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In the English spoken comedy she played the leading part of a stripper opposite the Academy Award Winner Martin Landau. 2006 she went back to Los Angeles to shoot the motion picture “Love Made Easy” (Director Peter Luisi). And she was nominated in the category “Show Business” at the “Swiss Awards”. In the same year, Melanie Winiger was awarded “Best Actress” with the TV-Star Award. It reached an audience of 602’000 people, which is corresponding to a market share of 28.0.07.
Swiss Television broad casted the movie on April, 23, 2006.
In 2005 Melanie Winiger was nominated for the Undine Award as Best Newcomer for her debut in “Achtung fertig Charlie!” After returning to Switzerland in 2005, she played the female leading part in the TV social drama “Sonjas Rueckkehr” (Director: Tobias Ineichen). After that she settled in Los Angeles for 2 years and attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. With more than 550’000 tickets sold, this comedy remains one of the most successful motion pictures in Switzerland.