Sophia Thomalla is a German actress, model, and presenter.
Early life
Thomalla was born in East Berlin, East Germany on 6 October 1989, the daughter of actors Simone Thomalla and André Vetters. She grew up in Berlin until she was seven and moved to Cologne with her mother. After completing her fourth year of school, she and her mother moved to Kleinmachnow, then to Gelsenkirchen a year later. She also lived there after the separation of her mother from Rudi Assauer. Like her mother, Thomalla practised kickboxing as a recreational sport; she also partook in some amateur fights.
Career
From 2007 to 2009, Thomalla attended the Constantin School for Acting, Dance and Singing in Bochum. In 2006, she played her first television role as the daughter of Barbara Rudnik and Henry Hübchen with TV director Sigi Rothemund in the ARD crime series Commissario Laurenti. In 2009, she applied for an open casting for the model casting show Germany's Next Topmodel. In 2009 and 2010, she appeared in the Sat.1 daily soap Eine wie Keine with Chris Putzer. She was a candidate at Let's Dance and won the title of Dancing Star 2010, together with her dance partner Massimo Sinató. In 2012, Thomalla appeared in the ensemble of the comedy seriesDie Dreisten Drei on Sat.1, alongside Oliver Beerhenke and Mirco Nontschew. In 2010, she was ranked third in the list of FHM's Sexiest Women. Like her mother, Thomalla was photographed for the German edition of Playboy, with the pictures released in May 2012. Thomalla won first place in the online selection of Die 25 schönsten Stars in 25 Jahren. In the October 2015 edition of Playboy, Thomalla was portrayed together with her mother and 23 other women, including Christine Theiss, Tina Ruland, Regina Halmich, Katarina Witt, Charlotte Engelhardt, and Miriam Gössner. In 2014, she advertised for the cosmetic product line of the discounter Lidl and the following year for its fashion brand. She took over additional hosting at the WokWorld Cup broadcast on ProSieben in March and at the TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge in October 2015. On January 30, 2015, Thomalla hosted the 10th SemperOpernball in Dresden alongside Gunther Emmerlich. On March 2, 2015, she appeared on the talk showHart aber Fair, which dealt with the issue of gender equality. She was heavily criticized for her appearance on the show. On 8 September 2015, the issue of equality at Hart aber Fair in the same cast, supplemented by two other guests, was discussed again. In 2016, Thomalla was part of the jury of the RTL dance show Dance Dance Dance, alongside DJ BoBo and Cale Kalay. Later that year, she was on the jury of the tattoo show Pain & Fame on Sixx, where the best tattoo artists in Germany competed. In September 2016, she brought out a shoe collection. In December 2017, there was criticism for a promotional photo for a gambling provider. Thomalla was scarcely clothed tied to a cross. The President of the Central Committee of German Catholics and the Cultural Commissioner of the Evangelical Church criticized the photo. In the talk showMaischberger, Thomalla said about the #MeToo campaign: "I think the campaign is an insult to the true rape victims." These incidents and other comments about the #MeToo campaign sparked criticism.
