Raina A. Mercedes Echerer (born 16 May 1963 in Linz) is an Austrian film and stage actress, host of TV and radio shows, and politician. From 1999 to 2004 she was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Austrian Green Party, part of the European Greens, although she was not member of the party. During her term she was member of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport, and substitute for the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market. In 1994 she also hosted the Prix Ars Electronica. In 2006 she played Elmire in Molière's Tartuffe at the Lower Austrian state theater in St. Pölten. Filmography Wanted (1999) Der See (1996) Halbe Welt (1993) Fahrt in die Hauptstadt (1991) Café de l'union (1990) Nachsaison (1988) Schmutz (1985) TV Ein glücklicher Tag (2004) Unser Opa ist der Beste (1995) Landläufiger Tod (1990) External links European Parliament biography Austrian Parliament page 1963 births Living people Austrian film actresses Austrian stage actresses Austrian television actresses The Greens – The Green Alternative MEPs MEPs for Austria 1999–2004 20th-century women MEPs for Austria 21st-century women MEPs for Austria