Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa in February 2010
Born 2 February 1950
Bremen, Germany
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Robert Longo (1994-Present), 1 child
Daniel Olbrychski 1 child
Hans-Michael Rehberg 1 child

Barbara Sukowa (born 2 February 1950) is a German theatre and film actress.

Work

Sukowa's stage debut was in Berlin in 1971, in a production of Peter Handke's Der Ritt über den Bodensee. Günter Beelitz invited her to join the ensemble of the Darmstädter National Theatre in the same year. She also worked in Frankfurt am Main and Hamburg, in collaboration with directors such as Luc Bondy and Her roles included Marion in Büchner's Danton's Death and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Other Shakespeare roles in Europe were Rosalind in As You Like It and Desdemona in Othello. Sukowa also performed in Ibsen's The Master Builder. In English, she has worked in a production of The Cherry Orchard (Princeton, New Jersey, 2000).[1]

In addition to her stage work, Sukowa is associated with the New German Cinema. She portrayed Mieze in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), which earned her the German best young actress award. Her performance of the title role in Fassbinder’s Lola earned her a German Film Awards (Gold) award while her role in Margarethe von Trotta’s Die bleierne Zeit (Marianne and Juliane, 1981) gain her a best actress award at the Venice Film Festival. In 1985 she appeared in the mini-series Space based on James A Michener's novel. She received the best actress award at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival for her work in von Trotta's film Rosa Luxemburg. In 2012, Sukowa starred as the lead in the German-Luxembourgian-French biographical film, 'Hannah Arendt', about the German-Jewish philosopher, Hannah Arendt, directed by Von Trotta, and distributed in the United States by Zeitgeist Films in 2013.

Sukowa has developed a parallel career as a classical music narrator and speaker. She has performed the speaker's role in Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot lunaire, first with the Schoenberg Ensemble under Reinbert de Leeuw. Other performances have been with ensembles in Paris, London,[2][3] Berlin, St. Petersburg, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo, Salzburg, Los Angeles, and New York City.[4] She has performed the Speaker's role in Schönberg's Gurrelieder with the Berlin Philharmonic under Claudio Abbado, and is featured on the recordings with Abbado and the Vienna Philharmonic, and Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia. She narrated Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf both in concert and on record, as well as a recording of Mendelssohn’s music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has performed in Arthur Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera. She performed speaking and singing role in Reinbert de Leeuw's "Im wunderschönen Monat Mai" in 2004. She performed the speaking role in the US premiere of Michael Jarrell's Cassandre in March 2006, and in the New York City premiere that month, with musicians from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra.[5][6]

In 2004 she was a member of the jury at the 26th Moscow International Film Festival.[7] On 19 December 2011, it was announced she would be on the jury for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, scheduled to be held in February 2012.[8] In 2014, she starred as Jones in Syfy's thriller series 12 Monkeys.[9]

In 2010, she released an experimental rock album with the band Barbara Sukowa & the Ex-Patsys entitled Devouring Time.

Personal life

Sukowa was born in Bremen, Germany. She is married to the artist and director Robert Longo, with whom she has performed as a singer.[10] She has three sons, one from her earlier marriage to Hans-Michael Rehberg, one from her relationship with Daniel Olbrychski and one from her marriage to Robert Longo.[11]

Awards

1980 Chaplin Schuh Beste NachwuchsDarstellerin 1981 Best Actress Venice film Festival 1982 Best Actress Bundesfilmpreis /German Federal Government Award

1986 Best Actress Bundesfilmpreis /German Federal Government Award

2008 Best Actress World Film Festival Montreal 2009 Best Actress Bayerischer Filmreis/Bavarian Film Award 2013 Best Actress Bayrischer Filmpreis/bavarian Film Award 2013 Best Actress German Film Academy Award

Music awards Echo Klassic Edison Grammy Nomination

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Alvin Klein, "Casting Keeps Chekhov Relevant: Jane Alexander in 'Cherry Orchard'". New York Times, 9 April 2000.
  2. ↑ Tim Ashley (2006-03-13). "Tim Ashley, "Pierrot Lunaire" (LSO St. Lukes, London). ''The Guardian'', 13 March 2006". Arts.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  3. ↑ Annette Moreau , "Caught up in a Viennese whirl (Uchida In Vienna, LSO St Luke's, London)", The Independent, 13 March 2006
  4. ↑ Tommasini, Anthony (2003-05-06). "Anthony Tommasini, "Two Unkindred Souls Nevertheless in Accord". ''New York Times'', 6 May 2003". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  5. ↑ Sarah Bryan Miller, Review of Cassandre. Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, 1 April 2006.
  6. ↑ Bernard Holland, "Works That Boldly Position Words at the Center of Power" (St. Louis Symphony Performs Choral Works). New York Times, 3 April 2006.
  7. ↑ "26th Moscow International Film Festival (2004)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  8. ↑ "Berlinale 2012: International Jury". berlinale.de. 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  9. ↑ "Watch the Opening 9 Minutes of Syfy’s 12 Monkeys". Debi Moore. 2011-12-19. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  10. ↑ Steve Dollar (2007-11-16). "Sukowa Plays the Role of Singer". New York Sun. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  11. ↑ Manuel Brug (2007-08-10). "Zur Person (Barbara Sukowa)". Die Welt. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
  12. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Rosa Luxemburg". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  13. ↑

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