Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Infobox actress


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name = Barbara Sukowa
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location = Bremen, Germany
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occupation = Actress
spouse = Robert Longo (?-Present) 1 Child
Hans-Michael Rehberg (?-?) (divorced) 1 Child

Barbara Sukowa (born 2 February 1950 in Bremen, Germany) is a German theatre and film actress.

Work

Ms. Sukowa's stage debut was in Berlin in 1971, in a production of Peter Handke's "Der Ritt über den Bodensee". Günter Beelitz invited her to join the ensemble of the Darmstädt National Theatre in the same year. She also worked in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg, in collaboration with directors such as Luc Bondy and Ivan Nagel. Her roles included Marion in "Danton's Death" and Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Other Shakespeare roles in Europe were Rosalind in "As You Like It" and Desdemona in "Othello". Sukowa also performed in Ibsen's "The Master Builder". In English, she has worked in a production of "The Cherry Orchard" (Princeton, New Jersey, 2000). [ [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9C03E6DC133FF93AA35757C0A9669C8B63 Alvin Klein, "Casting Keeps Chekhov Relevant: Jane Alexander in 'Cherry Orchard'". "New York Times", 9 April 2000.] ]

In addition to her stage work, Sukowa is well known for her performances in films from the New German Cinema. She portrayed Mieze in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s "Berlin Alexanderplatz", which earned her the German best young actress award. Her performance of the title role in Fassbinder’s "Lola" earned her a German Film Awards (Gold) award. Her performance in Margarethe von Trotta’s film "Die bleierne Zeit" earned her a best actress award at the Venice Film Festival. She received best actress honours at the Cannes Film Festival for her work in von Trotta's film "Rosa Luxemburg".

Sukowa has also developed a further career as a classical music narrator and speaker. She has performed the speaker's role in Arnold Schönberg’s "Pierrot lunaire", first with the Schoenberg Ensemble under Reinbert de Leeuw. Other performances have been with ensembles in Paris, London, [ [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1729535,00.html Tim Ashley, "Pierrot Lunaire" (LSO St. Lukes, London). "The Guardian", 13 March 2006] ] [ [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article350893.ece Annette Moreau, "Caught up in a Viennese whirl (Uchida In Vienna, LSO St Luke's, London). "The Independent", 13 March 2006.] ] Berlin, St. Petersburg, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo, Salzburg, Los Angeles, and New York City. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DEEDC103CF935A35756C0A9659C8B63 Anthony Tommasini, "Two Unkindred Souls Nevertheless in Accord". "New York Times", 6 May 2003.] ] She has performed the Speaker's role in Schönberg's "Gurrelieder" with the Berlin Philharmonic and Claudio Abbado, and is the Speaker on the recording with Abbado and the Vienna Philharmonic. She narrated Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf both in concert and on record, as well as a recording of Felix Mendelssohn’s music for "A Midsummer Night’s Dream". She has performed in Arthur Honegger’s "Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher" and Kurt Weill’s "The Threepenny Opera". She performed the speaking role in the US premiere of Michael Jarrell's "Cassandre" in March 2006, and in the New York City premiere that month, with musicians from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. [Sarah Bryan Miller, Review of "Cassandre". "Saint Louis Post-Dispatch", 1 April 2006.] [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/03/arts/music/03loui.html?ex=1168837200&en=61775440c7b5855b&ei=5070 Bernard Holland, "Works That Boldly Position Words at the Center of Power" (St. Louis Symphony Performs Choral Works). "New York Times", 3 April 2006.] ]

Personal Life

Sukowa is married to the artist and director Robert Longo, with whom she has performed as a singer. [cite news | url=http://www.nysun.com/article/66605 | title=Sukowa Plays the Role of Singer | work=New York Sun | author=Steve Dollar | date=2007-11-16 | accessdate=2008-01-13] She has two sons, from her earlier marriage to Hans-Michael Rehberg and from her relationship with Daniel Olbrychski. [cite news | url=http://www.welt.de/welt_print/article1094897/Zur_Person.html | title=Zur Person (Barbara Sukowa) | work=Die Welt | author=Manuel Brug | date=2007-08-10 | accessdate=2008-01-13]

Awards

*1997 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actress [ [http://www.bayern.de/Anlage19170/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf] ]

Filmography

*1980 "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

*1981 "Die bleierne Zeit" ("Marianne & Juliane") (Margarethe von Trotta)

*1981 "Lola" (Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

*1986 "Rosa Luxemburg" (Margarethe von Trotta)

*1987 "Der Sizilianer" (The Sicilian)

*1990 "Europa" (Lars von Trier)

*1991 "Homo Faber" (Volker Schlöndorff)

*1995 "Johnny Mnemonic" (Robert Longo)

*1998 "Lost Souls" (Jeff Woolnough)

*1998 "Cradle Will Rock" (Tim Robbins)

*2001 "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing" (Jill Sprecher)

*2004 "Hierankl" with Director Hans Steinbichler, Johanna Wokalek, Josef Bierbichler and Alexander Beyer

*2005 "Romance & Cigarettes" (John Turturro)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0837784|name=Barbara Sukowa
* [http://www.fassbinderfoundation.de Fassbinder Foundation]


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