Martina Gedeck

Martina Gedeck
Gedeck in 2009.
Born	14 September 1961 (1961-09-14) (age 50) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Residence	Berlin
Nationality	German
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1981–present
Awards	Deutscher Filmpreis (1997, 2002)
Website
martinagedeck.com

Martina Gedeck [ɡəˈdɛk] (born 14 September 1961) is a German actress. She came to broader, international attention due to her roles in films such as Mostly Martha, The Lives of Others, and The Baader Meinhof Complex. She has won numerous awards, including the Deutscher Filmpreis, which she won in 1997 for her supporting role in Life Is All You Get and in 2002, for her lead role in Mostly Martha.

Career

Robert De Niro cast her opposite Matt Damon and John Turturro in The Good Shepherd in 2006. In 2007, she played the lead female role in The Lives of Others, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2009, she played the title role of Ulrike Meinhof in Germany's Academy Award-nominated The Baader Meinhof Complex.

Personal life

Martina Gedeck was born in Munich, "growing up in Bavaria and then Berlin" as the oldest of three girls;^[1] after studying history at the University of Berlin, in 1981 she nervously announced to her father plans to become an actress instead of the academic career he had expected her to follow at the time.^[1]

As of 2008,^{[dated info]} Gedeck resides in the Dahlem district of Berlin with her partner, Swiss director Markus Imboden.^[1] In 2010, Gedeck, affiliated with the Green Party, served as an elector in the assembly to elect the new president of Germany.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

European Film Award 2002 Best Actress, Mostly Martha, Nominated 2006 Best Actress, The Lives of Others, Nominated[2] Berlin Film Festival, Silver Bear 2007 Best Cast, The Good Shepherd, Won[3] German Film Award 1997 Best Supporting Actress, Rossini and Life is all you get, Won[4] 2002 Best Actress, Mostly Martha, Won[4] 2006 Best Actress, The Elementary Particles, Nominated[5] Adolf-Grimme-Award, Germany 1995 Best Cast, Just an affair, Won 1998 Best Actress, The Nephew, Bella Block, Won 2002 Best Actress, Romeo, Won 2004 Best Actress, Back to Life, Nominated Bavarian Film Award 1999 Best Actress, The Green Desert, Won[6] 2007 Best Actress, Messy Christmas, Won[6] Bavarian TV Award 1995 Best Actress, Hölleisengretl, Won[7] 2000 Best Actress, Best Years, Won[7] Golden Lion Award, Germany 1997 Best Actress, The Nephew, Nominated 1998 Best Supporting Actress, Bella Block, Won[8] German Film Critics Association Award 2002 Best Actress, Mostly Martha, Won[9]

German Television Award 2004 Best Actress, Hungry for Life, Won[10] Golden Camera, Germany 2003 Best Actress, Lost Country, The Mother, Won[11] Jupiter Award 2007 Best Actress, The Elementary Particles, Won Baden-Baden TV Film Festival 2001 Best Cast, Romeo, Won TeleStar, Germany 1997 Best Actress, The Nephew, Won Mons International Festival of Love Films, Belgium 2002 Best Actress, Mostly Martha, Won International Filmfestival Kaluga, Russia 2006 Best Actress, Mostly Martha, Won Nastro d’Argento Europeo, Taormina Film Fest Italy 2007 Best Actress, The Lives of Others, Won Premio Bacco, Notte delle Stelle, Italy 2006 Best Actress, Mostly Martha, Won[12] BZ Culture Award, Germany 2008 Film, Outstanding artistic contribution, Won Diva Award, Germany 2006 Hall of Fame, Outstanding artistic contribution, Won[13]

