Acting
May 10, 1972
Amelinghausen, Germany
Jenny Elvers
Acting
Biography
Jenny Elvers (born May 11, 1972, in Lüneburg) is a German actress, reality TV personality, author, and presenter. Jenny Elvers has been a fixture in German television and film since the 1990s. She rose to prominence in the mid-1990s through her public appearances as well as a revealing cameo role in the film *Männerpension*. At the time, she was frequently labeled a "vamp" or "seductress" by the media. Beginning in 1996, she played the role of physiotherapist Elke Pflüger in the television series *Nikola*. She also hosted various TV programs, including *Big Brother – Das Quiz* on RTL II and the Sat.1 show *Klatsch TV*, which she co-hosted with Sibylle Weischenberg. Elvers has also been active in the fields of film and theater. She received positive reviews for her role in Detlev Buck's film *Knallhart*. Furthermore, she appeared on stage in productions by Christoph Schlingensief, among others, and in 2010 played the role of Mrs. Robinson in the stage adaptation of *The Graduate* (*Die Reifeprüfung*). In the realm of reality television, Jenny Elvers has appeared in shows such as *Let’s Dance*, *Promi Big Brother*, and *Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!* She won the first season of *Promi Big Brother* in 2013. In addition to her work as an actress and presenter, Elvers has also worked intermittently as a singer and has published autobiographical books.
Feature Films (18)
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.
Tough Enough
When Katharina got an unexpected letter from her son Hans announcing that he was getting married and that he and his fiancé Nicki were leaving Berlin to come visit her...
All You Need Is Love
Television & Series (72)
German version of Dancing with the Stars, the reality competition in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers.
Let's Dance
The duo of investigators, Pia Kirchhoff and Oliver von Bodenstein, has to solve a case of a dead girl found on the river Main, while digging deeper into a chasm of viciousness and brutality.
