Karoline Herfurth
Karoline Herfurth | |
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 Herfurth at the Berlinale 2024 | |
| Born | 22 May 1984 |
| Occupation | Actress |
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Karoline Herfurth (German: [kaʁoˈliːnə ˈhɛʁfʊʁt] ⓘ; born 22 May 1984) is a German actress.
Life and career
Herfurth was born in East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of a psychologist mother and a geriatric nurse practitioner father. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. She grew up in Berlin with a brother and five half-brothers and -sisters.[1] She went to a Waldorf school in Berlin and graduated from Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.[2] She learned to play the recorder and studied sociology and political sciences.[3]
Career
Herfurth had her first role in a TV-series at age ten, and her first part in a movie in 2000, when she was fifteen. She has held several parts as a teenager in German movies such as Mädchen, Mädchen (2001) and Big Girls don't cry (2002), and leading-parts both in TV productions and independent German films. For her part as Lilli Richter in Caroline Link's film A Year ago in Winter, she received the Bavarian Film-Award for best young actress in 2009.[4]
Herfurth gave her international debut in 2006 in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. In this adaptation of Patrick Süskind's best-selling novel Das Parfum she played the "Plum Girl", the first victim of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. In 2008, she co-starred with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in the Academy-Award-Best-Picture-nominee The Reader.[5]
She directed her first feature-length film SMS für Dich in 2016.
Personal life
Herfurth has spoken out opposing the right-wing Pegida movement in Germany.[6]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Küss mich, Frosch | Mary | |
| Crazy | Anna | ||
| 2001 | Mädchen, Mädchen | Lena | titled Girls on Top in USA |
| 2002 | Big Girls Don't Cry | Steffi | |
| 2003 | Mein Name ist Bach | Prinzessin Amalie | |
| 2004 | Anemonenherz | (short) | |
| Mädchen, Mädchen 2 - Loft oder Liebe | Lena | titled Girls on Top 2 in USA | |
| 2005 | Offside | Hayat | |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | The Plum Girl | |
| 2007 | Peer Gynt | Solvejg | TV |
| Pornorama | Luzi | ||
| 2008 | A Year Ago in Winter | Lilli Richter | |
| The Reader | Marthe | ||
| 2009 | Berlin 36 | Gretel Bergmann | |
| 2010 | Vincent Wants to Sea | Marie | |
| We Are the Night | Lena[7] | ||
| So wie wir hier zusammen sind | Hilde | (short) | |
| 2011 | Promising the Moon | Young Marga Baumanis | |
| Fortress | Claudia | ||
| 2012 | Zettl | Verena | |
| Errors of the Human Body | Rebekka | ||
| 2013 | Passion | Dani | |
| Fack ju Göhte | Lisi Schnabelstedt | ||
| 2014 | The Pasta Detectives | Rico's mother Tanja Doretti | |
| 2015 | Traumfrauen | Hannah Reimann | |
| The Pasta Detectives 2 | Rico's mother Tanja Doretti | ||
| Fack ju Göhte 2 | Lisi Schnabelstedt | ||
| Ghosthunters on Icy Trails | Hopkins | ||
| 2016 | Rico, Oskar and the Mysterious Stone | Rico's mother Tanja Doretti | |
| SMS für Dich | Clara | Also director | |
| 2017 | You Are Wanted | Lena Arandt | TV series |
| 2018 | The Little Witch | The Little Witch | |
| Beat | Emilia | TV series | |
| 2019 | Sweethearts | Franny | Also director |
| The Perfect Secret | Carlotta Keschwari | ||
| 2022 | Wunderschön | Sonja | Also director |
| Just Something Nice | Karla | Also director | |
| 2024 | A Million Minutes | Vera Küper | |
| 2025 | Wunderschöner | Sonja | Also director |
References
- ^ Christine Koischwitz (October 2007). "Karoline Herfurth: Hoch!". Park Avenue.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Nina Anika Klotz. "Karoline Herfurth, Biografie". Gala (in German). Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Mareen Linnartz (17 November 2008). ""Ich musste fast jeden Tag weinen"". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ "Gala in München: Bayerischer Filmpreis geht an "Baader Meinhof Komplex"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Karoline Herfurth at Hollywood.com
- ^ "Germany Pegida protests: 'Islamisation' rallies denounced". BBC News. 6 January 2015.
- ^ 'Inside' Team Unloads Full Trailer for 'We Are the Night'!!
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