The Best German Actresses
by Anautix | created - 23 Apr 2013 | updated - 02 Jul 2013 | PublicDie besten deutschen Schauspielerinnen.
1. Romy Schneider
Actress | L'important c'est d'aimer
Romy Schneider was born on 23 September 1938 in Vienna, Austria into a family of actors. Making her film debut at the age of 15, her breakthrough came two years later in the very popular trilogy Sissi (1955). Her mother, supervising her daughter's career, immediately approved Romy's participation ...
She was the best of all. There is always a discussion about her nationality whether she was German or Austrian. Her nationality was German: born 1938 in Vienna which belonged at that time to the German Reich. She had the German citizenship. Her mother was German, her father Austrian.
2. Hildegard Knef
Actress | Jeder stirbt für sich allein
Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef was born on December 28, 1925 in Ulm, Germany. In 1940, she began to study acting. Even before the fall of the Third Reich, she appeared in several films, but most of them were only released after the war. To avoid being raped by Soviet soldiers, she dressed like a ...
3. Marlene Dietrich
Soundtrack | Witness for the Prosecution
Her father was a police lieutenant and imbued in her a military attitude to life. Marlene was known in school for her "bedroom eyes" and her first affairs were at this stage in her life - a professor at the school was terminated. She entered the cabaret scene in 1920s Germany, first as a spectator ...
4. Nina Hoss
Actress | Phoenix
Nina Hoss was born on July 7, 1975 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Phoenix (2014), Tár (2022) and A Most Wanted Man (2014). She has been married to Alex Silva since 2015.
5. Heike Makatsch
Actress | Love Actually
Born on 13 August 1971 in Düsseldorf, Germany, as the daughter of former German national ice hockey keeper Rainer Makatsch. After studying politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for two years and an apprenticeship as dressmaker, she was hired by newborn TV music channel VIVA in 1993...
6. Jessica Schwarz
Actress | Romy
Jessica Schwarz was born on May 5, 1977 in Erbach im Odenwald, Hesse, Germany. She is an actress, known for Romy (2009), Nichts bereuen (2001) and Buddenbrooks (2008).
7. Diane Kruger
Actress | Inglourious Basterds
Diane Kruger was born Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen, near Hildesheim, Germany, to Maria-Theresa, a bank employee, and Hans-Heinrich Heidkrüger, a computer specialist. She studied ballet with the Royal Ballet in London before an injury ended her career. She returned to Germany and became a top ...
8. Maria Furtwängler
Actress | Tatort
Furtwängler is the great-niece and step-granddaughter of the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. She grew up in middle-class circumstances with her parents. The father Bernhard Furtwängler was an architect, the mother Kathrin Ackermann was an actress. At the age of eight, she appeared in front of the ...
9. Anja Kling
Actress | (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1
Anja Kling was born on March 22, 1970 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress and writer, known for (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004), The Final Days (2008) and Tödliche Wahl (1995).
10. Iris Berben
Actress | Triangle of Sadness
After her parents divorced, she moved to Hamburg with her mother. There she attended elementary school and then several boarding schools. She stopped her school education before graduating from high school. Berben was active in the Hamburg protest scene and came to film in the late 1960s. She took ...
11. Ilse Werner
Soundtrack | Land of the Lost
Ilse Werner was born in Batavia (present-day Djakarta), the daughter of the Dutch merchant O.E.G. Still and his German wife, Lilly Werner. She spent her early childhood in Batavia, before the family moved her to Frankfurt to attend secondary school. In 1936, Ilse enrolled at the Max Reinhardt ...
12. Christine Neubauer
Actress | Im Tal des Schweigens
Christine Neubauer was born on June 24, 1962 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Im Tal des Schweigens (2004), Löwengrube (1989) and Hannas Entscheidung (2012). She was previously married to Lambert Dinzinger.
13. Hannelore Elsner
Actress | Die Kommissarin
One of the pre-eminent divas of post-war German cinema, Hannelore Elsner (born 'Elstner') was the consummate actress: a gifted and versatile performer with a penchant for intense roles, often as emancipated, strong-willed women. A Bavarian engineer's daughter (her father died of tuberculosis when ...
14. Nastassja Kinski
Actress | Tess
Nastassja Kinski was born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski on January 24, 1961 in Berlin, Germany, the daughter of German actor Klaus Kinski. In 1976, she met director Roman Polanski, who urged her to study method acting with Lee Strasberg in the United States. Kinski starred in the Italian romantic ...
15. Claudia Michelsen
Actress | Der Turm
Claudia Michelsen was born on February 4, 1969 in Dresden, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Tower (2012), Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018) and 12 heißt: Ich liebe dich (2007).
16. Katja Riemann
Actress | Fack ju Göhte
Katja Riemann was born on November 1, 1963 in Kirchweyhe, Weyhe, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress and director, known for Suck Me Shakespeer (2013), Rosenstrasse (2003) and Bandits (1997).
