Born in Krizevci in present-day Croatia in 1974; Vanessa Radman studied acting at the Folkwang-Hochschule Essen from 1998 to 2002 and graduated with a diploma. Engagements took her to the Theater an der Ruhr, where she played Ilse in Frank Wedekind’s “Frühlings Erwachen”, until 2005 to the Theater Lübeck in the roles of Julia and Ophelia, and to the Kölner Schauspielhaus in “Das Leben ein Traum”. Her early work in multimedia music theatre includes Anna Ikramova’s Der schlafende Reiter, in which she embodied the mother and Bianka II. In parallel she developed a film and television career in Germany, Croatia and Serbia with roles in “Obicni ljudi”, “Ponos Ratkajevih” and “Sesto culo”; in 2011 she played Frau Damski in “Max Schmeling” and appeared in “Kleine Morde”. For her achievements as an actress she received the Vecernjakova domovnica award in 2008 and 2010. Her more recent productions include the television series “Für alle Fälle Familie” of 2024 and the film “Balkanika: Dark Side” of 2025.
Vanessa Radman
Actor
