Emerging from Bremen and honed at Vienna’s Max Reinhardt Seminar, she entered the Berlin stage in 1971 before joining the Darmstädter National Theatre ensemble. Her breakthrough arrived with Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz and the subsequent film Lola, both earning her German Film Awards for Best Actress, while Margarethe von Trotta’s Marianne and Juliane added a Venice…
