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Maria Simon
Actor

Maria Simon

6 Feb 1976Born
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Leipzig, GermanyBirthplace

Biography

Maria Simon (born February 6, 1976) is a German actress.

Simon's German father originally hailed from Leipzig and studied mathematics in Leningrad. There he met Simon's Russian-Jewish mother, Olga, who studied electronics and originally hailed from Kazakhstan. The couple married while studying.

Maria Simon is the younger sister of actress Susanna Simon, who was born on 23 July 1968, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Maria was born and brought up in the former East Germany, but moved to New York City in 1990 to live with her father, a computer expert with the United Nations, and her sister Dalena Simon. She also has a sister named Alyssa.

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Simon has four children, the first from a former relationship with the actor Devid Striesow, and three with her ex-husband, the actor Bernd Michael Lade.

After finishing school she moved back to the newly reunited Germany to study acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin where she received her diploma in 1999.

She won the award for Best Actress for her role in the film Zornige Küsse at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival in 2000. Simon was nominated as the best supporting actress in the 2003 German Film Awards, and was named European Shooting Star (i.e., best newcomer) at the 2004 Berlinale. In the same year she played Polly in Bertolt Brechts Dreigroschenoper at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. Her TV movie Kleine Schwester was nominated for the Adolf Grimme Awards in 2005.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAMädchen in UniformFilm
  2. 2027RolandFilm
  3. 2024Alle Jahre wiederFilm: Kathrin
  4. 2023WolfsjagdFilm: Sara Jahnke
  5. 2023Everyone Is Fucking CrazySeries: Jella (8 episodes)
  6. 2023Der ZeugeFilm: Reporterin
  7. 2023Drahá ViviSeries: Anna Klettmann (7 episodes)
  8. 2021Zwerg NaseFilm: Hanne
  9. 2019ErzgebirgskrimiSeries: Tanja Rossner (1 episode)
  10. 2019Curling für EisenstadtFilm: Petra Glewitz
  11. 2019A Hidden LifeFilm: Resie
  12. 2018Break-Out to the UnknownFilm: Sarah Schneider
  13. 2017Über LandSeries: Frieda Mirko (4 episodes)
  14. 2017LoverboyFilm: Anna
  15. 2017Im TunnelFilm: Maren Adam
  16. 2015Das GeständnisFilm: KGB
  17. 2015Silvia S.: Blinde WutFilm: Silvia Schubert
  18. 2014Murder by the LakeSeries: Verena Garchinger (1 episode)
  19. 2014Der Geruch von ErdeFilm: Ellen Bischoff
  20. 2013Death on the BalticFilm: Evelyn Kossack
  21. 2012Die Tote im MoorwaldFilm: Josefine Mehdorn
  22. 2012HerzversagenFilm: Ellen Roth
  23. 2012Letzte Spur BerlinSeries: Swantje Holthusen (1 episode)
  24. 2011Engel der GerechtigkeitFilm: Sonja Danner
  25. 2011FrühlingSeries: Sonja Feichtmayr (1 episode)
  26. 2010KongoFilm: Oberleutnant Nicole Ziegler
  27. 2010Es war einer von unsFilm: Johanna Schröder
  28. 2010Blessed EventsFilm: Susa
  29. 2010MasserbergFilm: Tinka Sanchez
  30. 2010Civil CourageFilm: Monika Keller
  31. 2009Romeo und JuttaFilm: Dr.Annette Meerkatz
  32. 2009The CountessFilm: Helena
  33. 2009Death in the EifelFilm: Lona Schanz
  34. 2008Der BergdoktorSeries: Ina Lechner (1 episode)
  35. 2007Fürchte dich nichtFilm: Katrin Bischof
  36. 2006Der KriminalistSeries: Bettina Winkler (1 episode)
  37. 2006Nichts als GespensterFilm: Ellen
  38. 2006Not All Were MurderersFilm: Lona Furkert
  39. 2006Unter anderen UmständenSeries: Rike Kramer (1 episode)
  40. 2006Die Pathologin - Im Namen der TotenFilm: Leo Herzog
  41. 2004Carola Stern - DoppellebenFilm: Erika Assmus aka Carola Stern
  42. 2003LutherFilm: Hanna
  43. 2003K3 – Kripo HamburgSeries: Kathrin Leutgeb (1 episode)
  44. 2003Fast perfekt verlobtFilm: Nika Kreschninski
  45. 2003Spurlos - Ein Baby verschwindetFilm: Andrea Bär
  46. 2003Good Bye, Lenin!Film: Ariane
  47. 2003Distant LightsFilm: Sonja
  48. 2002Erste EheFilm
  49. 2002Against All EvidenceFilm: Stefanie
  50. 2001Jonathan's LiebeFilm: Nina Buchwald
  51. 2001Verbotene KüsseFilm: Andrea
  52. 2001Passing SummerFilm: Johanna
  53. 2000Mord im SwingerclubFilm: Susanna Bach
  54. 2000Einsatz in HamburgSeries: Tanja Schulz (1 episode)
  55. 2000AmerikaFilm: Mädchen mit Kind
  56. 1998HeliCops - Einsatz über BerlinSeries: Biene Virchow (1 episode)
  57. 1997Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom BülowbogenSeries: Dorkas Schlüter (1 episode)
  58. 1996Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceSeries: Laura Friedrich (1 episode)
  59. 1995Für alle Fälle StefanieSeries: Helena Klamerski (1 episode)
  60. 1995BalkoSeries: Marischka Frankovka (1 episode)
  61. 1994Im Namen des GesetzesSeries: Lydia Stein (1 episode)
  62. 1994Ein starkes TeamSeries: Stefanie Lentz (1 episode)
  63. 1978SOKO MünchenSeries: Tamara Lanz (1 episode)
  64. 1977The Old FoxSeries: Anke Flemming, Katrin Schwab, Anna Sophie Belitz (1 episode)
  65. 1971Polizeiruf 110Series: KHK Olga Lenski, Kriminalhauptkommissarin Olga Lenski, Kriminalkommissarin Olga Lenski (1 episode)
  66. 1970Scene of the CrimeSeries: Sylvia Keller, Lisa Mattern, Sabine Gerber, Hannah Siems (1 episode)

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