Karina Thayenthal (born 2 April 1961 in St. Gallen, Switzerland) is an Austrian actor.
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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.
She then performed on various stages, including the Schauspielhaus Graz (1982–83), at the Landestheater Linz (1983–86) and at the Wiener Volkstheater. For example, she appeared in Stigma by Felix Mitterer, in Zerbrochnen Krug by Kleist and in Susn by Herbert Achternbusch. In Germany, she first accepted an engagement at the Staatstheater Saarbrücken (1987–88). She was then engaged at the Schauspiel Frankfurt, where she played Marianne in Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald and Recha in Nathan der Weise.
In 1990, she made a guest appearance at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel as Vroni in Der Meineidbauer in a production that was also recorded by Bayerisches Fernsehen. She has also directed theater productions for several years, including in Stuttgart, Munich and Vienna.
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
