Natalia Wörner (; born 7 September 1967) is a German actress. Biography After finishing high school in Stuttgart, Wörner moved to New York City, where she studied acting at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio. In 2000, she returned to Germany, where she won a German television award, the Deutscher Fernsehpreis, for best leading actress. She served on the award’s jury in 2001 and 2002. In 2009, Wörner played the role of Ellen in the TV miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, based on the eponymous book by Ken Follett. In 2012, she was given the role of Rebecca Kendall as one of the "other wives" in Rosamunde Pilcher's The Other Wife. In addition to her acting career, Wörner has been a goodwill ambassador for German charity Kindernothilfe since 2006. She also served as ambassador of a 2010/2011 Pink Ribbon campaign in Germany. In 2015, Wörner accompanied Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on an official trip to South Korea and Indonesia. She later was a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. Filmography 1992: Glück 1 1992: Thea und Nat 1994: Leni 1994: Die Maschine 1994: Women Are Simply Wonderful 1994: 1995: Der Elefant vergisst nie 1995: Kinder der Nacht 1996: Father's Day 1996: Tatort (episode: "Perfect Mind – Im Labyrinth") 1997: Spiel um dein Leben 1998: Zur Zeit zu zweit 1998: 1998: Mammamia 1998: Der Handymörder 1999: Zum Sterben schön 1999: Der Feuerteufel – Flammen des Todes 1999: Das Tal der Schatten 1999: Tatort (episode: "Martinsfeuer") 2000: Frauen lügen besser 2001: Klassentreffen – Mord unter Freunden 2001: Verbotene Küsse 2002: Der Seerosenteich 2003: Wenn Weihnachten wahr wird 2003: Love and Desire 2004: Experiment Bootcamp 2004: Für immer im Herzen 2005: Miss Texas 2005: Das Geheimnis des Roten Hauses 2006: 20 Nächte und ein Regentag 2006: 2006: Der beste Lehrer der Welt 2006–2010: Unter anderen Umständen (series, 6 episodes) 2007: Durch Himmel und Hölle 2008: Die Lüge 2009: Mein Mann, seine Geliebte und ich 2009: Rosamunde Pilcher – Vier Jahreszeiten 2010: The Pillars of the Earth 2011: Cenerentola 2012: The Other Wife 2014: 2015: Tannbach 2017: Berlin Station Awards 1996: Golden Gong 2000: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2011: Romy for The Pillars of the Earth (Die Säulen der Erde) 2016: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany References External links Prisma.de with current TV notes Biography at moviesection.de (2010) 1967 births Living people