Carolin Ott is an actress, voiceover artist and theatre maker. Born November 1985 in Lübz. Brought up in East-Berlin. Moved abroad, by herself, aged 17 to follow her dream of becoming an actress.
In 2017 – after living abroad for 13 years (London and Madrid) – Carolin made the decision to pack two suitcases and move back to her hometown Berlin, where she now works and lives with her family.
Carolin trained at the renowned Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by postgraduate acting training at the Drama Studio London. After writing over 150 letters to get financial support from industry professionals, she got the green light from Jeremy Irons, Michael Frayn and Tom Stoppard who sponsored her studies.
Since graduating from Drama School in 2010 she has worked on stage and screen internatio
Carolin just finished filming the guest lead Christiane Johannsen, a psychiatrist in the German TV series ‘Young Crime’ for ZDF. On air: October 2024. Episode: ‘Tilidin statt Blumen’. ‘mum’ by Julia Patey has been officially selected to premiere at the Canadian Film Fest and has been nominated and selected at various international film festivals. Trailer. Carolin devised, wrote and produced the theatre production ‘The woman you want does not exist’, which is currently in R&D and will be shown again in 2025. Trailer.
She is a member of Berlin based theatre collective Monstress Mess with whom she researches, develops and produces her own ideas.