Natja Brunckhorst

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Natja Brunckhorst, around 2009

Natja Brunckhorst (born September 26, 1966 in Berlin ) is a German actress , screenwriter and producer . She became known in 1981 in the role of Christiane F. in the film Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo .

life and career

Natja Brunckhorst is the daughter of the blues musician Hans Brunckhorst (1940-2015). She was 13 years old when she was hired by director Uli Edel to play the leading role in the film Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (shooting from August to November 1980). Her acting was praised by critics and audiences alike.

This early success led to a media hype about her person after the premiere of the film on April 3, 1981, which caught the young actress at the time completely unprepared. As a teenager, Natja Brunckhorst then moved to Great Britain. She then lived in Paris for a year . In 1987 Natja Brunckhorst returned to Germany, where she studied acting at the drama school in Bochum until 1991 . At that time she played in other films such as Babylon - In Bed with the Devil or Tiger, Lion, Panther . In 1993/94 she took a break from work because she fell ill with cancer .

In 1998 Natja Brunckhorst began working as a screenwriter, initially for the television series Einsatz Hamburg Süd . Her biographical film Wie Feuer und Flamme received Lola for best screenplay in 2001 . In the same year her first directorial work was released, La Mer , a playful romantic short film . In addition, she still appears in films, for example in 2000 alongside Franka Potente and Benno Fürmann in the movie Der Krieger und die Kaiserin . In Totem , the only German contribution to the Venice Film Festival in 2011, she embodied a woman who despaired of the speechlessness of her family.

On November 18, 2012 ARD ran the Tatort episode Things That Still Have to Do , which was filmed based on an idea she had. On September 21, 2017, the film Amelie rennt , which she wrote , was released in cinemas.

Natja Brunckhorst was one of the founding members of the German Film Academy in 2003 .

Private life

Brunckhorst has a daughter who came from a relationship with actor Dominic Raacke that lasted from 1989 to 1993 .

Awards

Filmography

Web links

Commons : Natja Brunckhorst  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Festival selects 'Amelie rennt' as the best children's film. dpa article on stern.de , June 17, 2017, archived from the original on June 17, 2017 ; accessed on April 28, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Brunckhorst, Natja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Germany