Bavarian Film Awards (Best Acting)
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the winners of the Bavarian Film Awards Prize
for Best Actor/Actress.
Bayerischer Filmpreis
The Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the State Government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany.The Bavarian Film...
for Best Actor/Actress.
Best Actress 1979 Birgit Doll 1980 Birgit Doll 1981 Eva Mattes Eva Mattes Eva Mattes is a German-Austrian actress.Mattes appeared in four films directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and A Man Called Eva , as a bearded film director based on the then recently deceased Fassbinder... 1982 Edith Clever Edith Clever Edith Clever is a German actress.-Filmography:*1976: Sommergäste*1976: Die Marquise von O. *1978: Die linkshändige Frau *1979: Mädchenjahre... 1983 Lena Stolze Lena Stolze Lena Stolze is a German television and film actress.-Life and work:Lena Stolze's father is Gerhard Stolze, a tenor, and her mother is the actress Gabi Stolze... 1984 Marita Breuer Marita Breuer Marita Breuer is a German actress, known for her portrayal of Maria in the Heimat TV series.- Biography :Marita Breuer studied acting at the Folkwang University of the Arts... 1985 Christiane Hörbiger Christiane Hörbiger Christiane Hörbiger is an Austrian television and film actress.-Life and work:Christiane Hörbiger is one of the three actress daughters of Austrian actors Attila Hörbiger and Paula Wessely . Her sisters are Elisabeth Orth and Maresa Hörbiger.She has played roles in various German and Austrian TV... 1987 Carola Höhn Carola Höhn -Selected filmography:* Derrick - Season 4, Episode 2: "Hals in der Schlinge" * Derrick - Season 5, Episode 9: "Lissas Vater" * Derrick - Season 6, Episode 10: "Das dritte Opfer" * Derrick - Season 7, Episode 11: "Pricker" -Honours:... , Marianne Hoppe Marianne Hoppe Marianne Hoppe was a most distinguished German theatre and film actress.-Life and work:Born in Rostock, Marianne Hoppe became a leading lady of stage and films in Germany. She was born into a wealthy land owning family and was initially privately educated on her father's private estate... , Camilla Horn Camilla Horn Camilla Horn was a former German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era. She starred in several Hollywood films of the late 1920s and in a few British and Italian productions.-Biography:... , Ortrud von der Recke, Fee von Reichlin, Marika Rökk Marika Rökk Marika Rökk was an Austrian-German singer, dancer and actress of Hungarian descent, who became famous in German films, notably in the Nazi era.- Life and work :... , Rose Renée Roth 1988 Ayse Romey 1989 Claudia Messner 1990 Franziska Walser 1993 Katja Riemann Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann is a German actress.- Life and work :Born as the daughter of two teachers, Katja Riemann spent her childhood in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater... 1994 Meret Becker Meret Becker - Life and career :Becker was born in Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and Rolf Becker. She is the sister of Ben Becker, stepdaughter of Otto Sander and granddaughter of Claire Schlichting.... , Nina Petri, Maria Schrader Maria Schrader Maria Schrader is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award winning 2007 film Love Life that was based on a novel by Zeruya Shalev.-Work:... 1995 Katja Riemann Katja Riemann Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann is a German actress.- Life and work :Born as the daughter of two teachers, Katja Riemann spent her childhood in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater... 1996 Corinna Harfouch 1997 Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa is a German theatre and film actress.- Work :Sukowa's stage debut was in Berlin in 1971, in a production of Peter Handke's Der Ritt über den Bodensee. Günter Beelitz invited her to join the ensemble of the Darmstädter National Theatre in the same year... 1998 Juliane Köhler Juliane Köhler Juliane Köhler is a German theatre, television, and film actress.Köhler was born in Göttingen to a puppeteer. From 1985-88 she studied under Uta Hagen in New York City and attended the HB acting studio. She also received ballet instruction from Daniela Glück in Munich, Bavaria... , Maria Schrader Maria Schrader Maria Schrader is a German actress, screenwriter, and director. She directed the award winning 2007 film Love Life that was based on a novel by Zeruya Shalev.-Work:... 1999 Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck is a German actress. She came to broader, international attention due to her roles in films such as Mostly Martha, The Lives of Others, and The Baader Meinhof Complex... 2000 Hannelore Elsner Hannelore Elsner Hannelore Elsner is a German actress. After finishing drama school she worked in theatres in Berlin and München. Later she starred in films and TV series such as Die Schwarzwaldklinik... 