Nina Kronjäger


Nina Kronjäger is a German actress. She had her breakthrough in 1993 as the nurse Maischa in Katja von Garnier's Abgeschminkt!. Since then, she has appeared in over 90 film and television productions.

Career

Kronjäger was born in Marburg. She made her debut in 1985 as Martina under the direction of Peter Grandl in the film drama AIDS – Die schleichende Gefahr. She then completed her acting training from 1986 to 1990 at the Münchener Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts in Munich. She began her theater career at the Theater Kiel, where she performed in numerous productions until 1992. Afterwards, she acted at the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt.
In Katja von Garnier's one-hour university film Abgeschminkt! for the HFF München, which was released nationwide and attracted a total of 1.2 million viewers, she played the lead role of the lively and daring nurse Maischa alongside Katja Riemann. Since then, Kronjäger has appeared in numerous films for both cinema and television. In 1997, Peter Wekwerth cast her in his everyday drama Schlank bis in den Tod, in which she played the anorexic Teresa Bille alongside her then-partner Thomas Heinze. That same year, she took on the title role in Susanne Zanke's comedy Ein Schloß für Rita. In Peter Keglevic’s thriller Vickys Alptraum, she appeared in 1998 as Anka, the friend of Katja Flint's character. From 1998 to 2000, she had a regular role in the series T.E.A.M. Berlin as explosives expert Nathalie Pohl. In 2004, she again acted alongside Thomas Heinze in the twelve-part ZDF television series Typisch Mann!, playing the role of Nina Wolf.
She appeared on the cinema screen between 2013 and 2018 in the "Ostwind" films Windstorm, Windstorm 2 and Windstrom 3 playing the role of Elisabeth Schwarz. In the ZDF Saturday crime series Kommissarin Heller, she took on a recurring role as lawyer Silvie Verhoeven from 2013 to 2021, alongside Hans-Jochen Wagner.

Private life

Kronjäger is involved with the nonprofit organizations Plan International und KARO.
She was in a relationship with her acting colleague Thomas Heinze from 1992 to 2002 and has a pair of twins with him, born in 2003.

Acting credits

Film

  • 1985: AIDS – Die schleichende Gefahr as Martina
  • 1993: Abgeschminkt! as Maischa
  • 2006: Atomised as Katja
  • 2013: Windstorm as Elisabeth Schwarz
  • 2015: Windstorm 2 as Elisabeth Schwarz
  • 2015: Windstorm 3 as Elisabeth Schwarz
  • 2019: Gate to Heaven as Laura Sternvall

Television