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Suzanne Bernert
German actress working in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Suzanne Bernert (born 26 September)[2][a] is a German actress based in India who works in Indian film and television industries in various languages.[4][5][6] She is the first foreign actress to feature in major roles in Hindi television industry.[2][1]
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Bernert has acted in Ramdhanu - The Rainbow, Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. and television serials like 7 RCR and Kasautii Zindagii Kay.[7][8][9] She acted in Colors TV's historical serial Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat as Queen Helena and received nominations and praise for it.[10][11] She also appeared in the Star Plus serial Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.[12][13] She portrayed Sonia Gandhi on the television series 7 RCR,[14] and in the Hindi film The Accidental Prime Minister.[15]
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Bernert is from Detmold in Germany. Her mother Monika and father Michael, live in Lindau, Germany. When she was 19, she did a three-year acting course under Heidelotte Diehl in Berlin and is a trained ballet dancer.[2] Bernert was main lead in the film Destined Hearts, with Indian filmmaker Anant Duseja in 2003, which was shot entirely in Dubai but never actually released.[16][17] Debut on stage in AuGus Theater in Neu Ulm in Yasmina Reza's 3XLife in a lead character directed by Ralf Milde.[18] Later in Mumbai she performed with her husband Akhil Mishra a play called Hello Spring.An adaptation of a Neil Simon Play.[19]
She moved to Mumbai in 2005.[20] Apart from German, she can speak Hindi, Marathi and Bengali languages.[2][21][22] Suzanne has worked in an array of film and television series ranging from Marathi and Bengali language industries.[23] Bernert has worked opposite Aamir Khan in a Titan Watches ad.[24] She promoted Jaipur tourism by acting in a short film titled Padharo India.[25][26] Bernert was the first non-Indian to partake in a Lavani Celebrity Dance Show up to Semi Finals – Dholkichya talavar Reality Show RDP/Logical Thinkers as herself.[27]
Bernert portrayed the role of Sonia Gandhi in film The Accidental Prime Minister which was released on 11 January 2019.[28][29] She was named the Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema and Television in Rajasthan International Film Festival 2018.[30] Cama Awards Of Gujarat held in Ahmedabad on 1 October 2018 awarded : The International Diva of Bollywood[31] Bernert will be seen in the short film Majnu ki Juliet.[32]
In 2020, Bernert acted in her first web series called State of Siege: 26/11 for ZEE5. She also opened the Mumbai Oktoberfest as celebrity guest of the German Consulate in Mumbai, India.[33] Suzanne published her first Short Story called The Diwali Gift End of 21.[34]
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Personal life
Bernert married actor Akhil Mishra in a civil court on 3 February 2009.[35] They married again in a traditional way on 30 September 2011.[36][37][38] She had worked with him in the film Kram and serial Mera Dil Dewaana (Doordarshan).[39]
She also holds an Overseas Citizenship of India card following her marriage.[40]
Mishra died on 20 September 2023 at the age of 67 after suffering a fall in the kitchen.[41][42][43] As of March 2024, she is in a relationship with Arjun Hardas.[44][45]
Humanitarian work
Along with Govinda Bernert became part of Narmada Seva Yatra, a campaign by the government of Madhya Pradesh.[46]
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