Franziska Pigulla
Franziska Pigulla (born May 6, 1964 in Neuss) is a German actress, news presenter and voice actress.
After her graduation she studied Germanistics and Anglistics in Berlin. Later she took acting classes in Berlin and London. In London she was a news presenter for the German language programme of BBC. In 1990 she became a presenter of the German news network n-tv.
With her distinctive and deep voice she gained mainstream fame with dubbing Gillian Anderson in her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files. Furthermore, she dubbed Demi Moore (Disclosure, Indecent Proposal), Mercedes Ruehl (Last Action Hero), Téa Leoni (Deep Impact), Sharon Stone (Intersection), Robia LaMorte (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Naomi Campbell. Franziska Pigulla is the German voice of the character Nicole Collard in the video game series Broken Sword. In addition she's a voice-over in documentaries, pseudo-documentaries, TV-reports and advertising spots. As audiobook narrator she reads books of Patricia Cornwell and Ken Follett among others. In the audio drama adaption of the German novel series Geisterjäger John Sinclair she plays the role of Jane Collins. Together with her dubbing partner Benjamin Völz (David Duchovny) she had guest appearances in five music albums of the band Schiller.
External links
- Franziska Pigulla at the Internet Movie Database
- Literatur of and about Franziska Pigulla in the card index of the German National Library
- Franziska Pigulla in the "Deutsche Synrochnkartei" (German Voice Actor Register)