Jana Reiß

Jana Reiß is a German actress and singer songwriter. She showed her talent for all kinds of performing arts at a young age. When she was five she began to play the piano and a few years later she wrote her first song. Later on it was a natural choice to combine her artistic skills as a musician, composer and actress. After having finished her studies of performing arts in Cologne at the 'Theater der Keller' in 2009 she joined the girl pop group 'Wonderwall'. They toured in Germany and Jana continued to write songs. She had the chance to work on a song with Peter John Vettese of Jethro Tull in his studio in London. 2011 her first EP 'My turn' is released - Lady Jane is born. She builds her own band and they play live gigs in the local music scene. In 2013 her songs "I seek your heart" and "Return" reach the Semi-Finals in the UK Songwriting Contest. At the same time she works successfully as an actress. She shoots several short films, e.g. "The Jackpot" and "When-Never" and plays in many theatre plays and musicals in and around Cologne. The artist also writes music for theatre plays and develops more and more a synthesis of the arts. In 2015 her gift as a songwriter caught the attention of a theatre manager by whom she was asked to create two music theatre pieces, 'Spring Awakening' and 'Faust'. Both productions were directed by Anja Schöne and were nominated for the theatre award Cologne. Lady Jane and Anja Schöne continued their fruitful collaboration at the Stadttheater Hagen and created another music theatre 'Pictures of your great love'. The newspaper Kölnische Rundschau writes: Jana Reiß seduces with her charm and fine singing." "The musical numbers turn into great moments full of emotionality, dedication and heartbreaking beauty." 2018 she releases her single "Giants" together with a music video. Her debut album will soon follow. In 2017 - 2018 she also plays the female main role in the new series "Die andere Seite".