Barbara Sukowa

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Biography

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 …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

February 2, 1950

Career Milestones

Worked as stage actress in Berlin, Breman and Darmstadt

Awards

1986

Cannes Film Festival for Best Actress in Rosa Luxemburg

2008

Montreal World Film Festival for Best Actress in Die Entdeckung der Currywurst