Maria Pankratz

Maria Pankratz was born in 1967 in Kazakhstan. She is from the German minority in the country, which was in most cases forcedly migrated there in 1941. In the 90s she moved with her family to Germany. She can speak German, Russian, English, and the Platduits dialect fluently. Her role in the movie Stellet Licht/Luz silenciosa earned her the Premio Ariel by the Mexican Film Academy.