Sunnyi Melles

Sunnyi Melles (born 7 October 1958 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg) is a Swiss-Hungarian actress active in Germany and Austria.

Biography
She is the only daughter of Austrian orchestral conductor Carl Melles and Hungarian noblewoman Judith von Rohonczy (1929-2001), an actress, daughter of actress Ila Lóth. Since 1993, she has been married to Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1954), son of photographer Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. They have a son and a daughter:


 * Constantin Victor Ludwig, Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1994)
 * Leonille Elisabeth Judith Maria Anna, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (b. 1996).

Selected filmography

 * Derrick - Season 8, Episode 8: "Prozente" (1981, TV series episode), as Alice Hollerer
 * Die Leidenschaftlichen (1982, TV film), as Charlotte
 * Who's Crazy, Doc? (1982), as Marlene Schulz
 * Tatort: Miriam (Tatort) (1983, TV series episode), as Miriam Schultheiss
 * The Roaring Fifties (1983), as Bambi
 * Rote Erde (1983, TV series), as Sylvia von Kampen
 * Paradise (1986 film) (1986), as Angelika
 * Maschenka (1987), as Lilli
 * '38 – Vienna Before the Fall (1987), as Carola
 *  (1988), as Gretchen (with Helmut Griem as Faust)
 *  (1989), as Gabriele Gessmann
 * Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen (1990, TV miniseries), as Norma Desmond
 * Ich schenk dir die Sterne (1991), as Laura Montesi
 * Maigret: Maigret at the Crossroads (1992, TV series episode), as Else
 * The Rat (1997, TV film), as Damroka
 * Long Hello and Short Goodbye (1999), as Aurelia
 * Olgas Sommer (2004), as Ella
 * Live Wire (2009 film) (2009), as Sigrid Freesmann
 * The Marriage Swindler and His Wife (2012, TV film), as Gabriele Muntz
 * Freshly Squeezed (film) (2012), as Franziska Schnidt
 *  (2013, TV miniseries), as Ottilie Schadt
 * The Invention of Love (film), as Amine von Kirsch
 * Altes Geld (2015), as Liane Rauchensteiner
 * Der Bauer zu Nathal (2018)
 * Kaisersturz as German Empress Augusta Victoria
 * The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch (2018), as Mrs. Silberzweig
 * Enfant Terrible (2020)
 * Triangle of Sadness (2022)
 * Becoming Karl Lagerfeld (2024), as Marlene Dietrich