Jasmina Kuhnke

Jasmina Kuhnke

Biography

Jasmina Kuhnke is a German writer, actress and filmmaker. Kuhnke's debut novel “Schwarzes Herz” (Black Heart) is a bestseller. The semi-autobiographical book tells of her experiences growing up on the outskirts of the Ruhr area in Germany in the 1990s and how she had to deal with racism. She is also the author of the award-winning series ANDERE ELTERN, a mockery of how parents set up a private kindergarten, and the racism special CAROLIN KEBEKUS SHOW, which was awarded the Grimme Prize. In 2021, she founded the SHEROES Fund. She has just received a screenplay grant for her provocative coming-of-age story of an Afro-German who wants to become an SS officer and soon finds out what it means to grow up in Wuppertal in 1940.