Nina Kronjäger (born 26 February 1967) is a German actress. She had her breakthrough in 1993 as the nurse Maischa in Katja von Garnier's Abgeschminkt!. Since then, she has appeared in over 90 film and television productions.
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Career
Kronjäger was born in Marburg. She made her debut in 1985 as Martina under the direction of Peter Grandl in the film drama AIDS – Die schleichende Gefahr. She then completed her acting training from 1986 to 1990 at the Münchener Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich. She began her theater career at the Theater Kiel, where she performed in numerous productions until 1992. Afterwards, she acted at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1992/93) and the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt (1993/95).
In Katja von Garnier's one-hour university film Abgeschminkt! (1993) for the HFF München, which was released nationwide and attracted a total of 1.2 million viewers, she played the lead role of the lively and daring nurse Maischa alongside Katja Riemann. Since then, Kronjäger has appeared in numerous films for both cinema and television. In 1997, Peter Wekwerth cast her in his everyday drama Schlank bis in den Tod, in which she played the anorexic Teresa Bille alongside her then-partner Thomas Heinze. That same year, she took on the title role in Susanne Zanke's comedy Ein Schloß für Rita (A Castle for Rita). In Peter Keglevic’s thriller Vickys Alptraum (Vicky's Nightmare), she appeared in 1998 as Anka, the friend of Katja Flint's character. From 1998 to 2000, she had a regular role in the series T.E.A.M. Berlin as explosives expert Nathalie Pohl. In 2004, she again acted alongside Thomas Heinze in the twelve-part ZDF television series Typisch Mann!, playing the role of Nina Wolf.
She appeared on the cinema screen between 2013 and 2018 in the "Ostwind" films Windstorm, Windstorm 2 and Windstrom 3 playing the role of Elisabeth Schwarz. In the ZDF Saturday crime series Kommissarin Heller, she took on a recurring role as lawyer Silvie Verhoeven from 2013 to 2021, alongside Hans-Jochen Wagner.
Private life
Kronjäger is involved with the nonprofit organizations Plan International (since 1993) und KARO.
She was in a relationship with her acting colleague Thomas Heinze from 1992 to 2002 and has a pair of twins with him, born in 2003.
Acting credits
Film
1985: AIDS – Die schleichende Gefahr as Martina
1993: Abgeschminkt! as Maischa
2006: Atomised as Katja
2013: Windstorm as Elisabeth Schwarz
2015: Windstorm 2 as Elisabeth Schwarz
2015: Windstorm 3 as Elisabeth Schwarz
2019: Gate to Heaven as Laura Sternvall
Television
1994: Die Stadtindianer as Ina Schmitz (Episode 10)
1998: Polizeiruf 110: Spurlos verschwunden
1998–2000: T.E.A.M. Berlin as Nathalie Pohl
1999–2001: Watership Down as Primrose (voice, German dub)
2004: Typisch Mann! as Nina Wolf
2006: Stolberg as Eva Mattek (Episode 4)
2008: Löwenzahn as sheep farmer Jette (Episode 35)
2009: Leipzig Homicide as Linda Esser (Episode 145)
2010: KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst as Martina Beck
2011: Covert Affairs as Elsa von Hagen / Petra Müller (Episode 23)
2012: SOKO Wismar as Stefanie Kosterlitz (Episode 153)
2012: Letzte Spur Berlin as Claudia de Vries (Episode 1)
2012: The Last Cop as Ursula Hertel (Episode 38)
2013: Die Chefin as Anna Hoffman (Episode 153)
2013–2021: Kommissarin Heller as Silvie Verhoeven
2014: Winnetous Weiber as Maren Bogner
2014: Der Bergdoktor as Irene Bäumler (Episode 73)
2015: Notruf Hafenkante as Dr. Iris Schaller (Episode 211)
