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Laura Tonke
West Berlin, West Germany
Laura Maori Tonke (born April 14, 1974, in West Berlin) is a German actress. Laura Tonke is the daughter of film set decorator Michael Tonke. She studied theater studies in Berli…
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Laura Maori Tonke (born April 14, 1974, in West Berlin) is a German actress. Laura Tonke is the daughter of film set decorator Michael Tonke. She studied theater studies in Berlin until 1996. At the age of 17, she made her on-screen debut in Michael Klier's feature film *Ostkreuz*. Numerous roles in feature films and television movies followed. Additionally, she is booked as a model for lifestyle and fashion magazines. Since the spring of 2007, she has performed on stage in productions by the theater collective Gob Squad at Berlin's Volksbühne (and the Volksbühne im Prater), as well as at other theaters. In 2000, Tonke was awarded the Lilli Palmer Memorial Camera for Best Young Actress. In 2003, she was nominated for the German Film Award for her portrayal of Gudrun Ensslin in Christopher Roth's feature film *Baader*. In the tragicomedy *Hedi Schneider steckt fest* (Hedi Schneider Is Stuck) by Sonja Heiss—which premiered at the 2015 Berlinale—she plays the title character, a woman plagued by sudden anxiety attacks. Her performance garnered enthusiastic reviews; *Der Spiegel*, for instance, wrote: "She inhabits the role of Hedi Schneider [...] so convincingly and perfectly—as if it had been written specifically for her." At the 2016 German Film Awards ceremony, Tonke received a double honor. She won in both the Best Actress category for her role in *Hedi Schneider steckt fest* and the Best Supporting Actress category for the film *Mängelexemplar* (2016). Laura Tonke lives in Berlin and has a son.
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2027
Windstärke 17
Movie Andrea
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2027
Komplizinnen - Vernunft ist keine Lösung
Movie Vera
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2026
How Can I Help
Movie Emi
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2026
Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke
Movie Mother Iris
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2025
Amrum
Movie Hille
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2025
22 Lengths
Movie Andrea
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2025
The Prank
Movie Maria Roosen
- 2025
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2025
Long Story Short
Movie Ellen
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2024
Everything's Fifty Fifty
Movie Marion
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2024
Zwischen uns der Fluss
Movie
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2024
Sexuell verfügbar
TV show Miki Walter
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2023
Maret
Movie Yvonne
- 2023
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2023
Caveman
Movie Claudia Müller
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2023
Jupiter
Movie Barbara
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2022
My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca
Movie Sabine
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2022
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Movie Laura
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2021
Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück
TV show Astrid
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2021
Jenseits der Spree
TV show Daniela Bajetzky
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2020
Kein einfacher Mord
Movie Nina Lieberstein
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2020
The Island
TV show Merit Ponz
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2019
My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo
Movie Sabine Petermann
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2019
Totgeschwiegen
Movie Nele
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2019
TKKG
Movie Erna Sauerlich
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2019
Jupiter
Movie Barbara
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2018
So viel Zeit
Movie Steffi
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2018
Bist du glücklich?
Movie Sonja
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2018
Mission: Love
Movie Laura
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2017
The Garden
Movie Eva
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2017
Axolotl Overkill
Movie Anika
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2016
Too Hard to Handle
Movie Anna
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2015
The Valley
TV show Christine Schreibe
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2015
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Movie Ms. Schütt
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2015
On the Beach
Movie Laura
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2015
Hedi Schneider Is Stuck
Movie Hedi Schneider
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2015
Neben der Spur
TV show Elisa Ritter
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2015
Take What You Can Carry
Movie Laura
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2014
Murder by the Lake
TV show Melanie Rademann
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2014
Worst Case Scenario
Movie Meike
