Sunnyi Melles
Actor
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.
Filmography
(a selection)
Actor
- 2023
- Davos 1917 by Jan-Eric Mack, Anca Miruna Lazarescu, Christian Theede
- 2018
- Wolkenbruch by Michael Steiner
- 2018
- Seitentriebe – Staffel 1 by Güzin Kar, Markus Welter
- 2009
- Giulias Verschwinden by Christoph Schaub
- 2008
- Unter Strom by Zoltan Paul
- 2007
- Die Buddenbrooks – Ein Geschäft von einiger Grösse by Heinrich Breloer
- 2007
- Der Baader-Meinhof-Komplex by Uli Edel
- 2005
- Snow White by Samir
- 1999
- Long Hello And Short Goodbye by Rainer Kaufmann
- 1998
- Die Seekönigin by Vaclav Vorlicek
- 1989
- Geld by Doris Dörrie
- 1982
- Die Leidenschaftlichen by Thomas Koerfer
- 1974
- Steppenwolf by Fred Haines
Awards
(a selection)
- 2019
- Genève, Swiss Film Award 2019, Swiss Film Award, Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Nomination) in Wolkenbruch