Martina Gedeck

Martina Gedeck
Martina Gedeck
	Gedeck in 2017
Born	14 September 1961 (age 62); Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Markus Imboden (m. 2005)
Awards	German Film Award; (1997, 2002)
Website	martina-gedeck.com

Martina Gedeck (German: [maʁ.ˈtiː.na ˈɡeː.dɛk] ^ⓘ; born 14 September 1961) is a German actress. She achieved wider international acclaim due to her roles in films such as Mostly Martha (2001), The Lives of Others (2006), and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).^[1] She has won several awards, including 2 Deutscher Filmpreis, in 1997 for Supporting Actress in Life is All You Get, and in 2002 for Actress in Mostly Martha.^[2]

Biography[edit]

Gedeck was born 14 September 1961 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany, and grew up in Bavaria, the oldest of three girls.^[3] In 1971, her family moved to West Berlin, where the 11-year-old Martina debuted as an actress in children's television shows.^[4] There seems to be some uncertainty regarding her year of birth 1961.^[5]

After leaving school in 1981, she enrolled at the Free University of Berlin, majoring in German Literature and History.^[4] From 1982 to 1986, Martina attended acting classes at the Berlin University of the Arts. During that time, she made her stage debut at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt. Gedeck performed regularly at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, and appeared in plays in Basel, Berlin, Frankfurt, and Hamburg.^[4]

In 1994, Gedeck gained the attention of film audiences with her performance in Sönke Wortmann's hit comedy Maybe... Maybe Not (Der bewegte Mann). In 1995, Gedeck received critical praise for her award-winning performance in the television drama Hölleisengretl [de]. In 1997, she boosted her reputation with her performance as Lilo in Wolfgang Becker's Life is All You Get (Das Leben ist eine Baustelle).^[4] In 1997, she received the German Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as a shy waitress in Helmut Dietl's Rossini [de].^[2]^[4] By the end of the 1990s, Gedeck had established herself as "one of the most prolific character actresses in Germany" with ambitious feature films such as Jew-Boy Levi (Viehjud Levi) and television dramas like Dominik Graf's Your Best Years (Deine besten Jahre). She garnered awards and nominations throughout this period of her career.^[4]

Gedeck's international breakthrough came with her performance in Sandra Nettelbeck's Mostly Martha (Bella Martha). In the film, she plays a workaholic chef who is forced to adjust to major changes in her personal and professional life that are beyond her control. The film won the Créteil International Women's Film Festival Grand Prix Award, and the Goya Award for Best European Film in 2002. It also received a German Film Award Nomination for Outstanding Feature Film. For her performance, Gedeck received a European Film Award Nomination for Best Actress (2002), the German Film Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Actress (2002), and the German Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress (2003).^[6]

In 2006, Gedeck appeared in five major films: The Elementary Particles (2006) as Christiane, The Lives of Others (2006) as Christa-Maria Sieland, The Perfect Friend (2006) as Marlène, Summer '04 (2006) as Miriam Franz, and Robert De Niro's The Good Shepherd (2006) as Hanna Schiller, starring opposite Matt Damon and John Turturro.^[4] The Lives of Others won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[1]

In 2008, Gedeck played the role of Ulrike Meinhof in The Baader Meinhof Complex. In 2010, Gedeck, who is affiliated with the Green Party, served as an elector in the Federal Assembly to elect the new President of Germany.^[7] That year, she appeared in Jew Suss: Rise and Fall and Agnosía.

In 2012, she appeared in The Wall and The Door, and in 2013, she appeared in The Nun and Night Train to Lisbon. Gedeck resides in Berlin with her partner, Swiss director Markus Imboden.^[3] In 2013 she was nominated a member of the jury at the 70th Venice International Film Festival.^[8]

Filmography[edit]

