Nora Tschirner (b. 1981) played the ladybug Marini in the Sesamstrasse episode 2472. Tschirner grew up in East Berlin. She got her first TV role in the episode "Der Ferienjob" in the ZDF series Achterbahn in 1997. Other TV/movie credits include Keinohrhasen, Das Letzte Stück Himmel, Wie Feuer und Flamme and Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling. In 2001, she became a host on MTV in Germany, and she has also appeared in various stage plays over the years.