Antje Nikola Mönning (born 2 February 1977)[1] is a German actress.
Career
Born in Lüdinghausen,[2] Mönning studied acting from 1999 until 2002 at the Schauspiel München actors' studio. Her first television-role was in the 2003 crime-series Die Wache on RTL. This was followed by a string of other supporting- and leading-roles on German television, most-notably in 2008 and 2009 as a nun in the ARD-series Um Himmels Willen. Apart from her television- and film-work, she also appeared on several German and other European stages and toured the US with a musical.[3] After appearing throughout her career in several short films, she co-produced and played a lead-role in the 2009 film Engel mit schmutzigen Flügeln [de] (lit.: Angel with dirty Wings), directed by Roland Reber. In 2009, Mönning was a jury-member at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain.
Mönning lived together with Roland Reber, his wife, and the actress Marina Anna Eich.[4] Mönning co-produced and played a leading role in Reber's 2012 film Die Wahrheit der Lüge (The Truth of the Lie).
Mönning again collaborated with Reber, co-writing and starring in the 2017 film Der Geschmack von Leben (The Taste of Life). Mönning portrays Nikki, the protagonist.[5]
On 27 April 2023, Mönnings's book "Nicht normal" ist ganz normal was published.
Filmography
Um Himmels Willen (2008-2009)
Um Himmels Willen – Weihnachten in Kaltenthal (2008)
