Karoline Herfurth

Karoline Herfurth (German: [ka.ʁo.ˈliː.nə ˈhɛʁ.fʊʁt] (listen); born 22 May 1984) is a German actress.

Karoline Herfurth
Herfurth at Bayerischer Filmpreis 2012
Born (1984-05-22) 22 May 1984
East Berlin, East Germany
OccupationActress
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Life and career

Herfurth was born in East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of a psychologist mother and a geriatric nurse practitioner father. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. She grew up in Berlin with a brother and five half-brothers and -sisters.[1] She went to a Waldorf school in Berlin and graduated from Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.[2]

Herfurth had her first role in a TV series at age ten, and her first part in a movie in 2000, when she was fifteen. She has held several parts as a teenager in German movies such as Mädchen, Mädchen (2001) and Big Girls Don't Cry (2002) and leading parts both in TV productions and independent German films. For her part as Lilli Richter in Caroline Links film Im Winter ein Jahr, she received the Bavarian Film Award for best young actress in 2009.[3]

Herfurth gave her international debut in 2006 in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. In this adaptation of Patrick Suskind's best-selling novel Das Parfum, she played the "Plum Girl", the first victim of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. In 2008, she co-starred with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in the Academy Award Best Picture-nominee The Reader.[4]

She directed her first feature-length film SMS für Dich in 2016.

Personal life

Herfurth has spoken out opposing the right-wing Pegida.[5]

Filmography
Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2000Küss mich, FroschMary
2000CrazyAnna
2001Mädchen, MädchenLenatitled Girls on Top in USA
2002Big Girls Don't CrySteffi
2003Mein Name ist BachPrinzessin Amalie
2004Anemonenherz(short)
2004Mädchen, Mädchen 2 - Loft oder LiebeLenatitled Girls on Top 2 in USA
2005OffsideHayat
2006Perfume: The Story of a MurdererThe Plum Girl
2007Peer GyntSolvejgTV
2007PornoramaLuzi
2008A Year Ago in WinterLilli Richter
2008The ReaderMarthe
2009Berlin 36Gretel Bergmann
2010Vincent Wants to SeaMarie
2010We Are the NightLena [6]
2010So wie wir hier zusammen sindHilde(short)
2011Das Blaue vom HimmelYoung Marga Baumanis
2011FestungClaudia
2012ZettlVerena
2012Errors of the Human BodyRebekka
2013PassionDani
2013Fack ju GöhteLisi Schnabelstedt
2015TraumfrauenHannah Reimann
2015Fack ju Göhte 2Lisi Schnabelstedt
2015Ghosthunters on Icy TrailsHopkins
2016Rico, Oskar und der DiebstahlsteinRico's mother Tanja Doretti
2016SMS für DichClaraAlso director
2017You Are Wanted (TV series)Lena Arandt
2018The Little WitchThe Little Witch
2018Beat (TV series)Emilia
2019SweetheartsFranny
2019Das perfekte GeheimnisCarlotta Keschwari

References
  1. Christine Koischwitz (October 2007). "Karoline Herfurth: Hoch!". Park Avenue.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  2. Nina Anika Klotz. "Karoline Herfurth, Biografie". Gala (in German). Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. "Gala in München: Bayerischer Filmpreis geht an "Baader Meinhof Komplex"". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 16 January 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  4. Karoline Herfurth at Hollywood.com
  5. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30694406
  6. 'Inside' Team Unloads Full Trailer for 'We Are the Night'!!
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