Nationality German Occupation actress | Name Ursula Werner Role Actress | |
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Awards German Film Award for Best Leading Actress Nominations European Film Award for Best Actress, Bambi - German actress Movies Cloud 9, Winter's Daughter, Stopped on Track, Two Lives, Mission Sputnik Similar People Horst Westphal, Andreas Dresen, Horst Rehberg, Laila Stieler, Cooky Ziesche | ||
Ursula werner explores her family s past in debut novel the good at heart
Ursula Werner is a German actress born September 28, 1943 in Eberswalde, Germany. She grew up in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin. After studying at the Staatlichen Schauspielschule Berlin (Berlin State Drama College), she obtained her first roles in the Halle Opera House, and in the Berlin cabaret "Die Distel". From 1974 to 2009 Werner was a permanent member of the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin. She also makes guest appearances on the Gorki stage. She is particularly remembered for her role of Dr. Unglaube in the 1977 film Ein irrer Duft von frischem Heu (A Terrific Scent of Fresh Hay). From 2001 to 2007 she played a permanent secondary character in the Schloss Einstein series. Following several minor roles in film and on TV, she took the leading role for Andreas Dresen's Wolke 9 where she played the part of a woman in her late sixties who leaves her older husband for an even older man. The film attempts to show that even in advanced years, love and sex simply do not just stop. For this unusual role, Werner received the 2009 German Film Award (Lola) for the best female leading role.
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- Ursula werner explores her family s past in debut novel the good at heart
- Ursula werner
- Awards
- Films
- Television
- References
Werner lives in Berlin. Her next film, Wintervater, where she plays the role of Lene, is in post-production and will be released in 2011.
Ursula werner
Awards
(Goethe Prize of the City-State of Berlin)
(Nominated for the Bambi Award as Best Female Performer-International and Best Actress at the European Film Awards for Cloud 9)
(Prix Tudor for Best Female Performance at the Geneva Cinéma Tout Ecran)
(Coup de Coeur at the Cannes Film Festival)
(Best Actress at the Bavarian Film Festival for Cloud 9)
Begründung der Jury:Die exzellente Schauspielerin Ursula Werner gewährt uns in Andreas Dresens Film Wolke 9 einen ehrlichen Blick auf Liebe und Sexualität im Alter. Ihr mutiges, offenes und glaubhaftes Spiel wirkt in seiner Kompromisslosigkeit auf den Zuschauer befreiend und zeigt, dass Liebe alterslos ist
"In Andreas Dresens' film, Cloud 9, the excellent actress Ursula Werner imparts an honest look at love and sexuality in old age. Her courageous, open, and credible performance is uncompromising and liberating to an audience, showing that love is ageless.")
(Best Actress in a starring role for Cloud 9-German Film Awards 2009)
Films
Her film credits include Wolke Neun (Cloud 9) At the Other End (Am anderen Ende), Willenbrock, Die Polizistin (Policewoman) and Insel der Schwäne (Island of Swans).
Television
Her television credits include Schloss Einstein and Einzug ins Paradies.