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Maria Simon
Leipzig, Germany
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-J…
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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. 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.
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2027
Roland
Movie
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2024
Alle Jahre wieder
Movie Kathrin
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2023
Wolfsjagd
Movie Sara Jahnke
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2023
Everyone Is Fucking Crazy
TV show Jella
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2023
Der Zeuge
Movie Reporterin
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2023
Drahá Vivi
TV show Anna Klettmann
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2021
Zwerg Nase
Movie Hanne
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2019
Erzgebirgskrimi
TV show Tanja Rossner
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2019
Curling für Eisenstadt
Movie Petra Glewitz
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2019
A Hidden Life
Movie Resie
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2018
Break-Out to the Unknown
Movie Sarah Schneider
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2017
Über Land
TV show Frieda Mirko
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2017
Loverboy
Movie Anna
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2017
Im Tunnel
Movie Maren Adam
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2015
Das Geständnis
Movie KGB
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2015
Silvia S.: Blinde Wut
Movie Silvia Schubert
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2014
Murder by the Lake
TV show Verena Garchinger
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2014
Der Geruch von Erde
Movie Ellen Bischoff
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2013
Stadt, Rad, Hund
TV show Self
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2013
Death on the Baltic
Movie Evelyn Kossack
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2013
Zärtlichkeiten im Bus
TV show Self
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2012
Die Tote im Moorwald
Movie Josefine Mehdorn
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2012
Herzversagen
Movie Ellen Roth
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2012
Letzte Spur Berlin
TV show Swantje Holthusen
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2011
Engel der Gerechtigkeit
Movie Sonja Danner
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2011
Frühling
TV show Sonja Feichtmayr
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2010
Kongo
Movie Oberleutnant Nicole Ziegler
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2010
Es war einer von uns
Movie Johanna Schröder
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2010
Blessed Events
Movie Susa
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2010
Masserberg
Movie Tinka Sanchez
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2010
Civil Courage
Movie Monika Keller
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2009
Romeo und Jutta
Movie Dr.Annette Meerkatz
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2009
The Countess
Movie Helena
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2009
Death in the Eifel
Movie Lona Schanz
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2008
Der Bergdoktor
TV show Ina Lechner
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2007
Fürchte dich nicht
Movie Katrin Bischof
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2006
Der Kriminalist
TV show Bettina Winkler
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2006
Nichts als Gespenster
Movie Ellen
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2006
Not All Were Murderers
Movie Lona Furkert
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2006
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TV show Rike Kramer
