Andreas Patton

Andreas Patton

Tatjana Katharina Alexander (born 1969, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian-born German-Austrian actress. Her family relocated to Austria, where Alexander graduated from the Academy of Business and Economics in 1989. After working as production assistant and directors assistant in the theatre in her home town she moved to Los Angeles to study acting at Milton Katsellas' BeverlyHillsPlayhouse. She moved to Sydney to study more at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA). While she stayed with her family in Europe she gave her European debut appearing on episodes of the Austrian television series Stockinger and Inspector Rex in 1996. In 1998, Alexander moved to Berlin and appeared for the first time in a lead role in Stephan Wagners' debut film, Smoking Cuban Style. 1999 she worked with Lois Weinberger and Markus Heltschl on As Ever - Am Rande Der Arena - a documentary feature film full of allusions and cross-references to Weinberger's work as an artist. The film premiered at the Museum of the 20th Century in Vienna and was invited at many Filmfestivals, among them the International Filmfestival Rotterdam and the Berlin International Filmfestival. In 1999, she worked with Russian director Andrej Nekrassov on his film Ljubov I Drugi Koshmari - Love And Other Nightmares. In 2000 she began her long collaboration with Filippos Tsitos in his debut film, My Sweet Home, part of the official selection of the Berlin International FilmfestivaI in 2001. During the following years Alexander worked on three television crime movies in Germany - Tatort Wolf Im Schafpelz, Sechs Zum Essen und Unsterblich Schön - all directed by Tsitos.

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