BIOGRAPHY

Actress, tropical biologist, scriptwriter and director. Wait…does she even have degrees for that?

Yup. Janine has a masters in science, studied acting at les Enfants terribles in Paris and did the European act training of the royal academy of dramatic arts in London (RADA). She has directed 5 short films and the music video of the Eurovision song for Switzerland in 2020. She actually finishes her master (Film) in scriptwriting at the university of Arts of Zurich.

She is also member of the European Film Academy and the Swiss Film Academy (by nomination).

But most importantly, she works. She has acted in two films selected in Cannes, had main parts and other parts in feature films (cinema, TV) and acted in series in french, english and german. She also loves stage where ahe not only acts but also sings. She is trained in opera and jazz by the way, which brings her to sing on stage in film and under the shower.

As a director and author, she makes social films about migrants, women, war, people with disabilities. As we speak, she is shooting her first documentary feature and writing the first feature fiction.

But most importantly, she loves coffee, cats, books and the sea.

Download the resume.

Only english showreel

I-art, A. Da Silva

Alien

Lost in my Heart, T. Pradervand, German

Song the Interphone by C. Julien,
film Lost in my Heart, T. Pradervand

Van Gogh, Stéphane Albeda