THE MEDIA PERSONALITY
Ariane Sommer has hosted numerous TV shows broadcast in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The shows' content centered on lifestyle, fashion, entertainment and cooking.
Among the titles are:
"Lebensart" and "Lebensart Gourmet" (roughly translates to "Life & Style" and "Life, Art & Food") for NTV (100 plus episodes were produced)
"Top of the Pops" for RTL (numerous guest hosting appearances)
"2nd Arlberg Open Space Freeride-Contest",
Arlberg/Austria 2003
"Die Supergaertner" ("The Super Gardeners") for Sat1/Pro7
2005 (one full season, 13 episodes were produced)
Additionally Sommer has been featured as a celebrity guest on many of the most influential European talk shows.
Highlights include: Harald Schmidt ("Die Harald Schmidt Show"), Thomas Gottschalk ("Wetten, dass?"), Frank Elstner ("Verstehen Sie Spass?", "Menschen der Woche")
Ariane Sommer started modeling at the age of thirteen when she was
discovered in a cafe in South Beach, Miami, where she and her family lived at the time while her father represented the German government as the Consul General.
Although she found success quite early in this profession, appearing in
teen magazines, catalogues and commercial spots, she decided to make
education her priority.
With fifteen she moved from the United States
to attend the renowned Salem boarding school in Germany from which she proceeded to study Political Sciences at the well-regarded Freie
Universitaet in Berlin.
While attending university, Sommer reprised her modeling career in
order to supplement her financial needs and continue to feed her desire
to see the world. During this time she traveled throughout Europe and
worked in Paris, Milan, Athens, New York and Berlin.
She has been featured in a variety of top fashion and lifestyle magazines, as well as having graced the covers of publications, such as:
Cosmopolitan, Max, GQ, MAXIM, Kultur-Spiegel, Joy Celebrity, InStyle and many others.
Sommer's entree to the acting world resulted directly from her work as a model.
She was discovered by a casting agency on a commercial for Telekom which featured her alongside renowned German actor Manfred Krug.
Her first feature film was "The Kasachstan Lady," a CCC Film picture. She was featured in a supporting role as the jealous girlfriend of the lead actor. From then on, Sommer became a regular on TV series, TV movies and feature films.
Among the titles are:
Agnes und seine Brueder (2003) -
X-Filme
Role: Sunshine, Director: Oskar Roehler
Streit um Drei (2002)
ZDF, Role: Vanessa Klinkhammer
Rosenheim Cops (2002)
ZDF, Role: Franziska
Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (2002)
RTL, Role: Anette Berner
St. Angela (2002)
ARD, Role: Babette
Director: Sebastian Monk
Der Duft des Geldes (2002)
SAT 1 Movie, Role: Journalist
Director: Karl Kases
Das Herz in meinem Bauch (aka The perfect Baby) (2001)
SAT 1 Movie, Role: Vanessa
Director: Hans Werner
Kasachstan Lady (2000)
ARD Movie, Role: Trixie
Director: Dimitri Astrahan
Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (2000)
RTL, Role: Venus
In summer 2007 Ariane made her US film debut in the SONY Pictures and A&E production "Kings of South Beach", written by Nicholas Pileggi whose writing credits include "Casino" and "Goodfellas" and he produced the 2007 hit feature film "American Gangster."
She landed the supporting role of Michelle Rose, the assistant to lead actor, who portrayed a Miami mobster and nightlife impresario. Other cast members included Donnie Wahlberg, Steven Bauer, Ricardo Chavira and Jason Gedrick.