Television

Der Fahnder - TV series, 1 episode (1988), as Stephanie
Goldjunge (1988), as Brigitte Katzbach
Die Beute (1988), as Nelly
Schulz & Schulz – TV series, 5 episodes (1989–1993), as Britta
Hausmänner (1991), as Helen
Mutter und Söhne (1992), as Susanne Stoller
Leo und Charlotte (1993), as Sylvie
Krücke [de] (1993), as Bronka
Das Schwein – Eine deutsche Karriere [de] (1995), as Wanda
Hölleisengretl [de] (1995), as Hölleisengretl
Der Schönste Tag im Leben (1996), as Waltraut
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns (1997), as Lea Katz
Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Das wilde Kind (1997), as Lea Katz
Der Neffe (1997), as Isabella
Bella Block – TV series, episode "Tod eines Mädchens" (1997), as Frau Meng
Single Bells [de] (1997), as Kati Treichl
Der Laden [de] (1998, TV miniseries), as Elvira
Die beste Party - Heimatabend 1999 (1999)
Ich habe nein gesagt (1999), as Doris Wengler
Your Best Years (1999), as Vera Kemp
Happy Hour oder Glück und Glas (2000), as Greta Steinwender / Ladiner
O Palmenbaum [de] (2000), as Kati Treichl
Romeo (2001), as Lotte Zimmermann
Private Lies (Scheidung auf amerikanisch) (2001), as Sarah
Jenseits der Liebe (2001), as Helen Dubbs
Die Mutter (2002), as Vera Zardiss
Verlorenes Land (2002), as Maria
Andreas Hofer [de] (2002), as Lebzelter-Mariandl
Geheime Geschichten (2003)
Unsre Mutter ist halt anders (2003), as Paula
Schattenlinie (2003), as Clara Lorenz
Das Blaue Wunder (2004), as Thea Eiselt
Hunger for Life [de] (2004), as Brigitte Reimann
Feuer in der Nacht (2004), as Paola Winkler
Der Stich des Skorpion [de] (2004), as Anne Stein
Giacomo Casanova (2004), as Madame De Roll
Spiele der Macht – 11011 Berlin [de] (2005), as Prof. Sara M. Kardow
Auf ewig und einen Tag [de] (2006), as Paula Schmitt
Verlassen (2007), as Claudia
Sisi (2009), as Erzherzogin Sophie von Habsburg
Tatort (2010)
Halbe Hundert (2012)
Blank [de] (2013), as Judith Furmann
Tannbach (2015) as Hilde Vöckler
Seit du da bist (2016), as Clara
The Verdict [de] (2016), as Staatsanwältin Frau Nelson
Arthurs Gesetz - TV miniseries, 6 episodes (2018), as Martha Ahnepol / Muriel
Herzjagen (2019), as Caroline Binder
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood - TV miniseries, 6 episodes (2020), as Maria Hoflinger

Cinema

Tiger, Lion, Panther (1989), as Nicoletta/Lion
Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989), as Goldi
Der bewegte Mann (1994), as Jutta
Talk of the Town (1995), as Sabine Kirsch
How I've Got Rhythm (short film, 1995), as Susanne
Harald [de] (1997), as Rica Reichmann
Rossini [de] (1997), as Serafina
Life is All You Get (1997), as Lilo
Women Don't Lie (1998), as Hannah
Mrs. Rettich, Czerni and I [de] (1998), as Czerni
Jew-Boy Levi (1999), as Fräulein Neuner
Alles Bob! (1999), as Barbara
The Green Desert (1999), as Doris
Mostly Martha (2001), as Martha Klein
Atomised (2006), as Christiane
The Lives of Others (2006), as Christa-Maria Sieland
The Perfect Friend (2006), as Marlène
Summer '04 (2006), as Miriam Franzj
The Good Shepherd (2006), as Hanna Schiller
Messy Christmas (2007), as Sara
Geliebte Clara (2008), as Clara Schumann
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), as Ulrike Meinhof
Bets and Wedding Dresses (2009), as Josephine Campanella
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010), as Anna Marian
Agnosía (2010), as Prevert
Bastard [de] (2011), as Claudia Meinert
The Wall (2012), as the woman
The Door (2012), as Magda
The Nun (La Religieuse, 2013), as Suzanne's mother
Night Train to Lisbon (2013), as Mariana
Those Happy Years (2013), as Helke
The Limits of Patience [de] (2014), as Corianna Kleist
The Girl King (2015), as Maria Eleonara of Brandenburg
I'm Off Then (2015), as Stella
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016), as Edith Frank
Original Bliss [de] (2016), as Helene Brindel
Wir töten Stella (2017), as Anna
Zwei Herren im Anzug (2018), as Theres
Und wer nimmt den Hund? (2019), as Doris Lehnert
Wunderschön [de] (2020), as Frauke Abeck, Julies Mutter
Dark Satellites (2022)

