About

Known credits:
44
Birthday:
1976-02-06
Place of birth:
Leipzig, Germany
Website:
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Maria Simon

Overview

Maria Simon (born February 6, 1976) is a German actress.

Simon's German father originally hailed from Leipzig and studied mathematics in Leningrad. There he met Simon's Russian-Jewish mother, Olga, who studied electronics and originally hailed from Kazakhstan. The couple married while studying.

Maria Simon is the younger sister of actress Susanna Simon, who was born on 23 July 1968, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Maria was born and brought up in the former East Germany, but moved to New York City in 1990 to live with her father, a computer expert with the United Nations, and her sister Dalena Simon. She also has a sister named Alyssa. Simon has four children, the first from a former relationship with the actor Devid Striesow, and three with her ex-husband, the actor Bernd Michael Lade.

After finishing school she moved back to the newly reunited Germany to study acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin where she received her diploma in 1999.

She won the award for Best Actress for her role in the film Zornige Küsse at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival in 2000. Simon was nominated as the best supporting actress in the 2003 German Film Awards, and was named European Shooting Star (i.e., best newcomer) at the 2004 Berlinale. In the same year she played Polly in Bertolt Brechts Dreigroschenoper at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. Her TV movie Kleine Schwester was nominated for the Adolf Grimme Awards in 2005.

Known for

Acting
2023 Wolfsjagd Actor Sara Jahnke 59
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2023 Everyone is f*cking crazy Actor Jella N/A
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2023 Der Zeuge Actor Reporterin N/A
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2023 Gestern waren wir noch Kinder Actor Anna Klettmann 70
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2021 Zwerg Nase Actor Hanne 58
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2019 Curling für Eisenstadt Actor Petra Glewitz 58
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2019 A Hidden Life Actor Resie 65
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2018 Break-Out to the Unknown Actor Sarah Schneider 58
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2017 Ich gehöre ihm Actor Anna 59
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2017 Im Tunnel Actor Maren Adam 59
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2015 Das Geständnis Actor KGB 58
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2015 Silvia S.: Blinde Wut Actor Silvia Schubert 59
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2014 Der Geruch von Erde Actor Ellen Bischoff 58
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2013 Death on the Baltic Actor Evelyn Kossack 59
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2012 Die Tote im Moorwald Actor Josefine Mehdorn 58
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2012 Herzversagen Actor Ellen Roth N/A
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2011 Engel der Gerechtigkeit Actor Sonja Danner 59
Average
2010 Kongo Actor Oberleutnant Nicole Ziegler 59
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2010 Es war einer von uns Actor Johanna Schröder 59
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2010 Blessed Events Actor Susa 59
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2010 Masserberg Actor Tinka Sanchez 59
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2010 Civil Courage Actor Monika Keller 58
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2009 Romeo und Jutta Actor Dr.Annette Meerkatz 59
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2009 The Countess Actor Helena 58
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2009 Tod in der Eifel Actor Lona Schanz 58
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2007 Fürchte dich nicht Actor Katrin Bischof 59
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2006 Nichts als Gespenster Actor Ellen 59
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2006 Not All Were Murderers Actor Lona Furkert 59
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2006 Die Pathologin - Im Namen der Toten Actor Leo Herzog 59
Average
2004 Carola Stern - Doppelleben Actor Erika Assmus aka Carola Stern N/A
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2003 Luther Actor Hanna 61
Fair
2003 Fast perfekt verlobt Actor Nika Kreschninski N/A
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2003 Spurlos - Ein Baby verschwindet Actor Andrea Bär N/A
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2003 Good Bye, Lenin! Actor Ariane 73
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2003 Distant Lights Actor Sonja 59
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2002 Erste Ehe Actor 58
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2002 Against All Evidence Actor Stefanie N/A
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2001 Jonathan's Liebe Actor Nina Buchwald 58
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2001 Verbotene Küsse Actor Andrea 59
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2001 Passing Summer Actor Johanna 58
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2000 Mord im Swingerclub Actor Susanna Bach 58
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2000 Amerika Actor Mädchen mit Kind N/A
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Tod einer Journalistin Actor Olga Lenski N/A
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Production
2015 Das Geständnis Production Producer 58
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