Yahoo Lifestyle Magnolia Entertainment Signs Harriet Herbig-Matten, Star Of Prime Video’s Record-Breaking German Series ‘Maxton Hall’
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Magnolia Entertainment has signed German actress Harriet Herbig-Matten for management.
Herbig-Matten recently rose to international fame with her starring role in Maxton Hall, Prime Video’s series adaptation of the hit novel from Mona Kasten, which in May “achieved the largest first-week global viewership for an International Original in Prime Video history,” per the streamer, and was quickly renewed for a second season.
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In the show from Germany’s UFA Fiction, which occupied the #1 spot of the Prime Video charts in more than 120 countries and territories, the actress plays Ruby, who unwittingly witnesses an explosive secret at her private school Maxton Hall. The arrogant millionaire heir James Beaufort (Damian Hardung) then has to deal with the quick-witted scholarship student, for better or worse. From that point on, he tries to buy Ruby’s silence, and they soon risk everything to be together.
Since the release of Maxton Hall, which won Germany’s prestigious Bambi Award for Best Series of the Year, Herbig-Matten has been courted to collaborate with numerous elite fashion houses. The thesp broke out in UFA Fiction’s YA series Das Pubertier and also previously found a lead role in the popular Prime Video family series Bibi & Tina.
Recently starring opposite Jessica Schwarz in the German TV movie The Fairy Tale of the Magic Flute, Herbig-Matten’s other film credits include Nie zu spät, directed by Tomy Wigand, and the Amazon feature Confessions of Felix Krull, directed by Detlev Buck. She’s also had guest roles in the UFA Fiction series Ein starkes Team, directed by Wigand, and the Razor Film series The Nordic Murders, directed by Matthias Tiefenbacher.
Currently starring on Apple TV+’s first original German series Where’s Wanda?, which has been renewed for a second season, Herbig-Matten continues to be represented by the Lido Agency and Malve Management in Germany.
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