# Laura Berlin **Laura Berlin** (born 1990 in Berlin) is a German actress and model, known in Germany for the Ruby Red film trilogy and the Immenhof films, and internationally for playing Queen Emma of Normandy in the Netflix series *Vikings: Valhalla*.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) • [2](https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/laura-berlin_8feeb360550dba37e040007f01005f71) | Key fact | Detail | |---|---| | Born | 1990 in Berlin; German nationality[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) | | Modeling start | Discovered by a modeling agency at 15; walked fashion shows for Boss, Balenciaga, and Michalsky in Paris and Milan while still in high school; appeared on the cover of the Italian edition of *Elle* at 17[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) | | Breakthrough in film | Charlotte Montrose in the Kerstin Gier adaptations *Rubinrot* (2013), *Saphirblau* (2014), and *Smaragdgrün* (2016)[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) | | First cinema lead | *Immenhof - Das Abenteuer eines Sommers* (released January 2019) as Charly, the eldest of three sisters[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) | | International role | Emma of Normandy in *Vikings: Valhalla* (Netflix, from 2022), her first role in an international historical series[2](https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/laura-berlin_8feeb360550dba37e040007f01005f71) | ## Modeling career Berlin was discovered by a modeling agency at the age of 15 and worked as a model while still in school. She walked runway shows in Paris and Milan for international brands including Boss, Balenciaga, and Michalsky, and soon took photo-model work as well; at seventeen she appeared on the cover of the Italian edition of the women's magazine *[Elle](https://www.edgepedia.org/elle-magazine)*.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) After finishing school in 2009 she worked as a model full-time.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) Her first acting experience came in school theater and through private coaching, running in parallel with the modeling work.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) ## Television and film This opened a second career path alongside modeling. In the following years she took supporting roles in television dramas such as *Tod einer Schülerin* and episode leads in series including *SOKO Stuttgart* (2010) and *SOKO Leipzig* (2012, 2014).[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) **The Ruby Red trilogy.** Berlin appeared in the film adaptations of Kerstin Gier's fantasy novels as Charlotte Montrose, in *Rubinrot* (2013), *Saphirblau* (2014), and *Smaragdgrün* (2016).[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) She also had smaller roles in the comedies *Bullyparade - Der Film* (2017) and *Ronny & Klaid* (2018, as a nun), and a lead role in the television comedy *Meine allerschlimmste Freundin* (2014), playing a woman whose best friend is a talking plush doll.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) **Series work.** [Television](https://www.edgepedia.org/television) remained her main field. She had a recurring role as a BKA employee and spy in *Einstein* (2017 to 2019), a permanent lead role as the emergency-room assistant physician Dr. Eva Grünberg in *Notruf Hafenkante* from 2018 to 2021, and the role of a family corporation's chief developer in the six-part business thriller *Breaking Even* (2020).[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) ## Lead film roles and international work Berlin's first leading feature-film role came in the children's film *Immenhof - Das Abenteuer eines Sommers*, which opened in German cinemas in January 2019; she played Charly, the eldest of the three sisters at the center of the story, under the direction of Sharon von Wietersheim.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) She reprised the role of Charly in the sequel *Immenhof - Das große Versprechen*, released in May 2022.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) Starting in early 2022, Berlin played the historical figure [Emma of Normandy](https://www.edgepedia.org/emma-of-normandy), a queen, as a lead role in the Netflix streaming series *Vikings: Valhalla*; according to a report in the Berlin paper B.Z., it was her first role in an international historical series.[2](https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/laura-berlin_8feeb360550dba37e040007f01005f71) • [3](https://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv-artikel/vikings-valhalla-deutsches-model-laura-berlin-wird-netflix-koenigin) She played the role across the series' three seasons, through the final season in 2024.[4](https://www.filmstarts.de/personen/480763/filmo/) Also in 2022 she had a leading role in the German-French film *Die Farbe des Windes*, as a wind-power engineer caught between opposing sides in a controversial project in rural France.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) Her later credits include the ZDFneo miniseries *Bauchgefühl* (2024, as Lena) and a guest role as Oceanglass-49 in the third season of the science-fiction series *[Foundation](https://www.edgepedia.org/foundation-tv-series)* (2025, episodes 5 through 9).[4](https://www.filmstarts.de/personen/480763/filmo/) ## References 1. [Laura Berlin, filmportal.de](https://www.filmportal.de/person/laura-berlin_4246f2c2ebf8449aae4c7300c2fe9f5f) 2. [Laura Berlin (English biography), filmportal.de](https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/laura-berlin_8feeb360550dba37e040007f01005f71) 3. [Berliner Model Laura Berlin wird Netflix-Königin, B.Z.](https://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv-artikel/vikings-valhalla-deutsches-model-laura-berlin-wird-netflix-koenigin) 4. [Filmografie von Laura Berlin, FILMSTARTS.de](https://www.filmstarts.de/personen/480763/filmo/) --- *Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Screen people and creators › Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe › German actors* *Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 20, 2026; Sep 30, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Sep 20, 2026; Sep 30, 2026; Oct 11, 2026; Oct 12, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026* *Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.* License: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license