Laura Karasek (born 29 April 1982) is a German author, television moderator, lawyer, columnist and actor.

Laura Karasek
Karasek in 2021
Born (1982-04-29) 29 April 1982 (age 42)
Hamburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Author
  • TV moderator
  • Lawyer
Spouse
Dominic Briggs
(after 2013)
Children2

Life and career

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Laura Karasek was born on 29 April 1982[1] in Hamburg, Germany.[2] After completing her Abitur, she studied law in Berlin, Frankfurt and Paris.[2] From 2011, she worked for the chancellery Clifford Chance.[2] She is also a lawyer in a corporate law firm based in Frankfurt.[3]

Karasek was several times a guest on Markus Lanz,[4] Kölner Treff [de],[4] NDR Talkshow [de],[5] ZDF-Fernsehgarten,[4] and other shows.

Personal life

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In 2013, Karasek married the banker Dominic Briggs.[2] The couple have twins born in 2015.[2] From December 2021, Karasek reinforced a few times the cabaret artist Florian Schroeder as editorial director in the Florian Schroeder Satire Show on ARD.[6] In 2022, she was a co-founder of PEN Berlin.[7]

Works

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  • Laura Karasek: Verspielte Jahre. 2nd edition. Bastei Lübbe Quadriga, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-86995-038-9.
  • Laura Karasek: Ja, die sind echt: Geschichten über Frauen und Männer. Eichborn, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-8479-0657-5.
  • Laura Karasek: Drei Wünsche. 3. Auflage. Eichborn, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-8479-0659-9.

References

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  1. ^ "Wir graturilieren: Laura Karasek wird 38". turi2 (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Laura Karasek: Sie hat noch nie das Grab ihres Vaters besucht". www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de (in German). 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  3. ^ "Vom Glück gesunde Babys auf die Welt zu bringen – so verwundbar machen Kinder". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  4. ^ a b c "ravenrocker – Donnerstag, 04.05.2017, ZDF, 23:15 Uhr: Laura Karasek zu Gast bei "Markus Lanz"". Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  5. ^ "NDR Talk Show". programm.ARD.de. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  6. ^ Timo Niemeier (2021-11-29). "Laura Karasek wird Redaktionsleiterin in Schroeders "Satireshow"". dwdl.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  7. ^ "Mitgründer:innen" (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-07-18. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
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