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 …
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 |
