Barbara Sukowa

German actress and singer

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Acting · Bremen, Germany

Barbara Sukowa (born 2 February 1950) is a German theatre and film actress. She is known for her work with directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Margarethe von Trotta. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the film Rosa Luxemburg (1986). Her other film appearances include Lola (1981), Europa (1990), M. Butterfly (1993), and Hannah Arendt (2012). Description above from the…

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ZOMA2027
Klandestin WT — Mathilda2025
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting — Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover2025
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay — Helen Hessel (voice)2024
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child2024
Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt2024
We're Not Done Yet — Bettina2024
Constellation — Irena Lysenko2024
Air — Kathy Dassler2023
Enkel für Fortgeschrittene — Philippa2023

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Barbara Sukowa ( German: [ˈbaʁbaʁa ˈzuːkɔva] ; 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 Luxemburg.