17. Veronica Ferres
Actress | Crisis
After playing a lead role in Oscar and Golden Globe nominated movie "Schtonk!" by Helmut Dietl 1992, Veronica Ferres became one of the most well-known German actresses. She has worked in over one hundred and fifty feature films; more than thirty of which were American / English productions. Two ...
18. Anna Loos
Actress | Weissensee
Anna Loos was born on November 18, 1970 in Brandenburg an der Havel, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Weissensee Saga (2010), Anatomy (2000) and Die Lehrerin (2011). She has been married to Jan Josef Liefers since August 5, 2004. They have two children.
19. Yvonne Catterfeld
Actress | The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music
Yvonne Catterfeld was born on December 2, 1979 in Erfurt, German Democratic Republic [now Federal Republic of Germany]. Yvonne is an actor, known for The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music (2015), Beauty and the Beast (2014) and U-900 (2008).
20. Franka Potente
Actress | Lola rennt
Franka Potente was born on 22 July 1974 in the German city of Münster, to Hildegard, a medical assistant, and Dieter Potente, a teacher, and raised in the nearby town of Dülmen. After her graduation in 1994, she went to the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, a drama school in Munich, but soon broke off to ...
21. Martina Gedeck
Actress | Das Leben der Anderen
Martina Gedeck was born in Munich. After spending a year in the US, she studied drama at the Berlin University of the Arts. Martina's film career began while she was still at drama school. Her filmography covers practically all genres of film.
Gedeck has won a total of 23 major cinema and TV awards....
22. Katharina Schüttler
Actress | Freier Fall
Katharina Schüttler started acting for film and television when she was 11 years old. Her breakthrough in Germany was the International Emmy Award winning Mini-Series "Generation War" ("Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter") in which she portrayed singer Greta del Torres. She appeared in many films for ...
23. Bibiana Beglau
Actress | Die Stille nach dem Schuss
Bibiana Beglau was born on July 16, 1971 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Legend of Rita (2000), Unter dem Eis (2005) and Luna's Revenge (2017).
24. Christina Plate
Actress | Praxis Bülowbogen
Christina Plate was born on April 21, 1965 in West Berlin, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Praxis Bülowbogen (1987), Tierärztin Dr. Mertens (2003) and Code Name: Eternity (2000). She has been married to Oliver Geißen since September 19, 2009. They have one child. She was ...
25. Christiane Paul
Actress | Im Juli
Christiane Paul, an Emmy-Award-winning actress known for "In July," "Counterpart," "Parliament," and "FBI International" was born behind the Berlin wall in East Berlin. At the age of 28, she already was a medical doctor, had a little daughter and had starred in more than 20 movies including the ...
26. Corinna Harfouch
Actress | Der Untergang
Growing up as the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne née Kleber, she attended school in Großenhain from 1961 to 1973. She completed her Abitur at the extended high school. After training as a nurse, she began studying textile engineering at the TU Dresden in 1976. From ...
27. Katja Flint
Actress | Marlene
She grew up in the US state of Utah. Flint then attended high school in Germany, where she graduated with a high school diploma. Her dream of becoming a doctor failed due to the numerus clausus. She initially worked as a photo model, waitress and beautician and completed three years of acting ...
28. Marie Bäumer
Actress | Im Angesicht des Verbrechens
Marie Bäumer was born on May 7, 1969 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for In the Face of Crime (2010), The Counterfeiters (2007) and 3 Days in Quiberon (2018).
29. Isabell Gerschke
Actress | Tatort
Isabell Gerschke was born on June 5, 1979 in Potsdam, East Germany [now Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany]. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Bound for Leem (2010) and Little Thirteen (2012).
A blonde Beauty!
30. Bettina Zimmermann
Actress | 2030 - Aufstand der Alten
Bettina Zimmermann was born on March 31, 1975 in Großburgwedel, Germany. She is an actress, known for 2030 - Aufstand der Alten (2007), The Hunt for the Amber Room (2012) and Erkan & Stefan gegen die Mächte der Finsternis (2002).
31. Anneke Kim Sarnau
Actress | The Constant Gardener
Anneke Kim Sarnau was born on February 25, 1972 in Elmshorn, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Constant Gardener (2005), Police Call 110 (1971) and Final Hope (2002).
32. Johanna Wokalek
Actress | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Johanna Wokalek was born on March 3, 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Pope Joan (2009) and Barefoot (2005). She is married to Thomas Hengelbrock. They have one child.
33. Bernadette Heerwagen
Actress | Die kommenden Tage
Bernadette Heerwagen was born on June 22, 1977 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Coming Days (2010), Grüße aus Kaschmir (2004) and An die Grenze (2007). She is married to Ole Puppe. They have one child.
34. Diana Amft
Actress | Im weißen Rössl - Wehe Du singst!
