Martina Gedeck
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Martina Gedeck (born 14 September 1961) is a German actress. She came to international fame as the main character in the German film Mostly Martha and has won numerous awards, including the Deutscher Filmpreis (German film award) in both 1997 and 2002.
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[edit] Career
Gedeck was born in Munich, the eldest of the three daughters of businessman Karl-Heinz Gedeck and secretary Helga Gedeck. She grew up at first in Landshut, and then from 1971 in Berlin. There she attended high school at the Schadow-Oberschule in Berlin's Zehlendorf district, where she completed her Abitur (secondary education) in 1981. Afterwards she briefly studied German and history at the Free University of Berlin. Finally she studied acting at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1982 to 1986. Gedeck currently lives in an apartment in the city's Dahlem district.
She lived with the actor Ulrich Wildgruber until his death in 1999. Since 2005 she has been in a relationship with the Swiss film director Markus Imboden, with whom she has worked on numerous films.
In 2002 Gedeck was honoured at the German Film Awards for the second time - she had won in 1997 for achievements in acting, and now in 2002 for best female lead. In 2007 the German film The Lives of Others ("Das Leben der Anderen"), in which Gedeck played the leading female role, was awarded the Oscar for best international film.
[edit] Filmography
- Die Beute, 1988
- Tiger, Löwe, Panther, 1988
- Liebling, Kreuzberg, 1989 - 1993
- Schulz & Schulz, 1989, with Götz George, Sybille Waury
- Krücke, 1992
- Hölleisengretl, 1994
- Der bewegte Mann, 1994, with Til Schweiger, Katja Riemann
- Stadtgespräch, 1995
- Das Leben ist eine Baustelle, 1996
- Frauen lügen nicht, 1996
- Single Bells, 1997, with Johanna von Koczian, Erwin Steinhauer, and Mona Seefried
- Rossini – oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief, 1997, with Heiner Lauterbach, Veronica Ferres
- Frau Rettich, die Czerni und ich, 1998, with Iris Berben, Dirk Bach
- Ich habe nein gesagt, 1999, with Jörg Schüttauf
- Grüne Wüste, 1999
- Alles Bob, 1999, with Wolfgang Böck, Gregor Törzs
- O Palmenbaum', 2000
- Mostly Martha (Bella Martha), 2001
- Andreas Hofer 1809 - Die Freiheit des Adlers, 2002
- Der Stich des Skorpion, 2003, with Jörg Schüttauf, Matthias Brandt
- Das Blaue Wunder, 2003, with Wolfgang Stumph and Michael Gwisdek
- Ins Leben zurück, 2003
- Hunger auf Leben, 2004
- Casanova, 2004
- Spiele der Macht - 11011 Berlin, 2004
- Elementarteilchen, 2005
- Für ewig und immer und einen Tag, 2005
- Within the Whirlwind, 2005
- L’ami parfait, 2005
- The Good Shepherd, 2006
- Das Leben der Anderen, by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006
[edit] Awards
- 1995 - Blue Panther award at the Bavarian Television Awards for Hölleisengretl.
- 1997 - Bundesfilmpreis for acting achievements in Rossini and Das Leben ist eine Baustelle.
- 1997 - Telestar award for best female actor in a television program for Der Neffe and Kriminalpsychologin.
- 1998 - Adolf Grimme Award for Rossini and Bella Block: Tod eines Mädchens.
- 2000 - Bavarian Television Award for her role in Deine besten Jahre.
- 2002 - Deutscher Filmpreis award for best actress for Bella Martha.
- 2003 - Verleihung der Goldenen Kamera award for best German actress.
- 2004 - German Television Award for best actress for Hunger auf Leben.
- 2006 - DIVA Award in the category German Award (Hall of Fame).
- 2007 - Academy Award for best foreign-language film.
