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Diana Amft (born 7 November 1975 in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an award winning German film and television actress. She is best known for playing Gretchen Haase in the RTL sitcom Doctor's Diary.
Biography
Diana Amft was born in Gütersloh. Her father was a janitor. She grew up in Herzebrock-Clarholz and one of her after school jobs was in a video library. She completed her vocational training as a judicial clerk at the Amtsgericht Rheda-Wiedenbrück. She took singing lessons in Bielefeld and unsuccessfully applied to study at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen.
She was accepted at the Schauspielschule Zerboni in Munich when she was twenty years old, and, following appearances in theatre, she was cast for her first roles on television in 1999.
Amft became better known following her role as Inken in the Film Mädchen, Mädchen, which was unexpectedly successful, and its sequel Mädchen, Mädchen 2 – Loft oder Liebe. In 2002, the film Knallharte Jungs, in which she was the leading actress, won the Deutscher Comedypreis as best cinema film. She regards her leading role in the series Doctor’s Diary as a breakthrough.
On the soundtrack of Mädchen Mädchen 2 - Loft oder Liebe, she sang Funky Freakshow with Tears, the girl group launched by Popstars in Switzerland.
Films
- 2000: Auszeit - Blanka
- 2001: Mädchen, Mädchen - Inken
- 2002: Stuart Little 2 - Margalo's voice in the German version
- 2002: Ganz und gar - Alex
- 2002: Knallharte Jungs - Maja Paradis
- 2004: Mädchen, Mädchen 2 – Loft oder Liebe - Inken
- 2005: Princes(s) - Stella (short film)
- 2005: Die drei Musketiere - Constance Bonacieux (TV film, ZDF, ORF)
- 2007: Der geheimnisvolle Schwiegersohn - Greta Litschka (TV film, Sat.1)
- 2009: Monsters vs. Aliens - Susan Gigantika’s voice in the German version
- 2009: Kein Geist für alle Fälle - Jana (TV film, Sat.1)
- 2009: Der Bulle und das Landei - Kati Biever (TV film, ARD)
- 2010: Liebe und andere Delikatessen - Franka Lauth (TV film, ARD)
- 2010: Teufelskicker - Moritz's mother
- 2011: Plötzlich fett! - Eva
- 2012: Frisch gepresst - Andrea Schnitdt
- 2013: Im weißen Rössl – Wehe Du singst!
- 2014: Wir tun es für Geld - Ines Herzog (TV film, Ziegler)
- 2014: Die Vampirschwestern 2 – Fledermäuse im Bauch
- 2016: Die Vampirschwestern 3 – Reise nach Transsilvanien
TV
- 1999: Eine Liebe auf Mallorca
- 1999: Eine Liebe auf Mallorca 2
- 1999: Unschuldige Biester
- 1999: Zwei Männer am Herd (TV series)
- 2000–2007: SOKO 5113 on ZDF - multiple episodes
- 2000: Eine Liebe auf Mallorca 3
- 2002: Das Traumschiff – Chile
- 2004: Vernunft & Gefühl
- 2005: Zivile Jungs – Helden in Unterhosen (first broadcast in 2008 as Zwei Zivis zum Knutschen)
- 2006–2008: Maja Comedy on Sat.1 Comedy - Maja
- 2007 Der geheimnisvolle Schwiegersohn - Greta Litschka
- 2007: Die ProSieben Märchenstunde – Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (ProSieben - Vroni
- 2007: Innere Werte
- 2007–2011: Doctor’s Diary - series on RTL/ORF - Dr. Gretchen Haase
- 2008: Utta Danella – Das Geheimnis unserer Liebe
- 2008: Im 7. Himmel – Nachricht von Tom
- 2010: Kein Geist für alle Fälle (Sat.1)
- 2010: Der Bulle und das Landei (Eifel-Krimi des SWR)
- 2010: Liebe und andere Delikatessen (ARD)
- 2011: Plötzlich fett!
- 2011: Der Bulle und das Landei: Babyblues
- 2013: Christine. Perfekt war gestern! as Christine (main role)
- 2014-: Josephine Klick - Allein unter Cops (main role)
Awards
- 2009 Bayerischer Fernsehpreis as best actress in the category series for her role in the series Doctor’s Diary