Maria Pankratz
- Actress
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.