Carol Campbell (actress)

Carol Campbell (born 27 May 1966 in Munich, Germany) is an Afro-German actress, model and presenter.

Biography

Campbell is the daughter of an African-American Jazz musician from New York and a German casting agent and make-up artist. She studied acting, dance, singing and presenting in Berlin (where she moved with her mother at the age of five)[1] and Los Angeles. Today she lives in both cities.

After her debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Tanztheater) in 1985, she moved 1987 to Paris and worked until 1989 as solo dancer at the Lido and 1990 at the Moulin Rouge as Meneuse de Revue.[2] Campbell is 6'2" (1.88 m).

Her TV work started as presenter with the German television stations VOX (Avanti Magazin), Premiere (Airplay LiveKonzerte, Spezials), VIVA (Chartshow), RTL II (RHS Gold Musikshow) and ZDF (Big-Bubbles Musikmagazin). She appeared in guest roles in numerous TV series like Vater wider Willen (together with Christian Quadflieg und Suzanne von Borsody), Tatort and Der Pfundskerl, as well as in the leading role in TV plays like Julia - Kämpfe für deine Träume! and Du oder keine.

Campbell worked also in various presenting roles at Daimler Chrysler, Siemens, Adidas, Hugo Boss, IBM, Debis and CeBit corporate events and as media training coach.[3]

She is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie[4] and founder member of SFD - Schwarze Filmschaffende in Deutschland (Black Artists in German Film). She is also the 1. Chairperson of SFD.[3]

In 2007 Campbell was trained as creative producer for films and television at the Institute for Drama, Film- and Television Professions (iSFF) in Berlin.

Carol Campbell works also as yoga teacher in Berlin.[5]

TV work

Movie work

References

  1. Interview Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. klasse-Magazin (in German)
  2. prisma TV Magazin (in German)
  3. 1 2 SFD Biography Archived March 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. (in German)
  4. Deutsche Filmakademie
  5. Spirit Yoga Berlin Archived February 14, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
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