Nicole Mercedes Mariola Müller is a German actress and former champion kickboxer. She is known for her role as Isa Schmidt in the 2016 film Goodbye Berlin and her role in the TV series Tannbach.
Early life and education
editNicole Mercedes Mariola Müller was born to a German father and Polish mother. Her middle name "Mariola" is her mother's name. She was acting by age four, and debuted with her older brother Kai Michael Müller in the German children's adventure film 4 Freunde und 4 Pfoten in 2003. [1]
Müller competed as a kickboxer in her teen years. She was the German female champion for 2010, 2011, and 2012, as well as the International German female champion. She also won a bronze medal at a world championship competition in 2010.[2]
Career
editMüller had roles in episodes of popular German TV series, including Polizeiruf 110 and Tatort, as well as in films.[1]
In 2006, she started playing the role of Paula Bergmann on the German telenovela Wege zum Glück.[citation needed]
She played Isa Schmidt in Goodbye Berlin (2016) (German title Tschick).[3]
Among other TV appearances, she has been on the German crime series Der Irland-Krimi since its debut in 2019, and appeared on the 2020 Austrian-German crime series Freud.[citation needed]
In 2023 she played the lead role as Toni Schmidt in the TV series Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, a political drama set in post-war West Germany in 1954.[4][5]
Awards and nominations
editMüller earned a nomination for the German Actor Award for best young actor[3] in 2017.[6]
She was also nominated for the Studio Hamburg best young actress award in 2018 for her role on the German series Tannbach (broadcast as Line of Separation in the United States).[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Ratsch, Kristina (13 April 2023). Wie viel Rebellin steckt in Ihnen, Mercedes Müller?, Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ^ (25 March 2021). Mercedes Müller privat: Kickboxen, Auto-Witze und Liebe auf den zweiten Blick, News.de
- ^ a b Nominierung zum Deutschen Schauspielerpreis 2017 für Mercedes Müller!, Lagofilm.de
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (17 August 2021). "Leonine Picks Up Distribution Rights To Odeon Fiction Spy Series 'Bonn'". Deadline. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ "High-end historical series Bonn now in post-production". Cineuropa. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
- ^ Much, United Archives / (22 September 2017). "Verleihung Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2017". UNITED ARCHIVES GmbH. Retrieved 1 March 2025.