Janina Elkin

Janina Elkin (born 20 December 1982 in Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Republic) is a German film and theater actress.

Background Janina Elkin was born on 20 December 1982 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR. She attended the State Dance Academy in Kiev. At the age of 10, she moved with her family to Heidelberg, Germany. She attended the State Ballet Academy in Mannheim, where she trained as a ballet dancer. With a scholarship, she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City from 2001 to 2004. Since 2004 she has been working as an actress on stage as well as in film and television. From 2009 to 2010 she played the role of Baby in the musical Dirty Dancing in Berlin. Elkin played her first major leading role in the feature film , released in Germany in January 2013. She became internationally known with her role in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit.

Filmography 2003: Küssen verboten, Baggern erlaubt 2004: Tumbling Leaf – Ein Tag im Herbst 2005: Frauenhelden – Machos in der Sackgasse 2005: Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall: Harte Kerle 2005: Lorenz 2005: Schmetterlingseffekt 2006: 2006: Das Duo: Unter Strom 2009: SOKO 5113: Tote kuscheln nicht 2009: Scissu 2010: Wie Blumen 2010: Not Afraid 2010: 1000 Gramm 2011: Schloss Einstein 2012: Stille Nacht 2012: Die Welt nebenan 2012: Lady Europa 2013: 2013: In aller Freundschaft: Zeit für Veränderungen 2013: Der Landarzt: Erstickungsangst 2013: 2014: Vivre à Berlin 2014: Contese 2015: Fremdkörper 2015: Frühling zu zweit 2015: Noah 2015: SOKO Stuttgart: Masken 2015: Service 2016: Ente Gut! Mädchen allein zu Haus 2016: Tod auf Raten (Short Term Memory Loss) 2016: Ostfriesisch für Anfänger 2016: SOKO Leipzig: Tod eines Kollegen 2016–2018: Schloß Webstein 2017: Notruf Hafenkante: Abnabelung 2017: Vollmond 2017: Die andere Welt 2018: Der Besuch 2019: In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte: Schwindel 2019: Matula – Tod auf Mallorca 2019: Darkroom – Tödliche Tropfen 2019: Tatort: Die harte Kern 2019: Lovers 2020: The Queen's Gambit 2021: Tatort: Was wir erben 2021: WaPo Lake Constance