Bernadette Heerwagen (born 22 June 1977) is a German actress. She began acting at the age of 16, and has since co-starred in the 1999 production '' Der Schandfleck'', for which she was awarded the

Bayerischer Fernsehpreis Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Spe ...

Sonderpreis in 2000. She went on to appear in a variety of leading and supporting roles in German and Austrian television, films, dramas and European cinema. In 2004 her leading performance in '' Grüße aus Kaschmir'' took her to greater prominence within Germany and France. She has twice won Best Actress award at the

Adolf-Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Bayerischer Fernsehpreis Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (the Bavarian TV award) is an award presented by the government of Bavaria, Germany since 1989. The prize symbol is the "Blue Panther", a figure from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory. The prize money is €10,000 (Spe ...

(aka Bavarian TV Awards) in 2000. In 2010, she starred in ''

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'' alongside

Daniel Brühl Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo (; born 16 June 1978) is a Spanish-German actor and filmmaker. He received his first German Film Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' Das Weisse Rauschen (The White Sound)'' (2001), ''Nichts ...

and earned the nomination for Best Leading Actress at the

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in 2011. Heerwagen has one brother,

Philipp Heerwagen Philipp Heerwagen (born 13 April 1983) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designa ...

, born in 1983, who is a professional soccer player for the German football team

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Career

Early work

After being cast in a short-film in 1992, Heerwagen was spotted by Portuguese film director Miguel Alexandre whilst at the

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. Alexandre approached Heerwagen, then aged sixteen, and asked her to play the lead role in his new film for German television. Heerwagen accepted and starred in the title role of her debut film ''

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'' (1995) for ARD and HFF Munich. After several roles in television films she then went on to star in the TV film '' Die Aubergers'' (1997) and in its follow up television series. She also studied acting techniques and drama at Film Breakthrough in

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. After landing a supporting role in ARD and

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's television film '' Liebe und weitere Katastrophen'' (1999) alongside

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, Heerwagen was then cast as the co-star in the German television two-part film '' Der Schandfleck'' (1999) which brought her to much wider notice as an actress in Germany. She featured in a number of television dramas and series, such as ''

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''. In 2000, she won the Special Award for her role in the docu-drama '' Wir sind da! Juden in Deutschland 1945'' at the Bavarian TV Awards along with her director and her co-star.

Television, film and cinema

In 2004, she was cast in the central role of Miguel Alexandre's film '' Grüße aus Kaschmir'' for ARD and TV-60 Filmproduktion, for which she won the Best Actress award at the

Adolf-Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'', and starred as the female protagonist in the

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British film ''

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'' starring alongside

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and

Bernard Hill Bernard Hill (born 17 December 1944) is an English actor. He is well recognized for playing King Théoden in ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in ''Titanic'', and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the ...

. She played a supporting role in the German film ' and then went on to win the

Lars Kraume Lars Kraume (born 24 February 1973) is an Italian-born German film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 35 films since 1996. Biography Born in Abruzzo, Italy, to German parents. Career Kraume has directed numerous television prod ...

's film ''

'' in 2010, supported by

, August Diehl and Johanna Wokalek and was nominated for Best Leading Actress at the

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(German Film Awards aka The Lolas) in 2011.

Filmography (selection)

* 1995: ''Nana'' (dir. Miguel Alexandre) * 1996: ''

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: In eigener Sache'' (dir. Walter Weber) * 1996: ''Sexy Lissy'' (dir. Peter Ily Huemer) * 1997: ''Die heilige Hure'' (dir.

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) * 1997: ' (dir. Franz Xaver Bogner) * 1997: ''Lichterkettenspot'' (dir. Emil Hye-Kundsen) * 1997: ''Pechvogel und Glückskind'' (dir. Katinka Minthe) * 1997/98: ''Liebe und weitere Katastrophen'' (dir. Bernd Fischerauer) * 1998: ''Der Schandfleck'' (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) * 1999: ''Die Nacht der Engel'' (dir. Michael Rowitz) * 1999: ''Zärtliche Sterne'' (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) * 1999: ''DoppelPack'' (dir. Matthias Lehmann) * 2000: ''Eine öffentliche Affäre'' (dir.

