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Larissa Marolt
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Larissa-Antonia Marolt
10 July 1992 |
| Occupation | Model, actress |
| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Blue / Green |
Larissa-Antonia Marolt, born on July 10, 1992, in Klagenfurt, Austria, is a famous model and actress. She became well-known after winning the first season of Austria's Next Topmodel. Later, she also competed in Germany's Next Top Model and finished in eighth place.
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Early Life and Education
Larissa grew up in St. Kanzian, a town in Carinthia, Austria. Her father, Heinz Anton Marolt, was a local politician and owns a hotel there. Larissa has three siblings: two brothers and an older sister. She attended a Gymnasium (a type of high school) and completed her A-Levels in 2010.
When she was 14, Larissa was part of a youth theater club at the Klagenfurt City Theater. This is where she was first noticed as a potential model.
Modeling and Acting Career
Becoming a Top Model
At 16, Larissa auditioned for Austria's Next Top Model. She was chosen as one of the ten girls to be on the TV show. In the final episode, she won the title "Austria's Next Topmodel". Her prize included a contract with a modeling agency called Wiener Models. She also appeared on the cover of the Austrian magazine Miss in February 2008. Another prize was a contract to be the face of an advertising campaign for Swarovski Crystallized. She also got to participate in Germany's Next Top Model hosted by Heidi Klum. This made her one of the few contestants to appear on two different "Top Model" shows.
Even though she had won in Austria and was popular with the audience, Larissa found it hard to get along with the other contestants in Germany's Next Top Model. This led to her feeling isolated from the group. After being on both shows, she walked the runway in the Amber Fashion Show and the Vienna Life Ball in 2009. She also appeared on the covers of several Austrian magazines, like Madonna and Live.
Moving into Acting
In early 2010, Larissa took part in a spin-off show from Germany's Next Top Model called Die Model WG. She decided to leave the show in the second episode. She wanted to focus on her school exams, which she passed. After finishing school, she went to New York to study acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute.
After her acting studies, Larissa moved to Berlin. She played the role of Maxi Koenig in the German TV series Anna und die Liebe. She also had a role in the TV series Danni Lowinski.
Film Roles and TV Shows
Larissa's first movie was an Austrian film called Rise Up! And Dance. It was directed by Barbara Gräftner and premiered on March 11, 2014, in Vienna. She also played the main role in the 2013 Austrian horror movie Hopped Up - Friedliche Droge, directed by Michael Fischa. This film was shown in cinemas in Austria and Germany in early 2014.
In 2014, Larissa participated in the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. She finished in second place. During the show, she had to do ten "bushtucker trials." These challenges help contestants win food for the camp. Viewers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland voted for her to do eight trials in a row. This set a new world record for the most consecutive trials in the show's history.
On February 8, 2014, Larissa was honored by her hometown of Klagenfurt. She received the 'Special Lindwurm Award' from the mayor, Christian Scheider. This special award had only been given once before, in 2004, to German entertainer Thomas Gottschalk.
From March 28 to May 16, 2014, Larissa competed in the seventh season of the German TV show Let's Dance. She and her dance partner, Massimo Sinató, finished in fourth place. On April 26, 2014, Larissa won a Romy award at the 25th Romy TV Awards ceremony in Vienna.
Larissa also took part in the German game show Schlag den Star. On July 19, 2014, she competed against presenter and model Annica Hansen. From mid-September 2014, Larissa joined Peter Rapp, Oliver Pocher, and Petra Frey as a judge on the fourth season of ORF's talent show Die große Chance.
On June 17, 2014, Larissa received the "New-Face-Award" at the Leading Ladies Award ceremony in Vienna. This award is given by Austria's weekly women's magazine Madonna. In August 2014, Larissa helped raise awareness for the disease ALS by taking part in the Ice Bucket Challenge.
In January 2016, Larissa shared first place in the styling contest Promi Shopping Queen on the German TV channel VOX. She shopped with her sister Lisa-Marie in Klagenfurt and donated her prize money to a children's cancer charity. Since October 2024, Larissa has been one of the main judges on Sport1's fashion reality competition series My Style Rocks.
Personal Life
Larissa Marolt dated filmmaker Whitney Sudler-Smith from 2011 to 2016.
In 2015, Larissa and her father bought the hotel Seehotel Klopein near Lake Klopein. This hotel is in Sankt Kanzian, Carinthia, Austria. The three-star hotel has nine buildings and is only one kilometer away from the hotel her parents already owned.
TV Appearances
- 2009: Austria's Next Topmodel
- 2009: Germany's Next Topmodel
- 2009: Granaten wie wir
- 2010: Wir sind Kaiser
- 2010: Die Model-WG
- 2012: Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
- 2013: taff (Projekt Paradies: Promi-Heilfasten)
- 2014: Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!
- 2014: Wir sind Kaiser
- 2014: 5 gegen Jauch
- 2014: Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
- 2014: Markus Lanz
- 2014: Let's Dance
- 2014: Schlag den Star
- 2014: Die große Chance (jury)
- 2015: Die große Chance der Chöre (jury)
- 2015: Larissa goes to Hollywood
- 2016: Promi Shopping Queen
- 2016: Jungen gegen Mädchen
- 2017: Global Gladiators
- 2024: My Style Rocks
Filmography
- 2009: Eine wie keine (Television series)
- 2011: Anna und die Liebe (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2013: Danni Lowinski (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2013: Cop Stories (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2014: Rise Up! And Dance
- 2015: SOKO 5113 (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2015: Alarm für Cobra 11 (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2015: Mila (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2016: Hopped Up – Friedliche Droge
- 2017—2019: Storm of Love (Original title: "Sturm der Liebe", Television series, 274 episodes)
- 2020—2021: Blutige Anfänger (Television series, 11 episodes)
- 2022: Unter Uns (Television series, unknown episodes)
- 2023: Hotel Mondial (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2023: Die Chefin (Television series, 1 episode)
- 2024: Die Passion (Television film)
- 2025: Parallel Me (Television series, 1 episode)
Awards and Recognition
- 2014: Special Lindwurm Award
- 2014: Romy Award
- 2014: Leading Ladies Awards (New-Face-Award category)
