Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (, born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in

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, near

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. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater. She is the mother of actress

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, whose father is Peter Sattmann.

Selected filmography

* ' (dir.

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, 1987, TV miniseries) * ''Von Gewalt keine Rede'' (dir. , 1991, TV film) * '' Regina auf den Stufen'' (dir. , 1992, TV miniseries) * ' (dir. , 1993) * '' Making Up!'' (dir.

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, 1993) * ''

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'' (dir.

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, 1994) * '' Over My Dead Body'' (dir. , 1995) * '' Talk of the Town'' (dir.

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, 1995) * ' (dir.

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, 1996) * ''

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, 1997) * '' The Pharmacist'' (dir.

, 1997) * ''

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'' (1997) * ' (dir.

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, 1999, TV film) * ''

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'' (dir. Colleen Murphy, 2000) * '' Rosenstrasse'' (dir.

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, 2003) * ''

Agnes and His Brothers ''Agnes and His Brothers'' (german: Agnes und seine Brüder) is a 2004 film directed by Oskar Roehler. Plot Three very different siblings: Hans-Jörg, a librarian who is a sex addict; Werner, a politician in a troubled marriage with a son who ...

'' (dir.

Oskar Roehler Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among ot ...

, 2004) * ' (dir.

, 2006) * ' (dir. , 2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

Runaway Horse ''Runaway Horse'' (german: Ein fliehendes Pferd) is a 1978 novella by the German writer Martin Walser. Plot Two men facing midlife crisis, Klaus Buch and Helmut Halm, are old school friends and meet by chance during vacation with their wives at ...

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, 2007) * ' (2010, TV film) * ' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' The Weekend'' (2012) * ' (2012, TV film) * ' (2013, TV film) * ''

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'' (dir.

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, 2013) * ''

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'' (dir.

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, 2014) * ' (dir.

, 2015) * ''

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'' (dir. David Wnendt, 2015) * ''

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'' (dir. Bora Dağtekin, 2015) * ''

Too Hard to Handle ''Too Hard to Handle'' (german: Mängelexemplar) is a 2016 German comedy film directed by Laura Lackmann. Cast * Claudia Eisinger - Karo * Katja Riemann - Luzy * Barbara Schöne - Oma Bille * Laura Tonke - Anna * - Max * Maren Kroymann - Annett ...

'' (2016) * ''

SMS für Dich ''SMS für Dich'' ( en, Text for You) is a 2016 German romantic drama film directed and co-written by Karoline Herfurth, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Sofie Cramer. It stars Herfurth, Friedrich Mücke, Nora Tschirner, Frederick Lau a ...

'' (dir.

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, 2016) * ''

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'' (dir. Bora Dağtekin, 2017) * '' Forget About Nick'' (2017) * '' Subs'' (dir.

, 2018) * ''

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'' (2020)

Awards

* 1993

Bavarian Film Award 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 the ...

, Best Actress * 1995 Bavarian Film Award, Best Actress * 1997 Bavarian Film Award, Best Film Score

References

;Bibliography * Katharina Blum: ''Katja Riemann. Mit Charme und Power''. Heyne, München 1998.

External links

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Photographs of Katja Riemann
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riemann, Katja 1963 births Living people People from Diepholz (district) German television actresses Best Actress German Film Award winners Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni Volpi Cup for Best Actress winners German film actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses