Sunnyi Melles

Sunnyi Melles (born 7 October 1958 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg) is a Swiss-Hungarian actress active in Germany and Austria.

Sunnyi Melles
Melles in 2020
Born	(1958-10-07) 7 October 1958 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Occupation	Actress

Biography

She is the only daughter of Austrian orchestral conductor Carl Melles and Hungarian noblewoman Judith von Rohonczy (1929-2001), an actress, daughter of actress Ila Lóth. Since 1993, she has been married to Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1954), son of photographer Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. They have a son and a daughter:

• Constantin Victor Ludwig, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1994)
• Leonille Elisabeth Judith Maria Anna, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1996).

Selected filmography

• Derrick - Season 8, Episode 8: "Prozente" (1981, TV series episode), as Alice Hollerer
• Die Leidenschaftlichen (1982, TV film), as Charlotte
• Who's Crazy, Doc? (1982), as Marlene Schulz
• Tatort: Miriam (1983, TV series episode), as Miriam Schultheiss
• The Roaring Fifties (1983), as Bambi
• Rote Erde (1983, TV series), as Sylvia von Kampen
• Paradise (1986), as Angelika
• Maschenka (1987), as Lilli
• '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (1987), as Carola
• Faust (1988), as Gretchen (with Helmut Griem as Faust)
• Money (1989), as Gabriele Gessmann
• Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen (1990, TV miniseries), as Norma Desmond
• Ich schenk dir die Sterne (1991), as Laura Montesi
• Maigret: Maigret at the Crossroads (1992, TV series episode), as Else
• The Rat (1997, TV film), as Damroka
• Long Hello and Short Goodbye (1999), as Aurelia
• Olgas Sommer (2004), as Ella
• Live Wire (2009), as Sigrid Freesmann
• The Marriage Swindler and His Wife (2012, TV film), as Gabriele Muntz
• Freshly Squeezed (2012), as Franziska Schnidt
• Hotel Adlon: A Family Saga (2013, TV miniseries), as Ottilie Schadt
• The Invention of Love, as Amine von Kirsch
• Altes Geld (2015), as Liane Rauchensteiner
• Der Bauer zu Nathal (2018)
• Kaisersturz as German Empress Augusta Victoria
• The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018), as Mrs. Silberzweig
• Enfant Terrible (2020)
• Triangle of Sadness (2022)
• Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (2024), as Marlene Dietrich
• Mr. K (2024)

Awards

Deutscher Fernsehpreis

• 2024: "Beste Schauspielerin" (best actress) for Die Zweiflers (ARD/Degeto/hr/Turbokultur)

External links

• Sunnyi Melles at IMDb