Bernadette Heerwagen (born 22 June 1977) is a German actress. She
began acting at the age of 16, and has since co-starred in the 1999
production Der Schandfleck, for which she was awarded the Bayerischer
Fernsehpreis Sonderpreis in 2000. Heerwagen has gone on to star in a
variety of leading and supporting roles in German and Austrian
television, films, dramas and European cinema. In 2004 her leading
performance in Grüße Aus Kaschmir took her to greater prominence
within Germany and France.She has twice won Best Actress award at the
Adolf-Grimme-Preis, in 2005 and 2008, and has won Best Actress at the
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (aka Bavarian TV Awards) in 2000. In 2010 she
starred in Die Kommenden Tage alongside Daniel Brühl and earned the
nomination for Best Leading Actress at the German Film Awards in 2011.
Heerwagen has one brother, Philipp Heerwagen, born in 1983, who is a
professional soccer player for the German football team FC
Ingolstadt.After being cast in a short-film in 1992, Heerwagen was
spotted by Portuguese film director Miguel Alexandre whilst at the
Bavaria Film Studios. Alexandre approached Heerwagen, then aged
sixteen, and asked her to play the lead role in his new film for
German television. Heerwagen accepted and starred in the title role of
her debut film Nana (1995) for ARD and HFF München. After several
roles in television films she then went on to star in the TV film Die
Aubergers (1997) and in its follow up television series. She also
studied acting techniques and drama at Film Breakthrough in Munich.
After landing a supporting role in ARD and Bayerischer Rundfunk's
television film Liebe und weitere Katastrophen (1999) alongside Senta
Berger, Heerwagen was then cast as the co-star in the German
television two-part film Der Schandfleck (1999) which brought her to
much wider notice as an actress in Germany. Heerwagen progressed to
feature in a number of television dramas and series, such as SOKO
5113. In 2000 she won the Special Award for her role in the docu-drama
Wir sind da! Juden in Deutschland 1945 at the Bavarian TV Awards along
with the director and her co-actor.In 2004 Heerwagen was cast in the
central role of Miguel Alexandre's film Grüße aus Kaschmir for ARD
and TV-60 Filmproduktion, for which she won the Best Actress award at
the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2005. Heerwagen went on to feature in
several guest appearances in the long running German detective series
Tatort, and starred as the female protagonist in the English language
British film Joy Division starring alongside Ed Stoppard and Bernard
Hill. She played a supporting role in the German film Ich bin die
Andere and then went on to win the Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Best Actress
for a second time in 2008 for her role in the German television film
An die Grenze.
began acting at the age of 16, and has since co-starred in the 1999
production Der Schandfleck, for which she was awarded the Bayerischer
Fernsehpreis Sonderpreis in 2000. Heerwagen has gone on to star in a
variety of leading and supporting roles in German and Austrian
television, films, dramas and European cinema. In 2004 her leading
performance in Grüße Aus Kaschmir took her to greater prominence
within Germany and France.She has twice won Best Actress award at the
Adolf-Grimme-Preis, in 2005 and 2008, and has won Best Actress at the
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis (aka Bavarian TV Awards) in 2000. In 2010 she
starred in Die Kommenden Tage alongside Daniel Brühl and earned the
nomination for Best Leading Actress at the German Film Awards in 2011.
Heerwagen has one brother, Philipp Heerwagen, born in 1983, who is a
professional soccer player for the German football team FC
Ingolstadt.After being cast in a short-film in 1992, Heerwagen was
spotted by Portuguese film director Miguel Alexandre whilst at the
Bavaria Film Studios. Alexandre approached Heerwagen, then aged
sixteen, and asked her to play the lead role in his new film for
German television. Heerwagen accepted and starred in the title role of
her debut film Nana (1995) for ARD and HFF München. After several
roles in television films she then went on to star in the TV film Die
Aubergers (1997) and in its follow up television series. She also
studied acting techniques and drama at Film Breakthrough in Munich.
After landing a supporting role in ARD and Bayerischer Rundfunk's
television film Liebe und weitere Katastrophen (1999) alongside Senta
Berger, Heerwagen was then cast as the co-star in the German
television two-part film Der Schandfleck (1999) which brought her to
much wider notice as an actress in Germany. Heerwagen progressed to
feature in a number of television dramas and series, such as SOKO
5113. In 2000 she won the Special Award for her role in the docu-drama
Wir sind da! Juden in Deutschland 1945 at the Bavarian TV Awards along
with the director and her co-actor.In 2004 Heerwagen was cast in the
central role of Miguel Alexandre's film Grüße aus Kaschmir for ARD
and TV-60 Filmproduktion, for which she won the Best Actress award at
the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2005. Heerwagen went on to feature in
several guest appearances in the long running German detective series
Tatort, and starred as the female protagonist in the English language
British film Joy Division starring alongside Ed Stoppard and Bernard
Hill. She played a supporting role in the German film Ich bin die
Andere and then went on to win the Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Best Actress
for a second time in 2008 for her role in the German television film
An die Grenze.
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