Lisa Vicari (born 11 February 1997) is a German actress. She is known for portraying Martha Nielsen in the Netflix series Dark and the lead role of Isi in the Netflix original film Isi & Ossi.

Lisa Vicari
Born (1997-02-11) 11 February 1997 (age 27)
Munich, Germany
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Known forDark
Isi & Ossi

Biography

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Vicari was born in Munich in 1997, into a family of doctors.[1][2] She is of Italian descent.[3] At the age of ten, she took an improvisational theatre course and shortly thereafter appeared in her first short film, Tunnelblicke. In 2010, she acted in the children's film Hanni & Nanni. The following year, she played Leonie in the post-apocalyptic film Hell. In 2017, Vicari starred as the title character in the Khaled Kaissar film Luna, in which she plays a teenager whose father is secretly a Russian agent and whose family is being wiped out before her eyes.[2] From 2017 to 2020, she portrayed Martha Nielsen, the love interest of Jonas and sister of the missing Mikkel in the Netflix science fiction series Dark.[4] Vicari studies media science in Potsdam.[2]

In 2020, Vicari played Isi, the daughter of a billionaire, in the romantic comedy Isi & Ossi, one of the first German Netflix films.[5][6]

Filmography

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Film

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List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Tunnelblicke Short film
2010 Viki Ficki Short film
2010 Hanni & Nanni Suse
2011 Hell Leonie
2011 Einer wie Bruno Maren
2014 Playing Doctor Lilli
2017 Luna Luna
2017 Einmal bitte alles Mieke
2018 Schwimmen Anthea
2020 Isi & Ossi Isi
2021 Hannes Nele
2021 Das Haus Layla

Television

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List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Und dennoch lieben wir [de] Tessa Television film
2013 Unter Verdacht Nadine Schmolzer Episode: "Ohne Vergebung"
2014 Die Chefin Vanessa Willski Episode: Tod eines Lehrers"
2016 SOKO München Jenny Saiber Episode: "Das Halstuch"
2017 Zwei Sturköpfe im Dreivierteltakt Sophie Grimm Television film
Also known as Zwei Tänzer für Isolde
2017 Tatort Jasna Nemec Episode: "Amour fou"
2017–2020 Dark Martha Nielsen Main cast
2022–2023 Django Sarah Main cast

Awards and nominations

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  • Award for Best Young Talent at the New Faces Awards for the role of Leonie in Hell (2011)[7]
  • Nomination for the Young German Cinema Award at the Munich Film Festival for her role in Luna (2017)

References

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  1. ^ Dettke, Julia (30 June 2020). "Wie wird man das deutsche Netflix-Gesicht?". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Blochl, Bernhard (16 February 2018). "Mit 21 schon fast Cate Blanchett". Suddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  3. ^ Gomoda (2 December 2019). "Lisa Vicari: la magia di Berlino – Gomoda". www.gomoda.it (in Italian). Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  4. ^ Tsoumbakos, Rachel (26 June 2019). "'Dark' Season 3: Filming Commences And Fans Predict The Premiere Date". Inquisitr. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. ^ "That's a wrap on Isi & Ossi". Cineuropa. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "BETONGOLD, ISI & OSSI and FREAKS are the first Netflix Original Films coming from Germany". Netflix Media Center (Press release). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. ^ "La vendetta di Luna, ecco chi è la giovane protagonista del film" [Luna's revenge, that's who the young protagonist of the film is]. popcorntv.it (in Italian). 16 November 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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