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Project	Result
1995	Grimme-Preis	Best Cast	Just an affair	Won
1995	Bavarian TV Awards	Best Actress	Hölleisengretl^[9]	Won
1997	German Film Award	Best Supporting Actress	Rossini	Won
1997	Golden Lion	Best Actress	The Nephew	Nominated
1997	TelStar	Best Actress	The Nephew	Won
1998	Golden Lion	Best Supporting Actress	Bella Block^[10]	Won
1998	Grimme-Preis	Best Actress	The Nephew, Bella Block	Won
1999	Bavarian Film Awards	Best Actress	The Green Desert^[11]	Won
2000	Bavarian TV Awards	Best Actress	Best Years^[9]	Won
2001	Baden-Baden TV Film Festival	Best Cast	Romeo	Won
2002	European Film Award	Best Actress	Mostly Martha	Nominated
2002	German Film Award	Best Actress	Mostly Martha	Won
2002	Grimme-Preis	Best Actress	Romeo	Won
2002	Preis der deutschen Filmkritik	Best Actress	Mostly Martha^[12]	Won
2002	Mons International Festival	Best Actress	Mostly Martha	Won
2003	Goldene Kamera	Best Actress	Lost Country, The Mother^[13]	Won
2004	Grimme-Preis	Best Actress	Back to Life	Nominated
2004	Deutscher Fernsehpreis	Best Actress	Hungry for Life^[14]	Won
2006	European Film Award	Best Actress	The Lives of Others	Nominated
2006	German Film Award	Best Actress	The Elementary Particles	Nominated
2006	Premio Bacco, Notte delle Stelle	Best Actress	Mostly Martha^[15]	Won
2006	International Filmfestival Kaluga	Best Actress	Mostly Martha	Won
2006	Diva Award	Hall of Fame	Outstanding Artistic Contribution^[2]^[16]	Won
2007	Berlin Film Festival, Silver Bear	Best Cast	The Good Shepherd	Won
2007	Bavarian Film Awards	Best Actress	Messy Christmas^[11]	Won
2007	Jupiter Award	Best Actress	The Elementary Particles	Won
2007	Nastro d'Argento Europeo	Best Actress	The Lives of Others	Won
2008	BZ Culture Award	Outstanding artistic contribution	—	Won
2013	German Film Award	Best Actress^[17]	Die Wand	Nominated
2015	Goldene Kamera	Best German Actress^[18]	—	Won

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Martina Gedeck". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Awards for Martina Gedeck". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Kevin Maher (1 November 2008). "'Germany's Meryl Streep' Martina Gedeck is the first lady of terror". The Times. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Martina Gedeck". Film Portal. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
^ "Schauspielerin Martina Gedeck – Was dir das Leben schenkt". Cicero Online (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
^ "Awards for Mostly Martha". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^ "German Presidential Elections". LIFE. Retrieved 21 January 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Juries and Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". labiennale. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Preistraeger des Bayerischen Fernsehpreises" (PDF). Bayrische Staatsregierung. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Bella Block: Das Gegenteil von Liebe". ZDF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Bayerische Filmpreisträger" (PDF). Bayrische Staatsregierung. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Preisträger seit 1956". Verband der deutschen Filmkritik. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Die Goldene Kamera 2003, 4 Februar 2003". Die Goldene Kamera. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Preisträger 2004". Der Deutsche Fernsehpreis GmbH. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Preisträger". Notte Delle Stelle. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Die Preisträger der DIVA seit 1991". Diva Award. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ "Martina Gedeck". IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Martina Gedeck". Goldene Kamera (in German). Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

External links[edit]

Official website
Martina Gedeck at IMDb

[imdb-1] "Martina Gedeck". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[imdbawards-2] "Awards for Martina Gedeck". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[times2008-3] Kevin Maher (1 November 2008). "'Germany's Meryl Streep' Martina Gedeck is the first lady of terror". The Times. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

[filmportal-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Martina Gedeck". Film Portal. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.

[5] "Schauspielerin Martina Gedeck – Was dir das Leben schenkt". Cicero Online (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[imdbmarthaawards-6] "Awards for Mostly Martha". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 31 December 2011.

[life-7] "German Presidential Elections". LIFE. Retrieved 21 January 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[8] "Juries and Awards of the 70th Venice Film Festival". labiennale. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

[bta-9] "Preistraeger des Bayerischen Fernsehpreises" (PDF). Bayrische Staatsregierung. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[zdf-10] "Bella Block: Das Gegenteil von Liebe". ZDF. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[bfa-11] "Bayerische Filmpreisträger" (PDF). Bayrische Staatsregierung. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[vdfk-12] "Preisträger seit 1956". Verband der deutschen Filmkritik. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[golden-13] "Die Goldene Kamera 2003, 4 Februar 2003". Die Goldene Kamera. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[df-14] "Preisträger 2004". Der Deutsche Fernsehpreis GmbH. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[notte-15] "Preisträger". Notte Delle Stelle. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[diva-16] "Die Preisträger der DIVA seit 1991". Diva Award. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.

[17] "Martina Gedeck". IMDb. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[18] "Martina Gedeck". Goldene Kamera (in German). Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

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