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Eva Mattes

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Margit Carstensen, Gisela Fackeldey, Eva Mattes, and Katrin Schaake in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
Versatile stage and screen actress best known for Werner Herzog films (Best Supporting winner at Cannes for "Woyzeck"). Possibly her most acclaimed starring role is as her mentor 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder' in "A Man Called EVA" (Fassbinder, who treated Eva Mattes kindly, was sometimes referred to by his initials RWF).

The daughter of a film composer father and actress mother, Mattes first gained attention in her teens, when she began her acting career: for Fassbinder (Jail Bait, Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Effi Briest), as a Vietnamese rape victim (Verhoven's O.K., based on the same tragedy as Casualties of War (1989)), and briefly stumbling into early 70s exploitation fare (Naked Massacre, based on the Richard Speck murders).

Mattes moved into leads in prestige and socially conscious films, including Herzog's "Stroszek" (as a German prostitute who flees to the U.S.), Fassbinder's "In A Year of 13 Moons" (as the daughter of a transsexual), Adlon's Céleste (1980) (the title role, as Proust's devoted aide), and Hauff's Mathias Kneissl (1971) (the German Robin Hood).

Her recent roles include the mother of the young go-between in Enemy at the Gates, and opposite Isaach De Bankole (the assassin in Casino Royale (2006)) in Otomo.

Recently she turned to singing (a CD of English-language standards, 2006) and doing children's films, as well as stage dramas and musicals. As of 2008, she's starring in the world's longest-running detective series, Tatort.

In addition to her artist daughter Hanna (with director Werner Herzog), Mattes also has a son Josef, a busy young actor.
BornDecember 14, 1954
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    • 6 wins & 3 nominations

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Eva Mattes in Love Under 17 (1971)
Klaus Kinski and Eva Mattes in Woyzeck (1979)
Dominique Horwitz and Eva Mattes in David (1979)
Eva Mattes and Ulrich Tukur in Felix (1988)
Dominique Horwitz, Christine Kaufmann, Peter Kern, Juraj Kukura, Sona MacDonald, Eva Mattes, Sunnyi Melles, Freddy Quinn, and Beatrice Richter in The Roaring Fifties (1983)
Eva Mattes in A Man Like Eva (1984)

Known for

Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Enemy at the Gates
7.5
  • Mother Filipov
  • 2001
Margit Carstensen and Hanna Schygulla in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
7.6
  • Gabriele von Kant
  • 1972
Woyzeck (1979)
Woyzeck
7.0
  • Marie
  • 1979
Stroszek (1977)
Stroszek
7.7
  • Eva
  • 1977

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Actress

  • Lena Lorenz
    • Eva Lorenz
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Lena Lorenz (2015)
    Lena Lorenz
    • Eva Lorenz
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2023
  • The Net - Promised Land (2022)
    The Net - Promised Land
    • Christina Hein
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Götz Otto in Da is' ja nix (2020)
    Da is' ja nix
    • Tante Mechthild
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Oliver Masucci in Enfant Terrible (2020)
    Enfant Terrible
    • Brigitte Mira
    • 2020
  • Lang lebe die Königin (2020)
    Lang lebe die Königin
    • Rose Just (Nachdreh)
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Letzte Spur Berlin (2012)
    Letzte Spur Berlin
    • Elisabeth Berkhoff
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Sebastian Bezzel and Simon Schwarz in Leberkäsjunkie (2019)
    Leberkäsjunkie
    • Liesl Mooshammer
    • 2019
  • Bella Germania (2019)
    Bella Germania
    • Erna Baumgartner
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Howalds Fall (1990)
    Tatort
    • Kriminalhauptkommissarin Klara Blum
    • Klara Blum
    • Hauptkommissarin Klara Blum ...
    • TV Series
    • 2000–2016
  • Mord am Höllengrund (2014)
    Mord am Höllengrund
    • Margot Sonntag
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Fever (2014)
    Fever
    • Franziska
    • 2014
  • The Last Night of Baby Gun (2013)
    The Last Night of Baby Gun
    • The Voice of Wisdom (voice)
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Sams im Glück (2012)
    Sams im Glück
    • Frau Mon
    • 2012
  • Lukas Turtur and Sierk Radzei in Eyjafjallajökull Tam-Tam (2011)
    Eyjafjallajökull Tam-Tam
    • Barbara - Die Nonne
    • 2011
  • Das Glück ist eine Katze (2010)
    Das Glück ist eine Katze
    • Rosemarie 'Rosa' Schätzlein
    • TV Movie
    • 2010

Additional Crew

  • Effi Briest (1974)
    Effi Briest
    • voice dubbing: Andrea Schober (uncredited)
    • 1974

Soundtrack

  • Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)
    Gilmore Girls
    • performer: "Hey, Pippi Longstocking" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • Pippi on the Run (1970)
    Pippi on the Run
    • performer: "Hey, Pippi Langstrumpf!"
    • 1970
  • Pippi Goes on Board (1969)
    Pippi Goes on Board
    • performer: "Hey, Pippi Langstrumpf!"
    • 1969
  • Pippi Longstocking (1969)
    Pippi Longstocking
    • performer: "Hey, Pippi Langstrumpf!"
    • 1969
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    • Evi Mattes
  • Height
    • 5′ 4¼″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • December 14, 1954
    • Tegernsee, Germany

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    German dubbing voice of "Pippi" Inger Nilsson on Pippi Longstocking (1969). She also sang the song played during the opening credits.

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