Sunnyi Melles as ALESSIA

Born to an emigrated Hungarian music professor and conductor and a Hungarian actress in 1958, Sunnyi Melles grew up in Basel and performed at the Stadttheater Basel for the first time at only ten years of age. At 12, she played in the feature film Steppenwolf with Max by Sydow. Following theater training at the Otto-Falckenberg School in Munich, as of 1980, she regularly performed at the Munich Studio Theater and the Salzburg Festival. Today, Sunnyi Melles lives in Germany with her two children. In 2005, she was awarded the Nestroy Theater Best Actress Award and in 2004, the Order of Merit of Bavaria.

Feature films (excerpt)
2009 Giulias Verschwinden (Director Christoph Schaub)
2008 Unter Strom (Director Zoltan Paul) 
2007 Die Buddenbrooks – Ein Geschäft von einiger Grösse (Director Heinrich Breloer)
2007 Falco – Verdammt, wir leben noch! (Director Thomas Roth)
2007 Effi Briest (Director Hermine Huntgeburth)
2007 Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex (Director Uli Edel)
2005 Snow White (Director Samir)
1999 Long Hello and Short Goodbye (Director Rainer Kaufmann)
1998 Die Seekönigin (Director Vaclav Vorlicek)
1989 Geld (Director Doris Dörrie) 
1988 Faust – Vom Himmel durch die Welt zur Hölle (Director Dieter Dorn)
1987 Achtunddreissig – Auch das war Wien (Director Wolgang Glück)
1979 Die Leidenschaftlichen (Director Thomas Koerfer) 
1974 Steppenwolf (Director Fred Haines) 

TV (excerpt)
2009 Krupp – eine deutsche Familie (Director Carlo Rola)
2007 Kommissar Stolberg (Director Markus Imboden) 
2007 Tatort Wien – Exitus (Director Thomas Roth) 
2007 Afrika, mon amour (3-Teiler) (Director Carlo Rola) 
2006 Franziskas Gespür für Männer (Director Nina Grosse)
2005 Siska, Hass ist ein stiller Mörder (Director Vivian Naefe)