Katharina Thalbach

Katharina Thalbach (; actually Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach; Katharina Thalbach's father Benno Besson was a director, her mother Sabine Thalbach, was an actress. Her half-brother Pierre Besson

At the age of four, Thalbach was playing children's roles on stage, on television, and in films. She obtained her stage maturity examination as a master student of Helene Weigel, Berliner Ensemble. Thalbach played at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, where her father worked as artistic director. In West Berlin, she made her debut at the Schillertheater. She acted as a guest star in Hans Lietzau's production of Hauptmann's Der Biberpelz and in Jürgen Flimm's production of Kleist's Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, for which she was voted actress of the year by Theater heute in 1980. In 1984, she performed the Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet in Zürich. Her daughter Anna (born 1973) from a former relationship with and her granddaughter (born 1995) are actresses. She is married to Uwe Hamacher. She lives in Berlin. 2003 Founding member of the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy) Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste

Johannes Kepler (1974) The Blue Light (1976) It is an Old Story Schlaraffenland Lotte in Weimar (1976) The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978) Winterspelt (1978) The Tin Drum (1979) (1979, TV miniseries) (1980, TV film) Angels of Iron (1981) (1982) Sophie's Choice (1982) Embers (1983) Peaceful Days (1984) (1986) Flight North (1986) Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986, TV miniseries) (1988) The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (1988) Follow Me (1989) Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990) (1990) Just a Matter of Duty (1993) (1994) Back to Square One (1994) Silent Night (1995) Gefährliche Freundin (1996, TV film) Caipiranha (1999) Sonnenallee (1999) Liebesau – the other Home (2001, TV miniseries) Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (2001, TV miniseries) (2005, TV film) (2006) (2006, TV film) Strike (2006) Deadline – Jede Sekunde zählt (2007, TV series) (2007) Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (directed by Bille Eltringham, 2007) You Are Not Alone (2007) The Moon and Other Lovers (2008) (2012, TV film) (2012) Ruby Red (2013) (2013, TV film) Der Tote im Pub (2013, TV-adaptation of The Man With A Load Of Mischief from the Richard Jury mystery series by Martha Grimes) (2014, TV film) (2015, TV film) Mord im Nebel (2015, TV-adaptation of Help the poor Struggler from the Richard Jury mystery series by Martha Grimes) (2016, TV film) Inspektor Jury spielt Katz und Maus (2017, TV-adaptation of The Deer Leap from the Richard Jury mystery series by Martha Grimes) 100 Things (2018) Der faule Engel (2019) (p. Addi) (2019)

Insekten - Helden im Verborgenen (2026, narrator)

Theatre and opera Actress Source: Tante Augusta in Ernst und seine tiefere Bedeutung (Komödie am Kurfürstendamm) 2006 (also stage director) Emanuel Striese und Luise Striese in Der Raub der Sabinerinnen (The Abduction of the Sabine Women) (Hans Otto Theater Potsdam) 2006 (also stage director)

Director Source: Das schlaue Füchslein and Der Barbier von Sevilla (Deutsche Oper Berlin) Don Giovanni (E-Werk Berlin) Salome, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Rigoletto (Oper Köln) Hänsel und Gretel and Aida (Semperoper Dresden) Die Fledermaus (Theater Erfurt) Fidelio (Oper Zürich) Im Dickicht der Städte (Berliner Ensemble) Die Zauberflöte The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (Comédie-Française Paris) Wie es euch gefällt (Komödie am Kurfürstendamm)