Arabella Kiesbauer (full name Arabella Cosima-Asereba Kiesbauer) was born on April 8, 1969 in Vienna, Austria. She is a TV presenter, writer and actress.

Biography and Career :

Arabella Kiesbauer grew up in Vienna with her grandmother after her mother Hannelore (a German theater actress) and her father Sammy Ammissah (an engineer from Ghana) separated.

While she studied journalism and dramaturgy she started to work as presenter with the Austrian public service television broadcaster ORF.

From 1994 to 2004 she hosted her own daily talk show Arabella on the German TV channel Pro7. On January 17, 2006 she started a weekly late night talk show on the Berlin TV station N24 TV.

Arabella Kiesbauer won several awards for her TV work, 1994 the Bayerischen Fernsehpreis in the category Beste Talk-Newcomerin and 1996 the media award Das Goldene Kabel.

On June 9, 1995 she was the target of a letter bomb at the Pro7 studios and her assistant got injured.

Arabella Kiesbauer works also as model and fashion ambassador for the shoe company Vögele Shoes.

TV Works :

1989-1993: Presenter of ORF youth magazine X-Large
1990/1991: Presenter of 3Sat city series Inter-City
1991: Presenter of ProSieben magazine Rund um Hollywood
June 1994-2004: Presenter of the ProSieben talk show Arabella
Feb. 1996 - Apr. 1997: Presenter of ProSieben show Arabella night
Sept. 1996: Presenter of ProSieben special broadcast Arabella Help!
2002/2003: Presenter of the ORF casting show Starmania
2003/2004: Presenter of the ORF casting show Starmania - Die neue Generation
2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006: Presentation of the Wiener Opernball
August 2004: Presenter of the Sound of Football gala
Autumn 2004: Presenter of the Die Austro-Pop-Show
Since 2006: Presenter of the N24 late night talk show Arabella Kiesbauer

Trivia :

- Was target of a letter bomb in June 1995. Her secretary got injured.

- Her mother is a German actress, her father was an engineer from Ghana. After their separation, she was raised by her grandmother in Austria

- Posed naked for Playboy on 14 pages in July 1995.

- TV presenter of the famous Viennese Opera Ball since 2003.

Filmography :

1. Merci Jury (2005) (TV) .... Host
2. "Comeback - Die große Chance" (2004) (mini) TV Series .... Host
3. Wen küsst die Braut? (2002) (TV) .... Arabella
... aka Loving Berry (Germany)
4. E-m@il an Gott (1999) (TV) .... Reporterin
... aka God@heaven.com
5. Superweib, Das (1996) .... Conferenciere
... aka The Superwife
6. Nur der Sieg zählt (1995) (TV) .... Moderatorin
... aka Nur die Liebe siegt.

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Tags: 1969, vienna, writer, actress, tv presenter	[edit tags]

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Category: Tv Personalities  - ( Tv Personalities Archive)

Date Added: 05 May '08

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