Sophie Rois, born June 1, 1961, in Ottensheim near Linz, attended actor"s training at Vienna"s Max-Reinhardt-Seminar from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, she went to Berlin and worked for Renaissance Theater and Freie Volksbühne. Rois is an ensemble member of Volksbühne since 1993. She appeared in three films by Detlev Buck, "Hopnick" (1990), "Wir können auch anders" ("No More Mr. Nice Guy", 1993), which won her the Bundesfilmpreis, and "Liebe deine nächste!" ("Love Your Female Neighbour", 1998). Furthermore, Rois played a prostitute in the TV movie "Dr. Knock" (1996), an heiress in "Die Siebtelbauern" ("The Inheritors", 1998), a female sniper in "Enemy at the Gates" (2001), and Erika Mann in the TV mini series "Die Manns" (2001). Rois is singer of the Band "Straight from the Heart".

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