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Lived together with the actor Ulrich Wildgruber until his suicide in 1999

Studied German and history at the Free University of Berlin.

Member of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2003

Her character in Bella Martha (2001) is played by Catherine Zeta-Jones in the US remake.

Had her first TV appearance on "Sendung mit der Maus, Die" (1971) at the age of 11.

Longtime companion of Markus Imboden.

Ranked #1 in a list of "Gala" magazine searching "the most important German actress of today" ahead of Julia Jentsch and Iris Berben (May 2006).

Although playing the leading female character in Leben der Anderen, Das (2006), director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck didn't invite her to join the team at the The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) ceremony. Although finally being granted a ticket by the Academy shortly before the show, she refused to fly to Los Angeles (February 2007).

Lives in an apartment in Berlin's Dahlem district.

Born to businessman Karl-Heinz Gedeck and his wife Helga, a secretary, she is the eldest of three daughters.

Personal Quotes

"Mein Publikum will doch gar nicht wissen, wieviele Spiegeleier ich mir morgens brate. Ich spreche durch meine Figuren." (My audience doesn't want to know how many eggs I fry in the morning. I speak through my characters.)

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