Suzanne von Borsody (; born 23 September 1957 in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

) is a German

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She comes from a prominent theatre family, being the daughter of actress

Rosemarie Fendel Rosemarie Fendel (1927-2013) was a German actress and director, who worked on the stage, in film, and in television. She was also a voice actress, and was the voice of notable actresses for German dubs of their work, including Elizabeth Taylor, Je ...

and actor Hans von Borsody. Her grandfather,

Eduard von Borsody Eduard von Borsody (; 13 June 1898 – 1 January 1970) was an Austrian cameraman, film editor, film director, and screenplay writer. Biography His film career began as a cameraman. Among his first jobs were three films on which Mihály Kertés ...

, was a famous director, while his brother, her great uncle,

Julius von Borsody Julius von Borsody (8 April 1892 in Vienna – 18 January 1960, also in Vienna) was an Austrian film architect and one of the most employed set designers in the Austrian and German cinemas of the late silent and early sound film periods. His yo ...

, was an equally famous set designer. She may be best known internationally for playing Frau Jäger in the 1998 film '' Run Lola Run'', and has also done

dubbing Dubbing (re-recording and mixing) is a post-production process used in filmmaking and video production, often in concert with sound design, in which additional or supplementary recordings are lip-synced and "mixed" with original production sou ...

work for foreign films such as ''

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'', where she provides the German voice of Captain Amelia. She is a Goodwill Ambassador for

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as well as for several other charity organizations.

Selected filmography

* ' (1988) * ' (1991) * ''

Justice Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspective ...

'' (1993) * '' Lauras Entscheidung'' (1994, TV film) * ''The Lost Daughter'' (1997, TV film) * '' Run Lola Run'' (1998) * ''

Am I Beautiful? ''Am I Beautiful?'' (german: Bin ich schön?) is a 1998 German comedy film directed by Doris Dörrie. Cast * Marie Zielcke as Angelina * Carla Weindler as Carla * Julian Messner as Philip * Suzanne von Borsody as Lucy * Franka Potente as Lin ...

'' (1998) * ' (1999, TV film) * ' (2000, TV miniseries) * ''

Leo & Claire ''Leo & Claire'' (german: Leo und Claire) is a 2001 German historical drama film produced, written and directed by Joseph Vilsmaier and starring Michael Degen and Suzanne von Borsody. The film was competing at the Montreal World Film Festival on ...

'' (2001) * '' Starting Over'' (2007, TV film) * ' (2011, TV film)

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German film actresses German television actresses German people of Hungarian descent Actresses from Munich 1957 births Living people 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses German voice actresses {{Germany-screen-actor-stub