Juliane Köhler (born 6 August 1965) is a German theatre, television and film actress. She was born in

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

to a

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. During the period from 1985 to 1988, she studied under

Uta Hagen Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was a German-American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' by Edward Albee, who called her "a p ...

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and attended

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. She also received

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instruction in

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. Since her first appearance at

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's Lower Saxon State Theatre in 1988, she has regularly appeared in German theatre productions. She performed in an ensemble cast of the

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n State Theatre during 1993–1997. She left the company because her filming of ''

Aimée & Jaguar ''Aimée & Jaguar'' is a 1999 German Drama (film and television), drama film set in Berlin during World War II. It was written and directed by Max Färberböck and based on Erica Fischer's book chronicling the actual lives of Lilly Wust and Felic ...

'' interfered with rehearsals for a production of ''

Das Käthchen von Heilbronn ' (''Katie of Heilbronn or The Trial by Fire'') (1807–1808) is a "great historical knightly play" (German: ') in five acts by the German playwright Heinrich von Kleist. The action of the drama takes place in Swabia during the Middle Ages. Perf ...

''. She later returned to Munich to participate with the

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. She has starred in the 1999 film ''

'' (as Lilly Wust, or Aimée); the 2001 film ''

Nowhere in Africa ''Nowhere in Africa'' (german: Nirgendwo in Afrika) is a 2001 German drama film that was written and directed by Caroline Link. The screenplay is based on the 1995 autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of ...

'' (as Jettel Redlich); the 2004 film '' Downfall'' (as

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); the 2008 film ''

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'' as Clara, the wife of Fritz Shimon Haber; Christina in ''

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'' (2009) and starred in ''

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'' (2012) as Katrine Evensen Myrdal.

Selected filmography

Awards

*1998

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

for Best Actress, ''

'

*1999

49th Berlin International Film Festival The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with ''Aimée & Jaguar'' by Max Färberböck. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The Thin Red Line'' directed by ...

Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress (german: Silberner Bär/Beste Darstellerin) was an award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1956 to 2020. It was given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and was chos ...

*2014 ''

'' was Germany's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 86th Academy Awards in 2014.

References

External links

* * 1965 births Living people German film actresses Actors from Göttingen Waldorf school alumni Best Actress German Film Award winners Silver Bear for Best Actress winners German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses German stage actresses {{Germany-screen-actor-stub