Katharina Schüttler (born 20 October 1979) is a German television and film actress. Her film debut was in the movie Die Lok[1] in 1992. She is best known internationally for leading roles as Clara Rosenbaum in The Promise (2011) and as Greta Müller in the television drama Generation War (2013).[2]
Katharina Schüttler | |
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 Schüttler on the red carpet of the opening gala of the Berlinale in February 2023 | |
| Born | 20 October 1979 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Till Franzen |
| Children | 1 |
Life and career
editSchüttler grew up in Cologne. Her father is an actor, director and former theatre director and her mother is a playwright. After high school she studied acting at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media from 1999 to 2003.[3]
In 2002, she played the title role in the German premiere of the play Lolita[4] in a staging of Peter Kestmüller at the Schauspiel Hannover.
Katharina Schüttler preferably plays radical roles in which people are torn in existential situations.
In 2006, she was awarded by the critics survey of the magazine Theater Today 2006.
Selected filmography
edit- Die Lok (1992)
- The Cry of Love (1997)
- Bombenstimmung (1997)
- Alles auf die 17 (1998)
- Der Trippler (2000)
- The State I Am In (2000)
- The White Sound (2002)
- Sophiiiie! (2002)
- Sehnsucht (2004)
- Wahrheit oder Pflicht (2005)
- Mädchen am Sonntag (2005)
- Three Degrees Colder (2005)
- Close to You (2009)
- The Day Will Come (2009)
- What a Man (2011)
- Generation War (2013, TV series)
- Run (2013, TV series)
- Free Fall (2013)
- Joy of Fatherhood (2014)
- Age of Cannibals (2014)
- Clara Immerwahr (2014, TV film)
- Everything is Love (2014)
- 13 Minutes (2015)
- Grzimek (2015)
- Heidi (2015)
- Alone in Berlin (2016)
- Wunderlich's World (2016)
- The King's Choice (2016)
- The Little Drummer Girl (2018, TV series)
- Dogs of Berlin (2018, TV series)
- Die Hochzeit (2020)
References
edit- ^ "Die Lok".
- ^ "Who Is Katharina Schuttler? The Actor Who Plays Helga In 'The Little Drummer Girl' Is A Major German Screen Star". Bustle. 18 November 2018.
- ^ Hornung, Claus (2003-05-31). "Ein Faible für radikale Rollen". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ^ "Katharina Schüttler über Glück". chrismon.evangelisch.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-14.
External links
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- Katharina Schüttler at IMDb
- Acting on Impulse. A portrait of actress Katharina Schüttler, German Films Quarterly 2/2015
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