Katja Riemann
Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (German: [ˈkat.ja ˈʁiː.man], born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater.
Also recorded as Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann · K. Riemann
Katja Riemann
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- Full name
- Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann.
- Born
- 1963. · Kirchweyhe.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- composer, singer, actress, writer and musician.
- Fields
- pop music.
- Education
- Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts.
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, Volpi Cup for Best Actress, German Film Award for Best Actress, Courage Award and Berliner Bär.
- Languages
- German.
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She is the mother of actress Paula Riemann, whose father is Peter Sattmann.
Katja Riemann studied at Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are pop music. Distinctions recorded are Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, Volpi Cup for Best Actress and German Film Award for Best Actress.
Sommer in Lesmona (dir. Peter Beauvais, 1987, TV miniseries) No Mention of Violence (dir. Theodor Kotulla, 1991, TV film) Regina auf den Stufen (dir. Bernd Fischerauer, 1992, TV miniseries) Pauline In Between (dir. Peter Timm, 1993) Making Up! (dir. Katja von Garnier, 1993) Der bewegte Mann (dir. Sönke Wortmann, 1994) Heaven and Hell (dir. Hans-Christian Schmid, 1994, TV film) Over My Dead Body (dir. Rainer Matsutani, 1995) Talk of the Town (dir. Rainer Kaufmann, 1995) Dangerous Dowry (dir. Dennis Satin, 1996) Bandits (dir. Katja von Garnier, 1997) The Pharmacist (dir. Rainer Kaufmann, 1997) Comedian Harmonists (1997) Balzac (dir. Josée Dayan, 1999, TV film) Desire (dir. Colleen Murphy, 2000) Bibi Blocksberg (2002) Rosenstrasse (dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 2003) Agnes and His Brothers (dir. Oskar Roehler, 2004) Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls (2004) I Am the Other Woman (dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 2006) Life Actually (dir. Alain Gsponer, 2006) Blood & Chocolate (2007) Shanghai Baby (dir. Berengar Pfahl, 2007) Runaway Horse (dir. Rainer Kaufmann, 2007) The Frontier (2010, TV film) Pigeons on the Roof (2011) The Foster Boy (2011) The Weekend (2012) Baron on the Cannonball (2012, TV film) Where Friendship Ends (2013, TV film) Fack ju Göhte (dir. Bora Dağtekin, 2013) Kleine Schiffe (2013, TV film) Die Fahnderin (dir. Züli Aladağ, 2014, TV film) Coming In (dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner, 2014) The Misplaced World (dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 2015) Look Who's Back (dir. David Wnendt, 2015) Fack ju Göhte 2 (dir. Bora Dağtekin, 2015) CHIX – Back on Stage (2015, TV film) Too Hard to Handle (2016) SMS für Dich (dir. Karoline Herfurth, 2016) Fack ju Göhte 3 (dir. Bora Dağtekin, 2017) Forget About Nick (2017) Subs (dir. Oskar Roehler, 2018) Enfant Terrible (2020) Stella. A Life. (2023)
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Katja Riemann (born 1 November 1963) is recorded as an actress, narrator, singer and musician. Katja Riemann was born on 1 November 1963 in Kirchweyhe.
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1963
Katja Riemann was born on 1 November 1963.
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Awards
1993 Bavarian Film Award, Best Actress 1995 Bavarian Film Award, Best Actress 1997 Bavarian Film Award, Best Film Score
Katja Riemann zusammen mit den Brothers Keepers auf dem Deutschen Evangelischen Kirchentag 2007 während der Veranstaltung „Die Macht der
Raimond Spekking · © Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Ute Kretschmann (Plan International), Katja Riemann (UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador), Roland Emmerich und Marco Kreuzpaintner bei der Pressekonferenz zur deutschen Filmpremiere Trade, Berlin, 11.10.2007
Franz Richter (User:FRZ) · Own work (taken with Canon PowerShot A640)
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