
Barbara Sukowa
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1950-02-02 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Bremen, Germany
- Also known as
- Barbara Sukova
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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Known For
TV Shows (22)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Babsi Meyer

The Night Agent
2023
as Jacqueline Laurent

DAS!
1991
as Self

NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

Kölner Treff
1976
as Self

12 Monkeys
2015
as Katarina Jones
German Film Award
1951
as Self

Beckmann
1999
as Self

Servant
2019
as Aunt Josephine / Aunt Josephine (voice)

Constellation
2024
as Irena Lysenko
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Thadeusz
2005
as self

The Swarm
2023
as Prof. Katherina Lehmann

Berlin Alexanderplatz
1980
as Mieze / Emilie "Mieze" Karsunke
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self

St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken
1979
as Anka

Space
1985
as Liesl Kolff

Colpo di coda
1993
as Regina

Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften
2002
as Barbara Landau
Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit
1974
as Viktoria Herbst
Movies (58)

Atomic Blonde
2017
as Coroner

Lola
1981
as Lola

Air
2023
as Kathy Dassler

Johnny Mnemonic
1995
as Anna Kalmann

Romance & Cigarettes
2005
as Gracie
Days to Remember
1987
as Katharina

We're Not Done Yet
2024
as Bettina

White Noise
2022
as Sister Hermann Marie

Dalíland
2022
as Gala

M. Butterfly
1993
as Jeanne Gallimard

Klandestin WT
2025
as Mathilda

The Sicilian
1987
as Camilla, Duchess of Crotone

The African Woman
1990
as Martha

Hannah Arendt
2012
as Hannah Arendt

Gloria Bell
2019
as Melinda

Equator
1983
as Adele

Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Sophie Silvano

Veronika Decides to Die
2009
as Mom

Granny Nanny
2020
as Philippa

Europa
1991
as Katharina Hartmann

The Port of Last Resort
1998
as Annie Witting (voice)

Native Son
2019
as Peggy

The Third Miracle
1999
as Helen O’Regan
ZOMA
2027

A Birthday to Remember
2003
as Rosemarie

Nightworld: Lost Souls
1999
as Sheila Robinson

Two of Us
2020
as Nina Dorn

The Lady in Question
1999
as Rachel Singer

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016
as Friderike Zweig

Voyager
1991
as Hannah

Office Killer
1997
as Virginia Wingate

Rosa Luxemburg
1986
as Rosa Luxemburg
Unknownia

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
2001
as Helen
Barbara Sukowa on Lola
2003
as Self

Urbania
2000
as Clara - The Married Woman

Rocca Changes the World
2019
as Dodo

Marianne and Juliane
1981
as Marianne

My Art
2016

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting
2025
as Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover

Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt
2024

The Misplaced World
2015
as Caterina Fabiani / Evelyn Kromberger

Sukowa - Playful Like A Child
2024

The Other Woman
2004
as Vera Glaubitz

Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
2009
as Hildegard von Bingen
Heinrich Heine
1978
as Amalie Friedländer

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay
2024
as Helen Hessel (voice)

Women in New York
1977
as Crystal Allen

Un dimanche de flics
1983
as Patricia

Enkel für Fortgeschrittene
2023
as Philippa

Out of Exile: The Photography of Fred Stein
2021
as Voice of Lilo Stein

Nacht ohne Morgen
2011
as Katharina

Deadly Game
1982
as Daniela Mathiesen
The Sky is Blue
2014
as Marquez

Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story
2007
as Self

In the Name of Innocence
1997
as Anna Loeser

Die Entdeckung der Currywurst
2008
as Lena Brücker

Salomea's Nose
2014
as Salomea (voice)
About Barbara Sukowa
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. With 80 credits spanning from 1951 to 2027, Barbara Sukowa has appeared in 58 films and 22 TV shows.
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Most Popular Barbara Sukowa Movies
- Atomic Blonde (2017) — as Coroner
- Lola (1981) — as Lola
- Air (2023) — as Kathy Dassler
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995) — as Anna Kalmann
- Romance & Cigarettes (2005) — as Gracie
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