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Barbara Sukowa

Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 02/02/1950 (74) | Bremen (Germany)
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Barbara Sukowa (German: [ˈbaʁ.ba.ʁa ˈzu.kɔ.va] ; born 2 February 1950) is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for European Film Awards, César Awards and Grammy Awards. Sukowa is best known for her work with directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Margarethe von Trotta. She rose to prominence after starring in the West German miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz directed by Fassbinder, and the following year went to star in his drama film Lola, for which she received her first German Film Award for Best Actress. Also in 1981, Sukowa starred in Marianne and Juliane directed by Margarethe von Trotta. They would go on to work on six more films together. For her performance, she also received German Film Award and Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress. In 1986, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for performance in the drama film Rosa Luxem..."> ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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HANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write ...

Hannah Arendt

FSK: 6+ years

2012 | 3.5/5 | 1h 53min
Drama
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An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents. ...

Atomic Blonde

FSK: 16+ years

2017 | 3.2/5 | 1h 55min
Action, Thriller
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Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly impriso ...

Rosa Luxemburg

FSK: 12+ years

1986 | 3.3/5 | 2h 3min
Drama, History
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Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting a corrupt buildin ...

Lola

FSK: 16+ years

1981 | 3.6/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Barbara Sukowa

Bavarian Order of Merit Cinemerit Award European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x European Film Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Barbara Sukowa as Actress(48)

as Kathy Dassler2023 Air
as Philippa2023 Enkel für Fortgeschrittene
as Sister Hermann Marie2022 White Noise
as Gala2022 Dalíland
as Philippa2020 Granny Nanny
as Nina Dorn2020 Two of Us
as Melinda2019 Gloria Bell
as Dodo2019 Rocca Changes the World
as Peggy2019 Native Son
as Coroner2017 Atomic Blonde
2016 My Art
as Friderike Zweig2016 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
as Caterina Fabiani / Evelyn Kromberger2015 The Misplaced World
as Marquez2014 The Sky is Blue
as Salomea (voice)2014 Salomea's Nose
as Hannah Arendt2012 Hannah Arendt
as Katharina2011 Nacht ohne Morgen
as Hildegard von Bingen2009 Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
as Mom2009 Veronika Decides to Die
as Lena Brücker2008 Die Entdeckung der Currywurst
as Gracie2005 Romance & Cigarettes
as Vera Glaubitz2004 Die andere Frau
2003 Barbara Sukowa on Lola
as Rosemarie2003 A Birthday to Remember
as Helen2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
as Clara - The Married Woman2000 Urbania
as Sophie Silvano1999 Cradle Will Rock
as Sheila Robinson1999 Nightworld: Lost Souls
as Rachel Singer1999 The Lady in Question
as Helen O’Regan1999 The Third Miracle
as herself1998 The Port of Last Resort
as Anna Loeser1997 In the Name of Innocence
as Virginia Wingate1997 Office Killer
as Anna Kalmann1995 Johnny Mnemonic
as Jeanne Gallimard1993 M. Butterfly
as Katharina Hartmann1991 Europa
as Hannah1991 Voyager
as Martha1990 The African Woman
as Camilla, Duchess of Crotone1987 The Sicilian
as Katharina1987 Days to Remember
as Rosa Luxemburg1986 Rosa Luxemburg
as Adele1983 Equator
as Patricia1983 Un dimanche de flics
as Daniela Mathiesen1982 Deadly Game
as Lola1981 Lola
as Marianne1981 Marianne and Juliane
as Amalie Friedländer1978 Heinrich Heine
as Crystal Allen1977 Women in New York

TV Shows/Series with Barbara Sukowa as Actress(15)

as Prof. Katherina Lehmann2023 The Swarm
as Aunt Josephine2019 Servant
as Aunt Josephine (voice)2019 Servant
as Katarina Jones2015 12 Monkeys
as herself2005 Thadeusz
as Barbara Landau2002 Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
as herself2002 Gero von Boehm begegnet...
as herself1999 Beckmann
as Regina1993 Colpo di coda
as herself1991 DAS!
1979 St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
as herself1979 NDR Talk Show
as herself1976 Kölner Treff
as Viktoria Herbst1974 Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
as Babsi Meyer1970 Scene of the Crime

Citizenship: Germany
Born: Thursday, 02/02 1950 (February) in Bremen (Germany) (current age: 74 years + 76 days)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: German (DE)
Spouses (current/former): Robert Longo, Daniel Olbrychski
Other names for Barbara Sukowa (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Barbara Sukova"
Barbara Sukowa frequently works together with these people:
Dietrich Mattausch (16x, Actor)
Anke Sevenich (16x, Actress)
Karl Kranzkowski (15x, Actor)
Martin Brambach (15x, Actor)
Margarethe von Trotta (14x, Actress)
Götz Schubert (14x, Actor)
Helmut Zierl (14x, Actor)
Hans-Uwe Bauer (14x, Actor)
Angelika Bartsch (14x, Actress)
Nadeshda Brennicke (14x, Actress)
Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp (14x, Actor)
Rolf Becker (14x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:12404, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024