Diana Amft was born on November 7, 1975 in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Im weißen Rössl - Wehe Du singst! (2013), Doctor's Diary (2008) and Josephine Klick - Allein unter Cops (2014). She has been married to Arne Regul since 2011. They ...
35. Alexandra Neldel
Actress | Unschuldig
Alexandra Neldel was born in 1976 in West Berlin, Germany. Her parents divorced when she was a child. His father is a hunter.
It was always very hard for her to decide if she would be with her father or her mother. Maybe that is the reason why she decided to leave her parents and to live her own ...
36. Simone Thomalla
Actress | Tatort
Simone Thomalla was born on April 11, 1965 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic [nox Saxony, Germany]. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Frühling (2011) and Am Anfang war der Seitensprung (1999). She was previously married to André Vetters.
37. Sandra Speichert
Actress | Rote Rosen
Sandra Speichert was born on January 22, 1971 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Rote Rosen (2006), Low Profile (1993) and No Taboo (2000).
38. Ursula Karven
Actress | Tatort
Ursula Karven was born on September 17, 1964 in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Tatort (1970), Ein irres Feeling (1984) and M.E.T.R.O. - Ein Team auf Leben und Tod (2006). She was previously married to James Veres.
39. Alexandra Kamp
Actress | Sumuru
Alexandra Kamp was born on December 29, 1966 in Baden-Baden, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Sumuru (2003), Dracula 3000 (2004) and Deep Freeze (2001).
40. Uschi Glas
Actress | Zwei Münchner in Hamburg
Uschi Glas was born on March 2, 1944 in Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Zwei Münchner in Hamburg (1989), Go for It, Baby (1968) and Suck Me Shakespeer (2013). She has been married to Dieter Hermann since October 22, 2005. She was previously married...
41. Eva Habermann
Actress | Lexx
Eva Habermann was born on January 16, 1976 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Lexx (1996), The Ugly Truth (2021) and Under ConTroll (2019). She was previously married to Hans-Ullrich Hauenstein.
42. Nadja Uhl
Actress | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Nadja Uhl was born on May 23, 1972 in Stralsund, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Operation Sugar (2012) and Divided We Stand (2022).
43. Sandra Hüller
Actress | Anatomie d'une chute
Sandra Hüller was born in Suhl. She studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. For her performance of Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's drama Requiem she won The Silver Bear for Best Actress. She is internationally known for her starring role in Maren Ade's Toni...
44. Felicitas Woll
Actress | Berlin, Berlin
Felicitas Woll was born on January 20, 1980 in Harbshausen, Hessen, Germany. She is an actress, known for Berlin, Berlin (2002), Dresden (2006) and Die Ungehorsame (2015).
45. Julia Brendler
Actress | Dolphins
Julia Brendler was born on February 26, 1975 in Schwedt, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Dolphins (1999), Deeply (2000) and Nord Nord Mord (2011).
46. Nora Tschirner
Actress | Keinohrhasen
Nora Tschirner was born on June 12, 1981 in East Berlin, East Germany. She is an actress and producer, known for Rabbit Without Ears (2007), Tatort (1970) and Kebab Connection (2004).
47. Anna Maria Mühe
Actress | Mitten in Deutschland: NSU
Anna Maria Mühe (born 1985) is a German actress.
Born in Berlin to actor Ulrich Mühe (1953-2007) and actress Jenny Gröllmann (1947-2006), she was invited by director Maria von Heland to a casting for Big Girls Don't Cry. She also played in a video of Schiller's song "Sehnsucht". After making her ...
48. Alice Dwyer
Actress | Ma folie
Alice Dwyer was born on June 8, 1988 in West Berlin, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Ma folie (2015), Höhere Gewalt (2008) and Was du nicht siehst (2009).
49. Josefine Preuß
Actress | Türkisch für Anfänger
Josefine Preuß was born on January 13, 1986 in Zehdenick, Brandenburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for Türkisch für Anfänger (2012), Türkisch für Anfänger (2006) and Sapphire Blue (2014).
50. Henriette Richter-Röhl
Actress | Autobahnraser
Henriette Richter-Röhl was born on January 9, 1982 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress, known for Autobahnraser (2004), I'm Your Man (2021) and Katie Fforde (2010). She has been married to Walter Unterweger since October 1, 2005. They have two children.
51. Mina Tander
Actress | Du hast es versprochen
Mina Tander was born on December 4, 1979 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Forgotten (2012), Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht! (2009) and Frau Müller muss weg! (2015). She has been married to Elmar Fischer since 2011. They have two children.
52. Jeanette Biedermann
Actress | Anna und die Liebe
She began her career at the age of five with her first appearances at the state children's circus "Lilliput". She trained there in dance and acrobatics. At the age of ten, Jeanette began singing and taking part in karaoke shows. After school, she completed an apprenticeship as a hairdresser with ...
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