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Barbara Sukowa

1950 - Today

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Barbara Sukowa (German: [ˈbaʁ.ba.ʁa ˈzu.kɔ.va] ; born 2 February 1950) is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for European Film Awards, César Awards, and Grammy Awards. Sukowa is best known for her work with directors Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Margarethe von Trotta. She rose to prominence after starring in the West German miniseries Berlin Alexanderplatz directed by Fassbinder, and the following year went to star in his drama film Lola, for which she received her first German Film Award for Best Actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Sukowa is the 1,244th most popular actor (up from 1,314th in 2019), the 1,770th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,923rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Barbara Sukowa ranks 1,244 out of 13,578Before her are Steven Berkoff, Matt Dillon, Gottfried John, Jean Dujardin, Honor Blackman, and Michael Ironside. After her are Ralph Bellamy, Eva Green, Kathryn Joosten, Yvonne De Carlo, David Hemmings, and Malin Åkerman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Barbara Sukowa ranks 101Before her are Jean-Marc Ayrault, Bob Orton Jr., Eric Maskin, Miou-Miou, Corinne Cléry, and Michael Ironside. After her are Kozo Arai, Steve Hackett, Samantha Fox, Miki Manojlović, Michio Ashikaga, and Seiichi Sakiya.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Barbara Sukowa ranks 1,770 out of 7,253Before her are Robert Hübner (1948), Hermann Paul (1846), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Ludwig Börne (1786), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), and Georg Stumme (1886). After her are Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725), Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572), Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788), Ralph H. Baer (1922), Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337).

Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Barbara Sukowa ranks 31Before her are Maria Riva (1924), Diane Kruger (1976), Anne Wiazemsky (1947), Uta Hagen (1919), Conrad Veidt (1893), and Gottfried John (1942). After her are Otto Sander (1941), William Dieterle (1893), Kurt Gerron (1897), Rachel Félix (1821), Ernst Busch (1900), and Karin Dor (1938).