| Birth date | 9 November 1965 (age 60) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Known for | Dark |
Karoline Eichhorn (born 9 November 1965) is a German stage, film, television, and voice actress.[1]
Life and career
Eichhorn went to a Waldorf school in Stuttgart, graduated in 1986, and then attended the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen until 1989. From 1989 until 1995, she held engagements at Schaubühne and Schauspielhaus Bochum theaters. Starting in 2017, Eichhorn starred as Charlotte Doppler in the ensemble cast of the acclaimed Netflix production Dark.[2]
She became known to movie audiences in 1995 in the films Three Days in April and Der Sandmann. In the latter, she plays a journalist who as part of her research, spies on a shady crime writer played by Götz George. Eichhorn mainly works in theater, such as the Thalia Theater in Hamburg and the Burgtheater in Vienna, but she consistently appears in television and film productions. In 2012, she was a member of the international jury of the 61st International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[3] From 2017 to 2020, Eichhorn starred in the Netflix series Dark.
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Three Days in April | Anna Baisch | |
| Der Sandmann | Ina Littmann | ||
| 1998 | Abgehauen | Ottilie Krug | Documentary |
| 1999 | After the Truth | Rebekka Rohm | |
| 2002 | A Map of the Heart | Katrin Engelhardt | |
| 2007 | Du bist nicht allein | Silvia Wellinek | |
| 2010 | In the Shadows | Dora Hillmann | |
| The Silence | Ruth Weghamm | ||
| 2012 | Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf | Christine Häberle | |
| Tod einer Brieftaube | Christiane Garde |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer | 1 episode | |
| 1997 | Balko | 1 episode | |
| 1998 | Anwalt Abel - "Todesurteil für eine Dirne" | 1 episode | |
| Die Neue – Eine Frau mit Kaliber | 1 episode | ||
| 2000 | Rosa Roth - "Tod eines Bullen" | Jenny Palenta | 1 episode |
| 2004 | Der letzte Zeuge | 1 episode | |
| Bella Block - "Die Freiheit der Wölfe" | Anette Hansen | 1 episode | |
| 2005–2006 | Vier gegen Z | Julia Lehnhoff | 27 episodes |
| 2007 | Doppelter Einsatz | 1 episode | |
| 2008 | Der Kriminalist | 1 episode | |
| 2009 | Stolberg | 1 episode | |
| Der kleine Mann | Lydia | 8 episodes | |
| Der Dicke | 1 episode | ||
| 2011 | Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall | 1 episode | |
| Stuttgart Homicide | 1 episode | ||
| Ein Fall für zwei | 1 episode | ||
| 2012 | Flemming | 1 episode | |
| SOKO München | 1 episode | ||
| 2013 | Bella Block - "Angeklagt" | Jana Larson | 1 episode |
| 2013–2017 | Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf | Christine Häberle | |
| 2017–2020 | Dark | Charlotte Doppler |
Awards
- Silberner Löwe – best new actress for Der Sandmann (1996)
- Bavarian TV Awards for Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998)
- Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Gegen Ende der Nacht (together with Oliver Storz, Stefan Kurt, and Bruno Ganz – 1999)
- Bavarian Film Awards – best actress for A Map of the Heart (2001)
References
- ^ Soldt, Rüdiger (13 April 2013). "Ich bin keine Ego-Schauspielerin" [I am not an ego actor] (in German). faz.net. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Dark season 2 Netflix cast: Who is in the cast of Dark season 2 on Netflix?". express.co.uk. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ "International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg" (in German). iffmh.de. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2019.