
Janina Elkin
Acting
Biography
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Born: December 20, 1982
Known For

The Queen's Gambit
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.

Call My Agent Berlin
Welcome to Stern Talent Agency, where stars, drama, and intrigue are part of daily life. After the founder’s death, the agency faces collapse. Only by discovering new talent, keeping old stars, and securing smart deals can it survive. Behind the scenes, the agents fight with passion — for their clients and for their own future.

In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt. In this emotional drama series, hospital staffers and patients navigate life's challenges.

Tod auf Raten
The former boxer Ronald has lost his short-term memory after an accident. Now nothing is the same. Roland's world has no future, and the past only exists in his mind up until his accident.

Seeland - Ein Krimi vom Bodensee: Dämonen
A man and his ship are sunk in Lake Constance and the dead man's son is missing. For the detectives, he is the prime suspect. Until an anonymous tip-off about a prisoner hidden in a box turns up...

Silent Night
In 1818, when Joseph Mohr is assigned to be the new assistant priest in Oberndorf, a small Austrian town near Salzburg, the young man is full of ideas and ideals. His passion to bring the church closer to the common people sets him on a collision course with his new superior, Father Nostler. When Mohr organizes a church choir that includes outcasts from the local tavern and performs in German instead of Latin, Nostler threatens him with disciplinary action. Their relationship further deteriorates when Maria a regular tavern patron, surprisingly joins the performance of the all-male church choir. As Mohr's initial successes start to crumble and his efforts backfire on him, he loses all hope and faces a trial of faith. The night before Christmas, Mohr has to decide if he will accept defeat and leave Oberndorf or embrace the true significance of the Holy Night.

SOKO Stuttgart
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.

Eastfrisian for Beginners
A heart warming comedy about a grumpy old man, who is confronted with a group of migrant workers and has to challenge his prejudices.

The Undeclared War
In the post-pandemic world of 2024 during an upcoming British general election involving the UK’s first Black Conservative prime minister, a leading team of analysts at the heart of the UK’s NSA-style spy agency GCHQ attempt to ward off a cyber-attack on the country’s electoral system.

Mission Ulja Funk
When Ulja (12) is prevented from pursuing her passion, astronomy, she decides to take matters into her own hands. With a stolen hearse and a 13-year-old classmate as a driver, she makes her way across Eastern Europe to watch the impact of an asteroid. In doing so, she not only has to shake off her persecutors, but also her pragmatic view of friendship and family.
Filmography
as Queen Gvendolína
as Janina Schielcke
as Katia
as Nadja Perlbauer
as Laura Kapp
as Eva Mohnberg
as Jana Schlegel
as Krystina
as Ludmilla Trusov
as Frau Bolschakow
as Borgov's Wife
as Former Girlfriend
as Inès Ramos
as Schwester Agnes
as Carola Jurgan
as Svetlana
as Monika
as Frau Schneider
as Irina
as Ina Brach
as Anna
as Maria
as Sophie
as Anja Weiher
as Fanny Frey
as Maike Lenhart
as Polina Daschkowa
as Self
as Anna-Carina Levin
as Gehörlose Assistentin
as Jeanette Preuss
as Jasmina
as Ana
as Anna