Acting
Barbara Sukowa
Born 1950-02-02
Bremen, Germany
Department: Acting
Biography
Barbara Sukowa (born 2 February 1950) is a German theatre and film actress. She is known for her work with directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Margarethe von Trotta. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the film Rosa Luxemburg (1986). Her other film appearances include Lola (1981), Europa (1990), M. Butterfly (1993), and Hannah Arendt (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Sukowa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Barbara Sukowa
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Atomic Blonde
2017
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Air
2023
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The Night Agent
2023
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Johnny Mnemonic
1995
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12 Monkeys
2015
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Servant
2019
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DAS!
1991
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Scene of the Crime
1970
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White Noise
2022
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Kölner Treff
1976
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (84 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOMA | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2027 | |
 | Eurotrash | Helene | Movie | 2026 |
 | Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting | Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover | Movie | 2025 |
 | Klandestin WT | Mathilda | Movie | 2025 |
 | Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | Sukowa - Playful Like A Child | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | We're Not Done Yet | Bettina | Movie | 2024 |
 | François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay | Helen Hessel (voice) | Movie | 2024 |
 | Constellation | Irena Lysenko | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Enkel für Fortgeschrittene | Philippa | Movie | 2023 |
 | Air | Kathy Dassler | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Night Agent | Jacqueline Laurent | TV Series | 2023 |
 | The Swarm | Prof. Katherina Lehmann | TV Series | 2023 |
 | White Noise | Sister Hermann Marie | Movie | 2022 |
 | Dalíland | Gala | Movie | 2022 |
 | Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein | Voice of Lilo Stein | Movie | 2021 |
 | Two of Us | Nina Dorn | Movie | 2020 |
 | Granny Nanny | Philippa | Movie | 2020 |
 | Servant | Aunt Josephine | TV Series | 2019 |
| Servant | Aunt Josephine (voice) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Rocca Changes the World | Dodo | Movie | 2019 |
 | Gloria Bell | Melinda | Movie | 2019 |
 | Native Son | Peggy | Movie | 2019 |
 | Atomic Blonde | Coroner | Movie | 2017 |
 | My Art | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2016 |
 | Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe | Friderike Zweig | Movie | 2016 |
 | The Misplaced World | Caterina Fabiani / Evelyn Kromberger | Movie | 2015 |
 | 12 Monkeys | Katarina Jones | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Salomea's Nose | Salomea (voice) | Movie | 2014 |
| The Sky is Blue | Marquez | Movie | 2014 | |
 | Hannah Arendt | Hannah Arendt | Movie | 2012 |
 | Nacht ohne Morgen | Katharina | Movie | 2011 |
 | Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen | Hildegard von Bingen | Movie | 2009 |
 | Veronika Decides to Die | Mom | Movie | 2009 |
 | Die Entdeckung der Currywurst | Lena Brücker | Movie | 2008 |
 | Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story | Self | Movie | 2007 |
| Thadeusz | self | TV Series | 2005 | |
 | Romance & Cigarettes | Gracie | Movie | 2005 |
 | Transamerica | Thanks | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Other Woman | Vera Glaubitz | Movie | 2004 |
 | A Birthday to Remember | Rosemarie | Movie | 2003 |
| Barbara Sukowa on Lola | Self | Movie | 2003 | |
| Gero von Boehm begegnet... | Self | TV Series | 2002 | |
 | Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften | Barbara Landau | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing | Helen | Movie | 2001 |
 | Urbania | Clara - The Married Woman | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Lady in Question | Rachel Singer | Movie | 1999 |
 | Cradle Will Rock | Sophie Silvano | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Third Miracle | Helen O’Regan | Movie | 1999 |
 | Nightworld: Lost Souls | Sheila Robinson | Movie | 1999 |
 | Beckmann | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
 | The Port of Last Resort | Annie Witting (voice) | Movie | 1998 |
 | Office Killer | Virginia Wingate | Movie | 1997 |
 | In the Name of Innocence | Anna Loeser | Movie | 1997 |
 | Johnny Mnemonic | Anna Kalmann | Movie | 1995 |
 | M. Butterfly | Jeanne Gallimard | Movie | 1993 |
 | Colpo di coda | Regina | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Europa | Katharina Hartmann | Movie | 1991 |
 | Voyager | Hannah | Movie | 1991 |
 | DAS! | Self | TV Series | 1991 |
 | The African Woman | Martha | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Sicilian | Camilla, Duchess of Crotone | Movie | 1987 |
| Days to Remember | Katharina | Movie | 1987 | |
 | Rosa Luxemburg | Rosa Luxemburg | Movie | 1986 |
 | Space | Liesl Kolff | TV Series | 1985 |
 | Un dimanche de flics | Patricia | Movie | 1983 |
 | Equator | Adele | Movie | 1983 |
 | Deadly Game | Daniela Mathiesen | Movie | 1982 |
 | Marianne and Juliane | Marianne | Movie | 1981 |
 | Lola | Lola | Movie | 1981 |
 | Berlin Alexanderplatz | Mieze | TV Series | 1980 |
| Berlin Alexanderplatz | Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke | TV Series | 1980 |
| Bavarian Film Awards | Self | TV Series | 1979 | |
 | St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken | Anka | TV Series | 1979 |
 | NDR Talk Show | Self | TV Series | 1979 |
| Heinrich Heine | Amalie Friedländer | Movie | 1978 | |
 | Women in New York | Crystal Allen | Movie | 1977 |
 | Kölner Treff | Self | TV Series | 1976 |
 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV Series | 1974 |
| Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit | Viktoria Herbst | TV Series | 1974 | |
 | Scene of the Crime | Babsi Meyer | TV Series | 1970 |
| Grimme Award | Self | TV Series | 1964 | |
| German Film Award | Self | TV Series | 1951 | |
| Unknownia | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |