Barbara Sukowa
Biography
Barbara Sukowa is a German actress of stage and screen, and a singer, who worked in the New German Cinema. Born in Bremen in 1950, she trained at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and made her stage debut in Berlin in 1971, later joining the Darmstadt National Theatre ensemble. Her breakthrough came as Mieze in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz, which won her a German Best Young Actress award, and she took her first German Film Award for Best Actress as the title figure in his Lola. Margarethe von Trotta cast her in Marianne and Juliane the same year, adding a Venice Film Festival award, and in 1986 her Rosa Luxemburg brought the Cannes best actress prize. Later roles ranged from Hildegard of Bingen in Vision to Hannah Arendt in Hannah Arendt, while she appeared in 12 Monkeys from 2015 to 2018. She has also worked as a narrator of classical music and was nominated for a Grammy.
76years old
Turns 77 on February 2in 84 days
- Born Bremen
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 42 years1981 to 2023
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Beyond film
Barbara Sukowa took on the Speaker's part in Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire. Reinbert de Leeuw led the Schoenberg Ensemble in her first performances, and she went on to sing it with ensembles in cities including Paris, London, Berlin, Tokyo and New York City.
Beyond film
Sukowa founded the band the X-Patsys with visual artists Jon Kessler and Robert Longo, and served as its front singer.
A first
Sukowa's first American television role came in 1985, when she starred in Space, a CBS miniseries adapted from the novel by James A. Michener.
Beyond film
Sukowa narrated Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in concert and on record. She also lent her voice to a recording of Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Barbara Sukowa movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Turturro appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Turturro's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Udo Kier's page
Bill Camp's page
Armin Mueller-Stahl's page
David Thornton's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Jeanne TripplehornGloria Bell (2018) and Office Killer (1997)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Barbara Sukowa's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$237 million
13 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$100M42.3% of the total
- 2$90M38.1% of the total
- 3$19M8.1% of the total
- 4$11M4.7% of the total
- 5$5.4M2.3% of the total
- 6$2.9M1.2% of the total
- 7$2.9M1.2% of the total
- 8$1.7M0.7% of the total
$3.3 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Five awards and honors from 2008 to 2025.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2025 | Goldener Ochse | Won | |
| 2024 | Hessian film and cinema award | Won | |
| 2023 | CineMerit Award | Won | |
| 2008 | Echo Klassik – Classical Music without Borders | Won | |
| Bavarian Order of Merit | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.