Larissa Marolt
Biography
Larissa-Antonia Marolt is an Austrian model and actress. She won the first season of the casting show *Austria’s Next Topmodel* in 2009. In November 2009, Marolt landed her first acting role with a guest appearance on the Sat.1 daily soap *Eine wie keine*. Starting in January 2010, she appeared in the ProSieben reality series *Die Model-WG*, though she left the shared model house in the second episode to focus on her education. After passing her *Matura* (school-leaving exams) at the St. Ursula Gymnasium in Klagenfurt in 2010, she was accepted into the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, where she studied from 2011 to 2013. From February 9 to August 2011, she played the supporting role of Maxi König in 128 episodes of the Sat.1 telenovela *Anna und die Liebe*. In January and February 2014, she participated in the German reality show *Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!* (the German version of *I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!*) on RTL, finishing in second place. Across all international adaptations of the format, she holds the record for being voted into the most consecutive "Jungle Trials"—a total of eight. On February 8, 2014, she was presented with the "Special Lindwurm Award" by Klagenfurt Mayor Christian Scheider. In 2013, she filmed her first feature movie, the Austrian dance film *Rise Up! And Dance* by Barbara Gräftner, in which she played a supporting role. The film premiered in Vienna on March 11, 2014. From March 28 to May 16, 2014, she competed in the RTL show *Let's Dance*, finishing in fourth place with her dance partner, Massimo Sinató. In April 2014, she was awarded a Romy prize for the "Most Exciting Television Moments." On June 17, 2014, she was honored with the "New Face Award" at the *Madonna* magazine Leading Ladies Awards in Vienna. On July 18, 2014, she received a "Walk of Fame" star on the lakeside promenade in St. Kanzian am Klopeiner See. On August 2, 2014, she appeared on the show *Schlag den Star*, where she competed against Annica Hansen and lost.
