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Striking, versatile stage actress whose relatively few screen appearances have yielded several memorable performances. Sukowa played the title character of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Lola" (1982), for which she was named Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival, and had leading roles in Margarethe von Trotta's "Marianne and Julianne" (1982) and "Rosa Luxemburg" (1985). She subsequently appeared in such other features as Volker Schlondorf's "Voyager" (1991) as a woman abandoned by Sam Shepherd, in David Cronenberg's "M....
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Filmography

Vision - ( - Cast / / Announced / )
Star! Star! - ( Marianne / 2000 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Veronika Decides to Die - ( Mom / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Romance and Cigarettes - ( Gracie / 2005 / Released / )
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing - ( Helen / 2002 / Released / )
Urbania - ( Clara / 2000 / Released / )
Cradle Will Rock - ( Sophie Silvano / 1999 / Released / )
The Port of Last Resort - ( / 1999 / Released / )
The Third Miracle - ( Helen O'Regan / 1999 / Released / )
Im Namen der Unschuld - ( Anna Loeser / 1997 / Released / )
Office Killer - ( Virginia Wingate / 1997 / Released / Lumiere Latin America Audiovisual )
Johnny Mnemonic - ( Anna K / 1995 / Released / Gaga Entertainment )
M. Butterfly - ( Jeanne Gallimard / 1993 / Released / )
Voyager - ( Hannah / 1992 / Released / Konstantin )
Zentropa - ( Katharina Hartmann / 1992 / Released / Nurit Shani )
L' Africana - ( Martha / 1990 / Released / )
Rosa Luxemburg - ( Rosa Luxemburg / 1987 / Released / )
The Sicilian - ( Camilla--Duchess of Crotone / 1987 / Released / Concorde Filmverleih GMBH )
Die Verliebten - ( Katharina / 1986 / Released / )
Equateur - ( Adele / 1983 / Released / Gaumont International Productions )
Un Dimanche de Flics - ( Patricia / 1982 / Released / )
Lola - ( Lola / 1981 / Released / )
Marianne and Julianne - ( Marianne / 1981 / Released / )
Berlin Alexanderplatz - ( Mieze / 1980 / Released / )
Die Jaeger - ( Daniela / 1979 / Released / Exportfilm Bischoff )
Frauen in New York - ( Crystal Allen / 1977 / Released / )
Die Entdeckung der Currywurst - ( - Cast / / Released / )

TV Credits
Lady in Question ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Lost Souls ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
The Wright Verdicts ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
James A. Michener's "Space" ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
New York Undercover ( Released ): Actor

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Striking, versatile stage actress whose relatively few screen appearances have yielded several memorable performances. Sukowa played the title character of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Lola" (1982), for which she was named Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival, and had leading roles in Margarethe von Trotta's "Marianne and Julianne" (1982) and "Rosa Luxemburg" (1985). She subsequently appeared in such other features as Volker Schlondorf's "Voyager" (1991) as a woman abandoned by Sam Shepherd, in David Cronenberg's "M. Butterfly" (1993) as the wife of a French diplomat (Jeremy Irons) who leaves her for a Chinese woman who is really a man (John Lone) and "Johnny Mnemonic" (1995).

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:

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Education
The Berlin University of Arts Berlin, Germany
Awards (Back to top)

Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award "Rosa Luxemburg" 1986
Berlin Film Festival Best Actress Award "Lola" 1982
German Actors' Award "Berlin Alexanderplatz" 1981
Venice Film Festival Golden Phoenix Award "Marianne and Julianne" 1981

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Worked as stage actress in Berlin, Breman and Darmstadt

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