Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 14, 1974
Place of Birth
West Berlin, West Germany
Credits
108 titles
Laura Tonke
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Komplizinnen - Vernunft ist keine Lösung
Vera
Mrs Winkler Leaves the House
Emi
Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke
Mother Iris
Amrum
Hille Hagener
22 Lengths
Andrea
The Prank
Maria Roosen
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Long Story Short
Ellen
Everything's Fifty Fifty
Marion
Zwischen uns der Fluss
Sexuell verfügbar
Miki Walter
Maret
Yvonne
When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before
Iris
Caveman
Claudia Müller
Jupiter
Barbara
My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca
Sabine
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
Laura
Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück
Astrid
Jenseits der Spree
Daniela Bajetzky
Kein einfacher Mord
Nina Lieberstein
The Island
Merit Ponz
My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo
Sabine Petermann
Totgeschwiegen
Nele
TKKG
Erna Sauerlich
Jupiter
Barbara
So viel Zeit
Steffi
Bist du glücklich?
Sonja
Mission: Love
Laura
The Garden
Eva
Axolotl Overkill
Anika
Too Hard to Handle
Anna
The Valley
Christine Schreibe
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Ms. Schütt
On the Beach
Laura
Hedi Schneider Is Stuck
Hedi Schneider
Neben der Spur
Elisa Ritter
Take What You Can Carry
Laura
Murder by the Lake
Melanie Rademann
Worst Case Scenario
Meike
Mord in den Dünen
Cornelia Braun
Letzte Spur Berlin
Andrea Roth
Leichtmatrosen II
Headshots
Anna
The Drifter
Ann
Bedways
Luise Walther
Madly in Love
Leo
Die Bergretter
Bettina Dieme
Viva Europa!
Lola
Markus Lanz
Self
Stilbruch
Self