Karina Thayenthal

Karina Thayenthal (born 2 April 1961 in St. Gallen, Switzerland) is an Austrian actor.

Life

Karina Thayenthal, the daughter of a Swiss manager and an Austrian conductor, grew up in Mödling near Vienna. After Matura, she completed a three-year degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz from 1980 to 1983.

Karina Thayenthal has also appeared in numerous television films, thrillers and series (including Der Landarzt, Tatort, Rosamunde Pilcher). For her role as Agnes in the television play Der Weg nach Lourdes, in which she played a young woman with multiple sclerosis, she was awarded the German Television Award as "Best Young Actress" in 1989.

At the end of 2012, she moved with her family to the rainforest in southwest Cameroon and, together with her husband, managed the drinking water project of a Swiss foundation for several years.

Karina Thayenthal, who also has Swiss citizenship, has lived in Switzerland since 2017. She is married and has three daughters.

Filmography (selection)

1983: Derrick – Lohmann's inner peace (episode 105) 1986: Tatort: The Players 1987: Melzer oder die Tiefe der Jahre 1988: Roda Roda (Episode 10) 1988: Der Schwarze Obelisk 1992: Das Eine und das andere Glück 1992: The Mountain Doctor – Der Wolf 1992: Happy Holiday – Etikettenschwindel 1993: Wie Pech und Schwefel 1994: Ihre Exzellenz, die Botschafterin – Macht der Gefühle 1996: Feuerbach 1997: Es geschah am hellichten Tag 1997: Der Bulle von Tölz – Bei Zuschlag Mord 1998: Die Vier Spezialisten 1998: Rosamunde Pilcher – Magie der Liebe 1998: Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei: Die letzte Chance 1998–2007: Der Landarzt 1999: Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen – Zwischen gestern und morgen 1999–2000: Lindenstraße 2000: Da wo die Berge sind 2003: Da wo die Liebe wohnt 2004: Da wo die Heimat ist 2007: In aller Freundschaft – Nichts bereuen 2008: Tatort – Borowski und die heile Welt 2008–2009: Rote Rosen, episode 399–572 2010: Notruf Hafenkante – Der verlorene Bräutigam 2012: SOKO 5113 – Kalte Spuren 2012: Die Rosenheim-Cops – Der Fall Ortmann