Dennenesch Zoude

From 1996 to 2000 Dennenesch Zoudé was is a relationship with author and TV presenter Roger Willemsen. In 2001 she started dating Carlo Rola, a German director, producer and screen writer. They got married on October 6th 2009 in New York City, which was also Rola's birthday. In 2016 Carlo Rola died of sudden cardiac death.

In 1995/96 Dennenesch Zoudé became famous for appearing in the German TV show Gegen den Wind. Her first role in a play was in 1996, in the play Lysistrata directed by Jürgen Benecke. In 1999 Zoudé played in Hemingway`s The Fifth Column at the Ernst Deutsch Theater, directed by Christian Kohlund. In 2002 and 2003 she was the love interest in the Berlin Everyman Festival in Jedermann by Brigitte Grothum.

In 2006 Dennenesch Zoudé portrayed the female lead in the TV drama "Meine Mutter tanzend". It is the story about the hardships mother and daughter face while trying to get to know each other. Zoudé's character, the adopted Stella Ahrens, wants to find out more about her family heritage and finds her biological mother – a white cashier at a supermarket. The actress was also starring in the 2008 remake of Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen, based on the book of the same name, alongside Heino Ferch. The director of the film was her late husband Carlo Rola.

From 2006 to 2010 Zoudé was a Special Ambassedor for United Buddy Bears at several events. Additionally, promoted the Stiftung Lesen by being a Reading Ambassador.

As of 2015 Dennenesch Zoudé is a patron of the Fairchance Foundation, which offers aid programms for immigrant children in Germany to help their integration.