels.blogspot.com/2010/05/west-top-models.html)

Sibel Kekilli

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Popular name        Sibel Kekilli
Birth date:             June 16, 1980.
Place of Birth:        Heilbronn, West Germany.
Occupation           Actress


Career
Sibel Kekilli made her acting debut in Fatih Akin's award winning film Head-On (Gegen die Wand). She has twice won the highest German movie award Lola. Sibel Kekilli was discovered in a shopping center.  Kekelli has gone to appear in numerous films, in a wide ranging series of roles.

Julia Jentsch

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Popular name           Julia Jentsch
Birth date                 February 20, 1978.
Birth place                Berlin, Germany.
Occupation              Model and Actress


Career
Julia Jentsch  made her feature film acting debut in 2000 with Judith Kennel's highly praised film Zornige Kuesse and followed this in 2001 with Julietta by Christoph Stark, and Getting My Brother Laid (Mein Bruder der Vampir) by Sven Taddicken in 2002. Last year, Julia could be seen in the cinemas in Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (Der Untergang) and Hans Weingartner's The Edukators (Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei). Since 2001, Julia has also played in various television movies, including Rainer Kaufmann's Und die Braut wusste von nichts (2002), Christoph Stark's Bloch - Tausendschoenchen (2002), and in Juergen Bretzinger's Tatort episode Bitteres Brot (2003).