Veronica Ferres
Biography
Veronica Ferres is a German actress. She was born in Solingen and studied German, theater studies and psychology at LMU Munich. Her first major success came in Germany with the lead in the 1996 comedy The Superwife. She then appeared in films such as Rossini and Klimt, and in television productions including The Manns and Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie, which brought her the Best Actress award at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis. Other honors include the Grimme-Preis, the Golden Camera and the Bambi, and she took the female lead in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival. International films include Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014), The Devil's Violinist (2013), Pay the Ghost (2015) with Nicolas Cage, Salt and Fire (2016) for Werner Herzog, The Comedian (2016), Paradise Highway (2022) and Red Sonja (2025). She founded the production company Construction Film in 2013.
61years old
Turns 62 on June 10in 240 days
- Born Solingen
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Veronika Maria Cäcilie Ferres (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 24
- Career span
- 31 years1994 to 2025
First and latest
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Big break
Ferres played the title part in The Superwife, a 1996 comedy, which was her breakthrough in Germany. Roles in Schtonk!, Rossini and Klimt followed, and she became a household name there.
Veronica Ferres movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Peter Chelsom directed two of these films, Felix Fuchssteiner two. Lilly Krug appears in three 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
Lilly Krug's page
Aleks Paunovic's page
Rüdiger Vogler's page
Jannis Niewöhner's page
Tuva Novotny's page
Kostja Ullmann's page
All films by Peter Chelsom
Felix FuchssteinerDirector, 2 films, 2013 to 2014
Also two films together7 more actors
- Katharina ThalbachSapphire Blue (2014) and Rubinrot (2013)
- Florian BartholomäiSapphire Blue (2014) and Rubinrot (2013)
- Laura BerlinSapphire Blue (2014) and Rubinrot (2013)
- Chiara SchorasSapphire Blue (2014) and Rubinrot (2013)
- Josefine PreußSapphire Blue (2014) and Rubinrot (2013)
- Maria EhrichSapphire Blue (2014) and Rubinrot (2013)
- Jennifer LotsiSapphire Blue (2014) and Rubinrot (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 Veronica Ferres's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$19.3 million
10 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 24 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 11 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 11Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$5.5M28.6% of the total
- 2$5.2M26.9% of the total
- 3$2.2M11.2% of the total
- 4$2.0M10.4% of the total
- 5$1.1M5.8% of the total
- 6$1.1M5.7% of the total
- 7$1.0M5.2% of the total
- 8$767K4.0% of the total
$435,369from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 2002 to 2026.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2026 | Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia | Won | |
| 2025 | Romy | Won | |
| 2023 | Bavarian Film Awards (Honorary Award) | Honorary | |
| 2017 | Askania Award for Best Actress | Won | |
| 2009 | Erich-Kästner award | Won | |
| 2006 | Golden Feather | Won | |
| 2004 | Bavarian TV Awards | Won | |
| 2002 | Bavarian TV Awards | Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman | Won |
| Bavarian Order of Merit | Won | ||
| German Television Award for the Best Actress | Won | ||
| Romy | Won | ||
| Steiger Award | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.