Karoline Herfurth
Biography
Karoline Herfurth is a German actress and filmmaker whose screen career began early, with a small television part at the age of ten and a first film role five years later, in 2000. Born in 1984 in East Berlin, she grew up there and graduated from the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, spending her teenage years playing leads in German features and television movies, among them Mädchen, Mädchen (2001) and Big Girls don't cry (2002). Her international debut came in 2006 with Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the adaptation of Patrick Süskind's novel, in which she portrayed the Plum Girl, Grenouille's first victim. Two years later she appeared alongside Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in the Oscar nominated drama The Reader. A Year ago in Winter, directed by Caroline Link, brought her a Bavarian Film Award in 2009 for young acting, and in 2016 she moved into directing with her first feature, SMS für Dich.
42years old
Turns 43 on May 22in 221 days
- Born Pankow
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 18 years2006 to 2024
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Big break
In 2006, Herfurth played the "Plum Girl" in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, the adaptation of Patrick Süskind's novel Das Parfum. That part was the first victim of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille and marked her international debut.
First role
Herfurth was ten when she took her first role in a TV series. In 2000, at fifteen, she got her first part in a movie.
Karoline Herfurth movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Bora Dagtekin directed three of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Alwara Höfels's page
Bora DagtekinDirector, 3 films, 2013 to 2019
Also two films together6 more actors
- Max von der GroebenSuck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
- Julia KoschitzThe Perfect Secret (2019) and Ghosthunters on Icy Trails (2015)
- Anna Lena KlenkeSuck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
- Gizem EmreSuck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
- Aram AramiSuck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
- Runa GreinerSuck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015) and Suck Me Shakespeer (2013)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Karoline Herfurth's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$468 million
9 of the 10 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 10 films: 9 worldwide figure; 1 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$135M28.8% of the total
- 2$109M23.3% of the total
- 3$83M17.7% of the total
- 4$78M16.6% of the total
- 5$47M10.1% of the total
- 6$11M2.4% of the total
- 7$2.4M0.5% of the total
- 8$2.1M0.4% of the total
$713,616from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Film Festival | |||
| 2009 | Berliner Bär | Won | |
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