2001 Karoline Eichhorn 2002 Marie Bäumer 2003 Johanna Gastdorf 2004 Jessica Schwarz Jessica Schwarz -Biography:Schwarz was born and grew up in the small town of Michelstadt, Germany. She won a contest of the German teen magazine Bravo in 1993. Subsequently, she worked as a model and VJ for the music channel VIVA. In 2000 she started her acting career and occasionally hosts events, e.g. the German... 2005 Nina Hoss Nina Hoss -Early life:Nina's father, Willi Hoss, was a German trade unionist and politician . Her mother, Heidemarie Rohweder, was an actress at Stuttgart National Theatre and later director of the Esslingen-based Württemberg State Playhouse .-Career:In 1997 Hoss graduated from the Drama School "Ernst Busch"... 2006 Monica Bleibtreu Monica Bleibtreu Monica Bleibtreu was an Austrian actress and screenwriter, best-known in the German-speaking world for her German film, television and stage roles.-Life and career:... , Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach Katharina Thalbach is a German actress and film director.- Life and work :Katharina Thalbach comes from a particularly artistic-oriented family. Her father Benno Besson was a director, her mother Sabine Thalbach was an actress. Her late husband Thomas Brasch was an author. Her daughter Anna and... 2007 Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck is a German actress. She came to broader, international attention due to her roles in films such as Mostly Martha, The Lives of Others, and The Baader Meinhof Complex... 2008 Ursula Werner Ursula Werner Ursula Werner is a German actress born September 28, 1943 in Eberswalde, Germany. Her film credits include Wolke Neun At the Other End , Willenbrock, Die Polizistin and Insel der Schwäne . Her television credits include Schloss Einstein and Einzug ins Paradies... 2009 Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa is a German theatre and film actress.- Work :Sukowa's stage debut was in Berlin in 1971, in a production of Peter Handke's Der Ritt über den Bodensee. Günter Beelitz invited her to join the ensemble of the Darmstädter National Theatre in the same year... Best Supporting Actress 1999 Marita Marschall 2002 Margit Carstensen Margit Carstensen Margit Carstensen is a German theatre and film actress, best known outside Germany for roles in the works of film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.-Theater career:... Best New Actress 1983 Susanne Herlet, Anja Jaenicke Anja Jaenicke Anja Jaenicke is a German actress working mostly for German television and film.She is C.E.O. of her own company HIQ-MEDIA-POOL INC... 1988 Dana Vávrová Dana Vávrová Dana Vávrová was a Czech-German film actress and director.-Biography:Vávrová was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and played her first main film role in Ať žijí duchové! in 1976, having played a minor role in Jak se točí Rozmarýny... 1989 Anica Dobra Anica Dobra Anica Dobra was born on June 3, 1963 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia. She is a Serbian actress of Serbian and German film.-Selected filmography:*Reflections *My Uncle's Legacy ... 1995 Heike Makatsch Heike Makatsch - Early life :Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team goaltender Rainer Makatsch. She spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for... , Franka Potente Franka Potente Franka Potente is a German film actress and singer. She first appeared in the comedy After Five in the Forest Primeval and gained critical recognition in the action thriller Lola rennt . Potente received Germany's highest film and television awards for her performances in Run Lola Run and... 1996 Christiane Paul Christiane Paul Christiane Paul is a German film, television and stage actress.Paul first worked as a model for magazines such as Bravo. She was 17 when she obtained her first leading role in the film Deutschfieber... 1997 Catherine Flemming 2000 Fritzi Haberlandt 2001 Chiara Schoras 2004 Julia Jentsch Julia Jentsch Julia Jentsch is a Silver Bear, two-time European Film Award, and Lola winning German actress. She is best known as the title character in Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, Jule in The Edukators and, Liza in I Served the King of England.-Career:Jentsch was born to a family of lawyers in Berlin and... 2005 Sandra Hüller Sandra Hüller Sandra Hüller is a German actress. She studied theater from 1996-2000 at the Hochschule Für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch", Berlin. She appeared from 1999-2001 at the Jena Theater, Thuringia and then for one year at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig... 2006 Hannah Herzsprung 2007 Elinor Lüdde, Petra Schmidt-Schaller Petra Schmidt-Schaller Petra Schmidt-Schaller is a German actress. She is noted for the roles of Helene in Runaway Horse alongside Ulrich Noethen, Ulrich Tukur and Katja Riemann, and Maud Brewster in The Sea Wolf alongside Thomas Kretschmann... 2008 Karoline Herfurth Karoline Herfurth -Life and career:She is probably most well known to English-speaking audiences for her appearances in the Academy Award Best Picture-nominee The Reader and in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the 2006 film adaptation of Patrick Suskind's best-selling novel Das Parfum. The feature was directed by... 2009 Katharina Schüttler |