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Biography
Miriam Stein (born 10 May 1988) is an Austrian-Swiss television and film actress. She is best known internationally for a leading role as Charlotte in the German television drama Generation War (2013).
Life and acting career
Stein's father is the Swiss television presenter Dieter Moor, of Jewish descent. Her paternal grandfather was a Holocaust survivor from Germany. Her mother is Austrian. Stein grew up in Vienna and became an actress as a child after an initial ambition to be a dancer. For her performance as a troubled child refugee from Kosovo she received a German Television Award in 2001. From 2006 to 2009, she earned a degree at the Zurich University of the Arts and she spent a year at the Paris Conservatoire. She is also known for a leading role in: Young Goethe in Love (2010).
Selected filmography
- Young Goethe in Love (2010)
- Tour de Force (2014)
- The Origin of Violence (2016)