Karoline Eichhorn (born 9 November 1965) is a German stage, film, television, and voice actress.

Life and career

Eichhorn went to a

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in Stuttgart, graduated in 1986, and then attended the

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until 1989. From 1989 until 1995, she held engagements at

Schaubühne The (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designed by Erich Mendelsohn in 192 ...

and

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theaters. Starting in 2017, Eichhorn starred as Charlotte Doppler in the ensemble cast of the acclaimed

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production ''

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''. She became known to movie audiences in 1995 in the films ' and '. In the latter, she plays a journalist who as part of her research, spies on a shady crime writer played by

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. Eichhorn mainly works in theater, such as the Thalia Theater in Hamburg and the

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in Vienna, but she consistently appears in television and film productions. Eichhorn is married to Danish writer Arne Nielsen and lives with him and their daughter, Jule, in Hamburg. In 2012, she was a member of the international jury of the 61st

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Selected filmography

Film

Television

Awards

* Silberner Löwe – best new actress for ''Der Sandmann'' (1996) * Bavarian TV Awards for ''Gegen Ende der Nacht'' (1998) * Adolf-Grimme-Preis for ''Gegen Ende der Nacht'' (together with Oliver Storz, Stefan Kurt, and

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– 1999) *

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– best actress for '' A Map of the Heart'' (2001)

References

External links

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Karoline Eichhorn at Schlag talent agency
1965 births Living people German film actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses Actresses from Stuttgart {{Voice-actor-stub