Luise Heyer (born 25 March 1985) is a German actress.
Biography
Heyer grew up in Berlin. During her school years, she lived in Denmark for a year. From 2006 until 2010, she attended
Rostock University of Music and Theatre
The Rostock University of Music and Theatre (short HMT, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock in German) is a college of music in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. It opened in 1994 and is situated in a former abbey called ''Katharinenklos ...
in
Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...
, where she studied acting. In 2010, she joined the
Dortmund Theatre, where she stayed for two years. She was voted best actress in the 2012 season at the Dortmund Theatre.
In 2011, she played her first leading role in the feature film ''
Westwind'', portraying the East German rower Isabel, whose twin sister falls in love with a West German man during a stay in Hungary. In 2014, she played Sanna in
Edward Berger's film ''
Jack'', which was part of the
2014 Berlinale. In 2015, she acted in
Rosa von Praunheim's film ''
Tough Love
Tough love is the act of treating a person sternly or harshly with the intent to help them in the long run.
Description
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''.
Since 2017, Heyer has appeared in the
Netflix
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original series ''
Dark'' as Doris Tiedemann.
In 2019, Heyer was awarded the rare honor of a double nomination at the
German Film Awards. She was noted both for the main role of a rape victim in ''
The Most Beautiful Couple'' and for her supporting role in ''Der Junge muss an die frische Luft''. For this, she received the 2019 German Film Award in the Best Female Supporting Role category. In the same year, she received the
Bambi Award
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in the National Actress category for both roles.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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Luise Heyer at Fitz+Skoglund talent agency
1985 births
Living people
German film actresses
21st-century German actresses
Actresses from Berlin
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