Barbara Auer
Barbara Auer (born 1959 02 01) is a German actress. She has appeared in multiple television shows and films including My Daughter Belongs to Me (for which she won a German Film Award for "Best Actress"), Impossibly Yours, Waiting for Angelina, and The Book Thief.
Barbara Auer
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- Name
- Barbara Auer
- Born
- 1 February 1959
- Birthplace
- Konstanz, West Germany
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- German Film Award · Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2020
- Languages
- German
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Barbara Auer (born 1959 02 01) is a German actress. She has appeared in multiple television shows and films including My Daughter Belongs to Me (for which she won a German Film Award for "Best Actress"), Impossibly Yours, Waiting for Angelina, and The Book Thief.
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Key facts
• Name — Barbara Auer • Born — 1 February 1959 • Birthplace — Konstanz, West Germany • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1987–present
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Boss from the West (dir. Vivian Naefe, 1988, TV film), as Jessica • The Play with Billions (dir. Peter Keglevic, 1989, TV film), as Larissa Asselt • Verfolgte Wege (dir. Uwe Janson, 1989), as Marie • Mit Leib und Seele (1989–1990, TV series, 19 episodes), as Annemarie Bieler • Herzlich willkommen (dir. Hark Bohm, 1990), as Elke Kramer • Café Europa (1990 film) (dir. Franz Xaver Bogner, 1990), as Nana Schröder • A Crazy Couple (dir. Sönke Wortmann, 1990), as Jana • Heart in the Hand (dir. Uwe Janson, 1991), as Ena • The Terrible Threesome (dir. Hermine Huntgeburth, 1991), as Maria Grund • My Daughter Belongs to Me (dir. Vivian Naefe, 1991, TV film), as Ruth • Die Arbeitersaga: Das Lachen der Maca Daracs (dir. Dieter Berner, 1991, TV film), as Maca Daracs • Night on Fire (film) (dir. Markus Fischer, 1992), as Uta Schwengeler • Madregilda (dir. Francisco Regueiro, 1993), as Madregilda • Women Are Simply Wonderful (dir. Sherry Hormann, 1994), as Kim • Der große Abgang (dir. Nico Hofmann, 1995, TV film), as Irmgard Bode • Nikolaikirche (dir. Frank Beyer, 1995, TV film), as Astrid Protter • Reise nach Weimar (dir. Dominik Graf, 1996, TV film), as Mafalda La Rocca • Solo for Clarinet (dir. Nico Hofmann, 1998), as Lydia Kominka • Waiting Means Death (dir. Hartmut Schoen, 1999, TV film), as Gertrud Venske • The State I Am In (dir. Christian Petzold, 2000), as Clara • Donna Leon (2000–2002, TV series, 4 episodes), as Paola Brunetti • The Other Woman (dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 2004, TV film), as Yvonne Schumacher • Impossibly Yours (dir. Torsten C. Fischer, 2006), as Marlene • Nachtschicht (TV series) (since 2006, TV series, 15 episodes), as Lisa Brenner • The Other Boy (dir. Volker Einrauch, 2007), as Sylvie Wagner • Waiting for Angelina (dir. Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, 2008), as Marlene • At Any Second (dir. Jan Fehse, 2008), as Anna Frick • Effi Briest (dir. Hermine Huntgeburth, 2009), as Johanna • The Last 30 Years (dir. Michael Gutmann, 2010, TV film), as Resa Schade • The Weekend (dir. Nina Grosse, 2012), as Tina Kessler • Where Friendship Ends (dir. Stefan Krohmer, 2013, TV film), as Heike Rogel • Take Good Care of Him (dir. Johannes Fabrick, 2013, TV film), as Lene • The Book Thief (dir. Brian Percival, 2013), as Ilsa Hermann • Death of a Girl (dir. Thomas Berger (director), 2015, TV film), as Hella Christensen • Grzimek (film) (dir. Roland Suso Richter, 2015, TV film), as Hildegard Grzimek • Jonathan (dir. Piotr J. Lewandowski, 2016), as Martha

Barbara Auer (l.) und Christian Petzold 2018 in Görlitz bei der Vorstellung des Films "Transit"
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Life and career
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1959
Barbara Auer born at Constance.
2020
Barbara Auer is recorded as having received German Film Award and Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2020.
Awards
• 1989: Goldene Kamera for The Boss from the West • 1991: Special Prize of the German Academy of Performing Arts for Die Arbeitersaga: Das Lachen der Maca Daracs • 1993: German Film Awards "Best Actress" for My Daughter Belongs to Me • 1995: Telestar "Best Actress" in a Move Made For TV" for Der große Abgang • 2019: Fünf Seen Filmfestival "Hannelore-Elsner-Award" for Best Art of Acting
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