Jessica Schwarz
Jessica Schwarz (born May 5, 1977, in Erbach, Hesse) is a German actress, voice-over artist, audiobook narrator, and television presenter.
Schwarz grew up in Michelstadt, where her parents run the *Michelstädter Rathausbräu* brewpub and restaurant. Her career began in 1993 when she was chosen as the "Bravo-Girl." Shortly thereafter, she appeared twice on the cover of the magazine *Bravo Girl*. She subsequently worked as a model and later as a presenter for the music television channel VIVA, where she hosted the programs *Film ab* and *Interaktiv*. She also served as an online presenter for the ZDF show *Wetten, dass..?*. For several years now, she has focused primarily on acting.
Schwarz gained wider recognition through roles in feature films such as *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* and as Tony Buddenbrook in *Buddenbrooks*. She also garnered significant attention in 2009 for her portrayal of Romy Schneider in the German television film *Romy*. Furthermore, she worked as a voice actress on the German dubs of the animated films *Flushed Away* and *Surf's Up*.
Together with Elyas M’Barek, she hosted the gala ceremony for the 2012 German Film Awards.
Until the year 2000, the actress was in a relationship with comedian Oliver Pocher. Schwarz and actor Daniel Brühl met in 2001 during the filming of *Nichts bereuen* and remained a couple until 2006.
In 2008, Schwarz and her sister opened a hotel and café in their hometown of Michelstadt.
Between 2010 and 2019, she was in a relationship with Austrian cinematographer Markus Selikovsky.
On July 24, 2021, she married her partner, Louis-Freytag Beckmann, in her hometown of Michelstadt. The couple has been together since March 2020 and opened a glamping hotel in Portugal in March 2021. The couple has also been residing there since the summer of 2020.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1982 |
| Birthday | 1977-05-05 |
| Place of Birth | Erbach, Germany |
| Also Known As |
2006
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
7.4/5087
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2001
No Regrets
6.174/23
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2008
Buddenbrooks
5.8/34
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2004
Off Beat
6.205/39
Traumatised paramedic looks for the woman of his dreams.
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2006
Nichts als Gespenster
5.75/16
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2007
Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
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Blackrock
5.536/14
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2006
The Red Cockatoo
5.479/24
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2006
The Wild Chicks
6.215/79
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2009
The Wild Chicks and Life
6.008/64
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2003
Wasted Youth
6.448/29
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2022
Over & Out
5.067/15
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Alles auf Rot
6.7/18
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Wild Chicks in Love
6.5/62
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Fashion Victims
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Die Show der Shows
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The Door
6.204/164
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2011
Der Mann, der über Autos sprang
6.2/4
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2010
The Day I Was Not Born
5.904/26
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2002
Friends of Friends
5.813/16
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2010
Lautlose Morde
5.8/6
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Lautlose Morde
2012
Jesus Loves Me
5.474/58
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2011
When Santa Fell to Earth
5.1/21
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2007
Impossibly Yours
4.583/6
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2012
Baron Münchhausen
5.357/14
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Yoko
6.8/28
Pia's life, a girl from a small German town, changes when surprisingly, finds in her garden a huge black monster. She soon discovers that the mysterio...
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2007
Ich wollte nicht töten
0/0
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Romy
5.5/13
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2012
Partly Sunny
6.239/46
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Adieu Paris
5.231/13
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2006
Lulu
4/5
Everyone is addicted to Lulu. As a symbol of the seductress, she drags everyone around her into the abyss: the elderly Dr. Goll, the mediocre painter...
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2004
Quito
7/1
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Cold Spring
4.25/6
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Der Koch
3.944/9
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Das Märchen von der Zauberflöte
5.5/2
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Twice New Life
6.4/6
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Zum Sterben zu früh
6.1/7
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Stadtlandliebe
4.083/12
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Hands of a Mother
7/10
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Hattinger und der Nebel - Ein Chiemseekrimi
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Freddy/Eddy
6.3/12
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Reich oder tot
5.5/10
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2017
Pretty Far from Okay
5.9/15
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2019
The Perfect Secret
6.512/344
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2011
Death of a Superhero
6.868/117
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2020
Narcissus and Goldmund
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Manitou's Canoe
6.67/182
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48 Stunden Barcelona
0/0
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2026
The Perfect Holiday
0/0
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Jagd auf Amor
1/1
For the young prosecutor Daniela Mauriac, everything seems to be going according to plan. Chief Prosecutor Julius Stern offers her the chance to succe...
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Das perfekte Weihnachten
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