Rolf Schübel Rolf Schübel (born 11 November 1942 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German film director and screenwriter. Schübel studied literature and sociology during the 1960s, first in Tübingen, and later in Hamburg. There he met filmmaker Theo Gallehr and ...

) * 2000: ''Wir bleiben zusammen'' (dir. Wolfgang Murnberger) * 2000: ''Schutzengel gesucht'' (dir. Miguel Alexandre) * 2001: ''

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: Gute Freunde'' (dir. Martin Gies) * 2001: ''Hanna: wo bist Du?'' (dir.

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) * 2001: ''Davon stirbt man nicht'' (dir. Christine Hartmann) * 2002: ''Geht nicht gibt's nicht'' (dir. René Heisig) * 2003: ''Das schönste Geschenk meines Lebens'' (dir. Olaf Kreinsen) * 2003: ''Tatort Sonne und Sturm'' (dir. Thomas Jauch) * 2003: ''Der Typ '' (dir. Patrick Tauss) * 2003: ''Danach '' (dir. Wolfram Emter) * 2004: ''Grüße aus Kaschmir'' (dir. Miguel Alexandre) * 2005: ''

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: Ihr letzter Kunde'' (dir. René Heisig) * 2005: ''Tatort: Wo ist Max Grawert?'' (dir. Lars Kraume) * 2005: ''Daniel Käfer und die Villen der Frau Hürsch'' (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) * 2005: ' (dir.

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) * 2006: ''Die Hochzeit meines Vaters'' (dir.

Jobst Oetzmann Jobst Christian Oetzmann (born 4 November 1961) is a German film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing several episodes of the police crime drama series ''Tatort'', but he also made films based on literature, such as '' Die Ein ...

) * 2006: '' Der Feind im Inneren – Joy Division'' (dir.

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) * 2005: ''Traumschatten'' (dir. Steffen Groth) * 2006: ' (dir.

Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.

) * 2006: ''Tatort: Blutschrift'' (dir. ) * 2007: ''An die Grenze'' (dir.

Urs Egger Urs Egger (born 9 March 1953 in Bern – died 18 January 2020 in Berlin) was a Swiss film and television director. From 1974 to 1997, he worked for the Swiss ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' and the Australian ''Cinema Papers'' as a correspondent from L ...

) * 2006: ''

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: Todfeinde'' (dir. Thomas Nennstiel) * 2007: ''Der Novembermann'' (dir. Jobst Oetzmann) * 2008: ''Daniel Käfer und die Schattenuhr'' (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) * 2008: ''Baching'' (dir. Matthias Kiefersauer) * 2008: ''Leo und Marie: Eine Weihnachtsliebe'' (dir.

) * 2008: ''Der Tod meiner Schwester'' (dir. Miguel Alexandre) * 2009: ''Durch diese Nacht'' (dir. Rolf Silber) * 2009: ''Crashpoint: 90 Minuten bis zum Absturz'' (dir. Thomas Jauch) * 2010: ''

'' (dir. Lars Kraume) * 2011: ''Bauernopfer'' (dir.

Wolfgang Murnberger Wolfgang Murnberger (born 13 November 1960) is an Austrian film director. He directed more than forty films since 1984. Selected filmography *'' I Promise'' (1994) *'' Komm, süßer Tod'' (2000) *'' Silentium'' (2004) *''The Bone Man ''The Bone ...

) * 2011: ' (dir.

Nick Lyon Nick Lyon (born April 25, 1970) is a Los Angeles-based film director and screenwriter. A native of Pocatello, Idaho, he spent 9 years in Germany where he attended the renowned Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. In Ger ...

) * 2012: ''Tatort: Tödliche Häppchen'' (dir. Josh Broecker) * 2012: ''Zum Kuckuck mit der Liebe'' (dir. Hajo Gies) * 2012: ''Die Braut im Schnee'' (dir. Lancelot von Naso) * 2012: ' (dir.

Dror Zahavi Dror Zahavi (born 6 February 1959) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 25 films and television shows since 1992. His 2008 film, '' For My Father'', was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festiva ...

) * 2012: ''Mittlere Reife'' (dir. Martin Enlen) * 2014: ' (dir. )

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heerwagen, Bernadette 1977 births Living people Actors from Bonn German film actresses German television actresses