Filmography

Television Goldjunge (1988) Die Beute (1988), Nelly Schulz & Schulz (1989–1993), Britta – TV series, 5 episodes Hausmänner (1991), Helen Mutter und Söhne (1992), Susanne Stoller Leo und Charlotte (1993), Sylvie Krücke (1993), Bronka Das Schwein - Eine deutsche Karriere (1995) , Wanda Hölleisengretl (1995), Hölleisenretl Der Schönste Tag im Leben (1996), Waltraut Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns (1997), Lea Katz Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Das wilde Kind (1997), Lea Katz Der Neffe (1997) , Isabella Bella Block (1997), Frau Meng – TV series, episode "Tod eines Mädchens" Der Laden (1998) TV , Elvira Single Bells (1998), Kati Treichl Die beste Party - Heimatabend 1999 (1999) Ich habe nein gesagt (1999), Doris Wengler Deine besten Jahre (1999), Vera Kemp Happy Hour oder Glück und Glas (2000), Greta Steinwender O Palmenbaum (2000), Kati Treichl Romeo (2001), Lotte Zimmermann Scheidung auf amerikanisch (2001), Sarah Jenseits der Liebe (2001), Helen Dubbs Die Mutter (2002), Vera Zardiss Verlorenes Land (2002), Maria 1809 Andreas Hofer (2002), Lebzelter-Mariandl Geheime Geschichten (2003) Unsre Mutter ist halt anders (2003), Paula Schattenlinie (2003), Clara Lorenz Das Blaue Wunder (2004), Thea Eiselt Hunger auf Leben (2004), Brigitte Reimann Feuer in der Nacht (2004), Paola Winkler Der Stich des Skorpion (2004), Anne Stein Giacomo Casanova (2004), Madame De Roll Spiele der Macht - 11011 Berlin (2005), Prof. Sara M. Kardow Auf ewig und einen Tag (2006), Paula Schmitt Verlassen (2007), Claudia Sisi (2009), Erzherzogin Sophie von Habsburg

Cinema Tiger, Löwe, Panther (1989), Nicoletta/Löwe Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989), Goldi Maybe... Maybe Not (1994), Jutta How I've Got Rhythm (1995), Susanne – Short movie Harald (1997), Rica Reichmann Rossini (1997), Serafina Life Is All You Get (1997), Lilo Women Don't Lie (1998), Hannah Mrs. Rettich, Czerni and I (1998), Czerni Jew-Boy Levi (1999), Fräulein Neuner It's All Bob ! (1999), Barbara The Green Desert (1999), Doris Mostly Martha (2001), Martha Klein The Elementary Particles (2006), Christiane – English language title is Atomised The Lives of Others (2006), Christa-Maria Sieland The Perfect Friend (2006), Marlène Summer '04 (2006), Miriam Franz The Good Shepherd (2006), Hanna Schiller Messy Christmas (2007), Sara Beloved Clara (2008), Clara Schumann The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Ulrike Meinhof Agnosía (2010) Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Kevin Maher (November 1, 2008). "'Germany’s Meryl Streep' Martina Gedeck is the first lady of terror". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article5037401.ece. Retrieved 2011-08-08. 
2. ^ "European Film Academy - EFA - 2006". European Film Academy. http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2008/09/04/2006/. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
3. ^ "Prizes & Honours Berlinale 2007". berlinale.de. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/03_preistr_ger_2007/03_Preistraeger_2007.html. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Deutsche Filmpreise vopn 1951 bis heute". Deutsche Filmakademie. http://www.deutsche-filmakademie.de/fpsuche.html?search=Gedeck. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
5. ^ "Nominierungen 2006". deutscher-filmpreis.de. http://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/archiv/2005-2010/2006/deutscher-filmpreis-2006/nominierungen-2006.html. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Bayerische Filmpreisträger" (pdf). Bayrische Staatsregierung. http://www.bayern.de/Anlage9780627/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "PREISTRÄGER DES BAYERISCHEN FERNSEHPREISES" (pdf). Bayrische Staatsregierung. http://www.bayern.de/Anlage10310693/Preistraeger1989-2011(alphabetisch).pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
8. ^ "Bella Block – Das Gegenteil von Liebe". ZDF. http://www.pressetreff.zdf.de/viewbody.asp?bodyid=18627#ZDFPressetreff004. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
9. ^ "Preisträger seit 1956". Verband der deutschen Filmkritik. http://www.vdfk.de/118-preistrager-seit-1956. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
10. ^ "Preisträger 2004". Der Deutsche Fernsehpreis GmbH. http://www.deutscherfernsehpreis.de/content/view/101/203/. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
11. ^ "DIE GOLDENE KAMERA 2003 - 4. Februar 2003". goldenekamera.de. http://www.goldenekamera.de/de/chronik2000/2000/2009/2003. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
12. ^ "Preisträger". nottedellestelle.de. http://www.nottedellestelle.de/preistraeger.html. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 
13. ^ "Die Preisträger der DIVA seit 1991". diva-award.de. http://www.diva-award.de/2011/home.php?id=14. Retrieved 2011-09-06. 

External links

• Official website of Martina Gedeck
• Martina Gedeck at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Gedeck, Martina
Alternative names
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	14 September 1961
Place of birth	Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Date of death
Place of death