Acting credits
68
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Barbara Sukowa
Acting
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Movies: 53Series: 16Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 23378
IMDb ID: nm0837784
Known for: Acting
Born: February 2, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Bremen, Germany
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1970 - 2025
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 6.46
Wikidata: Q60917
Also known as
Barbara Sukova
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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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Barbara Sukowa.
6.8
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
as Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover
2025 Movie
7.0
Klandestin WT
as Mathilda
2025 Movie
Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt
2024 Movie
Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
2024 Movie
We're Not Done Yet
as Bettina
2024 Movie
6.4
François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
as Helen Hessel (voice)
2024 Movie
7.1
Enkel für Fortgeschrittene
as Philippa
2023 Movie
7.3
Air
as Kathy Dassler
2023 Movie
5.6
White Noise
as Sister Hermann Marie
2022 Movie
6.0
Dalíland
as Gala
2022 Movie
Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein
as Voice of Lilo Stein
2021 Movie
7.0
Two of Us
as Nina Dorn
2020 Movie
6.5
Granny Nanny
as Philippa
2020 Movie
7.5
Rocca Changes the World
as Dodo
2019 Movie
6.0
Gloria Bell
as Melinda
2019 Movie
5.4
Native Son
as Peggy
2019 Movie
6.4
Atomic Blonde
as Coroner
2017 Movie
5.0
My Art
2016 Movie
6.6
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
as Friderike Zweig
2016 Movie
5.4
The Misplaced World
as Caterina Fabiani / Evelyn Kromberger
2015 Movie
Salomea's Nose
as Salomea (voice)
2014 Movie
6.9
Hannah Arendt
as Hannah Arendt
2012 Movie
5.5
Nacht ohne Morgen
as Katharina
2011 Movie
6.0
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
as Hildegard von Bingen
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Barbara Sukowa.
7.0
Constellation
as Irena Lysenko • 5 eps
2024 Series
7.7
The Night Agent
as Jacqueline Laurent • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.4
The Swarm
as Prof. Katherina Lehmann • 8 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Servant
as Aunt Josephine • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.4
12 Monkeys
as Katarina Jones • 47 eps
2015 Series
2.3
Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
as Barbara Landau • 1 eps
2002 Series
2.0
Beckmann
as Self • 2 eps
1999 Series
Colpo di coda
as Regina • 2 eps
1993 Series
4.2
DAS!
as Self • 1 eps
1991 Series
6.5
Space
as Liesl Kolff • 5 eps
1985 Series
7.4
Berlin Alexanderplatz
as Mieze • 7 eps
1980 Series
3.8
St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
as Anka • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.5
NDR Talk Show
as Self • 2 eps
1979 Series
6.0
Kölner Treff
as Self • 1 eps
1976 Series
Spécial cinéma
as Self • 1 eps
1974 Series
6.2
Scene of the Crime
as Babsi Meyer • 1 eps
1970 Series