Natja Brunckhorst (born 26 September 1966) is a German actress,
screenwriter, and director. Brunckhorst was 13 years old when she was
selected by director Uli Edel for the leading role as Christiane F. in
the critically acclaimed 1981 dramatisation of the biographical work
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane Vera
Felscherinow, written following the tape recordings of the experiences
of teenage girl Christiane F. The film immediately acquired cult
status (which it still retains today) and features David Bowie as both
himself and the soundtrack composer, which gave the film a commercial
boost. A year later Brunckhorst appeared in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's
Querelle (1982). After the unexpected success of Christiane F. - Wir
Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, in order to avoid public attention she
retreated from public life and went to school in England. After a
short time in Paris she returned to Germany in 1987 to study at the
Schauspielschule Bochum. Since then she has acted on film and
television, for example in The Princess and the Warrior, as well as
the German TV series Dr. Sommerfeld â€" Neues vom
Bülowbogen.Following a recovery from cancer which caused a break in
her acting career, in 1998, Brunckhorst began working as a
scriptwriter, first for the television series Einsatz Hamburg Süd.
Her biographical film Wie Feuer und Flamme was awarded the Lola for
the best script in 2001. In the same year her first work as a director
was published, La Mer, a playful-romantic short film. In addition, she
still appears in movies, such as her part in 2000 alongside Franka
Potente and Benno Fürmann in the movie The Princess and the Warrior.
In Totem, the only German contribution to the Venice Film Festival in
2011, she embodied a woman in desperation for the speechlessness of
her family.Brunckhorst has one daughter: Emma (born 1991), from a
relationship with German actor Dominic Raacke that lasted from 1988 to
1993. She currently lives in Munich.
screenwriter, and director. Brunckhorst was 13 years old when she was
selected by director Uli Edel for the leading role as Christiane F. in
the critically acclaimed 1981 dramatisation of the biographical work
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane Vera
Felscherinow, written following the tape recordings of the experiences
of teenage girl Christiane F. The film immediately acquired cult
status (which it still retains today) and features David Bowie as both
himself and the soundtrack composer, which gave the film a commercial
boost. A year later Brunckhorst appeared in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's
Querelle (1982). After the unexpected success of Christiane F. - Wir
Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, in order to avoid public attention she
retreated from public life and went to school in England. After a
short time in Paris she returned to Germany in 1987 to study at the
Schauspielschule Bochum. Since then she has acted on film and
television, for example in The Princess and the Warrior, as well as
the German TV series Dr. Sommerfeld â€" Neues vom
Bülowbogen.Following a recovery from cancer which caused a break in
her acting career, in 1998, Brunckhorst began working as a
scriptwriter, first for the television series Einsatz Hamburg Süd.
Her biographical film Wie Feuer und Flamme was awarded the Lola for
the best script in 2001. In the same year her first work as a director
was published, La Mer, a playful-romantic short film. In addition, she
still appears in movies, such as her part in 2000 alongside Franka
Potente and Benno Fürmann in the movie The Princess and the Warrior.
In Totem, the only German contribution to the Venice Film Festival in
2011, she embodied a woman in desperation for the speechlessness of
her family.Brunckhorst has one daughter: Emma (born 1991), from a
relationship with German actor Dominic Raacke that lasted from 1988 to
1993. She currently lives in Munich.
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