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Barbara Sukowa

ACTOR · FROM BREMEN, GERMANY

Barbara Sukowa

Born 1950 · 76 years old64 credits since 19704 coming up

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In the picture12 Monkeys

ABOUT BARBARA

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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Born2 February 1950

BirthplaceBremen, Germany

Known forActing

On Cineora36 of 64 titles

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Known for

The titles people know Barbara from.

12 Monkeys poster

Series

2015–2018IMDb7.7

Europa poster

Movie

1991IMDb7.5

Constellation poster

Series

2024IMDb6.7

Hannah Arendt poster

Movie

2012IMDb7.1

M. Butterfly poster

Movie

1993IMDb6.7

The Swarm poster

Series

2023IMDb5.9

Lola poster

Movie

1981IMDb7.4

The Sicilian poster

Movie

1987IMDb5.4

Berlin Alexanderplatz poster

Series

Berlin Alexanderplatz

1980IMDb8.3

Two of Us poster

Movie

2020IMDb7.2

Voyager poster

Movie

1991IMDb6.7

The Third Miracle poster

Movie

The Third Miracle

1999IMDb6.5

Coming up

What Barbara is working on next.

Eurotrashas HeleneOut Dec 2026
ZOMAOut Feb 2027
UnknowniaDate to be announced
Spiritual WorldDate to be announced

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 36
Average IMDb: 6.7
Highest rated: Berlin AlexanderplatzIMDb 8.3
Working since: 1970

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

64 credits

The 2020s

14 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average

Not on Cineora

Leibniz – Chronicle of a Lost Painting

2025

as Kurfürstin Sophie von Hannover

Not on Cineora

Klandestin WT

2025

as Mathilda

Not on Cineora

We're Not Done Yet

2024

as Bettina

Not on Cineora

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay

2024

as Helen Hessel (voice)

Constellation poster

Series

2024IMDb6.7

as Irena Lysenko · 5 episodes

Enkel für Fortgeschrittene poster

Movie

Enkel für Fortgeschrittene

2023IMDb6.0

as Philippa

Air poster

Movie

2023IMDb7.4

as Kathy Dassler

The Night Agent poster

Series

The Night Agent

2023–IMDb7.4

as Jacqueline Laurent · 1 episode

The 2010s

13 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Servant poster

Series

2019–2023IMDb7.4

as Aunt Josephine · 2 episodes

Rocca Changes the World poster

Movie

Rocca Changes the World

2019IMDb7.2

as Dodo

Gloria Bell poster

Movie

2019IMDb6.3

as Melinda

Native Son poster

Movie

2019IMDb5.7

as Peggy

Atomic Blonde poster

Movie

2017IMDb6.7

as Coroner

Not on Cineora

My Art

2016

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe poster

Movie

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

2016IMDb6.7

as Friderike Zweig

Not on Cineora

The Misplaced World

2015

as Caterina Fabiani / Evelyn Kromberger

The 2000s

9 titles · IMDb 6.5 on average

Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen poster

Movie

Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

2009IMDb6.5

as Hildegard von Bingen

Veronika Decides to Die poster

Movie

Veronika Decides to Die

2009IMDb6.3

as Mom

Not on Cineora

Die Entdeckung der Currywurst

2008

as Lena Brücker

Romance & Cigarettes poster

Movie

Romance & Cigarettes

2006IMDb6.1

as Gracie

Not on Cineora

The Other Woman

2004

as Vera Glaubitz

A Birthday to Remember poster

Movie

A Birthday to Remember

2003IMDb6.4

as Rosemarie

Not on Cineora

Liebe, Lügen, Leidenschaften

2002

as Barbara Landau · 1 episode

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing poster

Movie

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

2001IMDb7.0

as Helen

The 1990s

13 titles · IMDb 6.4 on average

Not on Cineora

The Lady in Question

1999

as Rachel Singer

Cradle Will Rock poster

Movie

Cradle Will Rock

1999IMDb6.7

as Sophie Silvano

The Third Miracle poster

Movie

The Third Miracle

1999IMDb6.5

as Helen O’Regan

Not on Cineora

Nightworld: Lost Souls

1999

as Sheila Robinson

Not on Cineora

The Port of Last Resort

1998

as Annie Witting (voice)

Office Killer poster

Movie

1997IMDb5.2

as Virginia Wingate

Not on Cineora

In the Name of Innocence

1997

as Anna Loeser

Johnny Mnemonic poster

Movie

Johnny Mnemonic

1995IMDb5.6

as Anna Kalmann

The 1980s

10 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

The Sicilian poster

Movie

1987IMDb5.4

as Camilla, Duchess of Crotone

Days to Remember

Not on Cineora

Days to Remember

1987

as Katharina

Rosa Luxemburg poster

Movie

1986IMDb6.9

as Rosa Luxemburg

Not on Cineora

Space

1985

as Liesl Kolff · 5 episodes

Not on Cineora

Un dimanche de flics

1983

as Patricia

Not on Cineora

Equator

1983

as Adele

Not on Cineora

Deadly Game

1982

as Daniela Mathiesen

Marianne and Juliane poster

Movie

Marianne and Juliane

1981IMDb7.3

as Marianne

The 1970s

5 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Not on Cineora

St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken

1979

as Anka · 1 episode

Heinrich Heine

Not on Cineora

Heinrich Heine

1978

as Amalie Friedländer

Not on Cineora

Women in New York

1977

as Crystal Allen

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit

Not on Cineora

Unter Ausschluß der Öffentlichkeit

1974

as Viktoria Herbst · 1 episode

Scene of the Crime poster

Series

Scene of the Crime

1970–IMDb7.0

as Babsi Meyer · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Barbara’s titles.

John TurturroGloria Bell, Romance & Cigarettes and 2 more

Margarethe von TrottaDirector · Hannah Arendt, Marianne and Juliane and 2 more

Jeanne TripplehornGloria Bell and Office Killer

Paula KalenbergVision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen and Granny Nanny

Udo KierJohnny Mnemonic and Europa

Rainer Werner FassbinderLola and Berlin Alexanderplatz

Armin Mueller-StahlLola and The Third Miracle

Karin BaalLola and Rosa Luxemburg

Alexander BeyerDalíland and A Birthday to Remember

Heiner LauterbachGranny Nanny and Enkel für Fortgeschrittene