Portrait of Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

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.

Born: February 2, 1950

Place of Birth: Bremen, Germany

Filmography

2025
Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

as Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover

2025
Klandestin WT

as Mathilda

2024
2024
Constellation

as Irena Lysenko

2023
Air

as Kathy Dassler

2023
The Night Agent

as Jacqueline Laurent

2023
The Swarm

as Prof. Katherina Lehmann

2022
White Noise

as Sister Hermann Marie

2022
Dalíland

as Gala

2020
Two of Us

as Nina Dorn

2020
Granny Nanny

as Philippa

2019
Servant

as Aunt Josephine

2019
Servant

as Aunt Josephine (voice)

2019
Gloria Bell

as Melinda

2019
Native Son

as Peggy

2017
Atomic Blonde

as Coroner

2016
2016
2015
The Misplaced World

as Caterina Fabiani / Evelyn Kromberger

2015
12 Monkeys

as Katarina Jones

2014
Salomea's Nose

as Salomea (voice)

2012
Hannah Arendt

as Hannah Arendt

2011
Nacht ohne Morgen

as Katharina

2008
2004
The Other Woman

as Vera Glaubitz

2003
2000
Urbania

as Clara - The Married Woman

1999
The Lady in Question

as Rachel Singer

1999
Cradle Will Rock

as Sophie Silvano

1999
The Third Miracle

as Helen O’Regan

1999
Nightworld: Lost Souls

as Sheila Robinson

1999
Beckmann

as Self

1998
The Port of Last Resort

as Annie Witting (voice)

1997
Office Killer

as Virginia Wingate

1997
1995
Johnny Mnemonic

as Anna Kalmann

1993
M. Butterfly

as Jeanne Gallimard

1993
Colpo di coda

as Regina

1991
Europa

as Katharina Hartmann

1991
Voyager

as Hannah

1991
DAS!

as Self

1990
1987
The Sicilian

as Camilla, Duchess of Crotone

1986
Rosa Luxemburg

as Rosa Luxemburg

1985
Space

as Liesl Kolff

1983
1983
Equator

as Adele

1982
Deadly Game

as Daniela Mathiesen

1981
1981
Lola

as Lola

1979
1977
Women in New York

as Crystal Allen

1976
1974
1970
Scene of the Crime

as Babsi Meyer