Uta Kargel

Uta Kargel (born 28 May 1981 in Halle (Saale)) is a German Playboy model, actress, and voice actress

Career and personal life

Uta Kargel was born in Halle (Saale) in the former GDR and later moved to East Berlin with her family. She started modelling at the age of 18. After school she first finished her job training as a bookseller.

On television Kargel had her breakthrough with the role as Lena Bachmann in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, where she appeared in 487 episodes until she left in 2006. Kargel started studying culturology., which she paused for two years when she got a leading role in the soap opera Storm of Love. After 2011 Kargel worked in the patient's library of the Charité and as a school aide at a primary school, with Kargel in one of the leading roles in 2017 with the help of crowdfunding. After returning to Storm of Love for just seven episodes in 2017, her role became continuous, when she returned again in March 2018. In episode 3381 (May 2020) Kargel left Storm of Love again after a total of 808 episodes. As a voice actress, Kargel dubs roles voiced by Bai Ling.

In August 2019 Kargel and the Italian photographer Nicoló Lanfranchi posted a series of photos on Instagram, which revealed, that they were in a relationship. Kargel still lives and works in Germany, while Lanfranchi lives in Italy. Kargel has one sister.

Kargel became known to a broader public, when she posed for the November 2019 issue of the German edition of Playboy.

Film

Year Title Director 1998 Hamlet – Eine Reise durch die Metropole Ilona Zarypow 2003 Wedding Daydream (short film) Ansgar Ahlers 2003 Die Allee (documentary) Ilona Zarypow 2006 Sunny Hill Luzius Rüedi 2006 Die Liebe der Lieblosen Benjamin Tholen 2008 Der Morgen danach (short film) Robert Lyons 2015 Idyllik (short film) Jurij Neumann 2016 Twice (short film) Sharon On 2017 Glücklich (short film) Jurij Neumann 2017 Kartenhaus Jurij Neumann

Television

Year Title Notes 2006-2006 Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten 2006 Verliebt in Berlin single episode 2007 R. I. S. – Die Sprache der Toten season 2, episode 4 2008 Volles Haus leading role 2008 Ein starkes Team 2008 Dr. Molly & Karl leading role in one episode 2009 Kill Your Darling web series 2009 Ein starkes Team 2010-2011 Storm of Love leading role in episodes 1087-1391 2011 Rote Rosen episodes 1271-1290 2012 Loona Balloona short film, leading role 2014 Heldt single episode 2016 Stuttgart Homicide single episode 2017 Storm of Love episodes 2791-2797 2018-2020 Storm of Love episodes 2886-3381

Stage

Year Title Written by 1998 Hamlet William Shakespeare 2003 Die Küche Arnold Wesker 2003 Elizaveta Bam Daniil Kharms 2003 Eine absurde Tischrunde Daniil Kharms 2003 Die Reise nach Brasilien Daniil Kharms 2003 Publikumsbeschimpfung Peter Handke 2004 Zirkus Sardam Daniil Kharms 2004 Goldene Herzen Daniil Kharms 2005 Schiller, Schiller Friedrich von Schiller 2006 Roter Schnee – oder wir sind keine Heringe Daniil Kharms 2006 Die Frau vom Meer Henrik Ibsen 2019 Kasimir und Kaukasus Francis Veber