Corinna Harfouch (; née Meffert; 16 October 1954) is a German actress.

Life and work

Harfouch was born in

Suhl Suhl () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, NE of Würzburg and N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella- ...

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, the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne (née Kleber). She worked as a nurse and studied acting in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

from 1978 to 1981. Her first husband was a Lebanese computer scientist named Nabil Harfouch, with whom she has one daughter. In 1985 she married the late Michael Gwisdek, with whom she has two sons, musician Johannes Gwisdek and actor

Robert Gwisdek Robert Gwisdek (rapper name Käptn Peng) (born 29 January 1984) is a German actor and musician. He is the son of the actors Michael Gwisdek and Corinna Harfouch Corinna Harfouch (; née Meffert; 16 October 1954) is a German actress. Life ...

. In 1994, she was a member of the jury at the

44th Berlin International Film Festival The 44th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1994. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-Irish film ''In the Name of the Father'' directed by Jim Sheridan. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian director, ...

Selected filmography

*1986: '' The House on the River'' *1987: ''

Yasemin ''Yasemin'' is a 1988 German-language film directed by Hark Bohm. The international co-production of Turkey and West Germany was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but didn' ...

'' *1988: ''Die Schauspielerin'' *1988: '' Treffen in Travers'' *1988: '' Fallada: The Last Chapter'' *1989: ''

Pestalozzi's Mountain ''Pestalozzi's Mountain'' (german: Pestalozzis Berg) is a 1989 East German–Swiss drama film directed by Peter von Gunten. The film is a biopic about the life of Swiss educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. It was entered into the 39th Berlin I ...

'' *1991: '' The Tango Player'' *1991: ' *1992: ' *1994: '' Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen'' *1994: ''

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'' *1995: '' The Promise'' *1996: ''Sexy Sadie'' *1996: ''

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'' *1996: ''Gefährliche Freundin'' (TV film) *1997: ''

Knockin' on Heaven's Door "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, written for the soundtrack of the 1973 film ''Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid''. Released as a single two months after the film's premiere, it became a worldwide hit, r ...

'' *1998: ' *1998: '' The Big Mambo'' *1999: ' *1999: ''To the Horizon and Beyond'' *2000: ''Fandango'' *2001: ''

Vera Brühne Vera Brühne (February 6, 1910 in Essen – April 17, 2001 in Munich) became famous throughout Germany as a victim of miscarriage of justice. In 1961/62, she was convicted, together with Johann Ferbach, of having murdered the physician Otto Praun ...

'' (TV film) *2002–2006: ''

Eva Blond ''Eva Blond'' is a German television series that follows the detective Eva Blond (Corinna Harfouch) and her colleague Alyans (Erdal Yıldız). It aired from 2002 to 2006 on Sat.1. See also *List of German television series The following is ...

'' (TV series) *2003: ''Die fremde Frau'' (TV film) *2004: '' Downfall'' - portrayed

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*2004: ' *2006: ' (TV film) *2006: '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' *2006: '' Rage'' *2008: ''

A Year Ago in Winter ''A Year Ago in Winter'' (german: Im Winter ein Jahr) is a 2008 German drama film directed by Caroline Link. It is based on the novel ''Aftermath'' by American author Scott Campbell, telling the story of a "complicated family situation" after the ...

'' *2008: ''

Berlin Calling ''Berlin Calling'' is a 2008 German tragicomedy film directed by Hannes Stöhr. The film depicts the events following DJ and producer Ickarus's (Paul Kalkbrenner) institutionalization for drug abuse. The film premiered at the 2008 Locarno Inter ...

'' *2009: ' *2009: '' This Is Love'' *2011: ''

Cracks in the Shell ''Cracks in the Shell'' (german: Die Unsichtbare; ) is a 2011 German drama film directed by Christian Schwochow. Cast * Stine Fischer Christensen as Josephine 'Fine' Lorenz * Ulrich Noethen as Kaspar Friedmann * Dagmar Manzel as Susanne Loren ...

'' *2012: ''

Home for the Weekend ''Home for the Weekend'' (german: Was bleibt) is a 2012 German drama film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. The film competed in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. Plot Gitte and Günter are in the pub ...

'' *2013: ''

Finsterworld ''Finsterworld'' is a 2013 German motion picture drama directed by Frauke Finsterwalder and co-written by Finsterwalder and Christian Kracht, starring Margit Carstensen, Sandra Hüller, Corinna Harfouch, Christoph Bach, Carla Juri, and Jaku ...

'' *2015: ''

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'' *2017: ''

Fack ju Göhte 3 '' Fack ju Göhte 3'' (intentional misspelling of "Fuck you, Goethe") is a 2017 German comedy directed by Bora Dağtekin and starring Elyas M'Barek and Jella Haase, while upcoming actors Max von der Groeben and Gizem Emre appear as supporting ro ...

'' *2019: ''

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Awards

*1993

43rd Berlin International Film Festival The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993. The Golden Bear was awarded to American-Taiwanese film ''The Wedding Banquet'' directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film '' Xiāng hún nǚ'' directed by Xie Fe ...

: Berlinale Camera *1996

Bavarian Film Awards The Bavarian Film Awards (german: Bayerischer Filmpreis) have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are th ...

, Best Actress

References

External links

* * * 1954 births Living people German stage actresses People from Suhl Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni German film actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin {{Germany-screen-actor-stub