Johanna Wokalek (born March 3, 1975) is a German stage and film
actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical
recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play
Rose Bernd. Wokalek is best known for her award-winning appearances in
the German films Hierankl, Barfuss, and The Baader Meinhof Complex.
She received the Bambi award for her portrayal of the Red Army Faction
member Gudrun Ensslin in 2008. She played the lead role in the film
Pope Joan in 2009.Wokalek was born in Freiburg, West Germany, daughter
of a professor of dermatology from MediaÅŸ, Romania. She attended the
Friedrich-Gymnasium in Freiburg where she first tried acting in the
school's drama group in 1991.After her final exams in 1994 Wokalek
intended to allow herself up to three applications at drama schools
before choosing a different career. Her first application to study at
the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna was accepted, and she moved to the
Austrian capital in 1995 to begin her four-year study as a student of
Klaus Maria Brandauer. Brandauer, well known for his parts in
Mephisto, Out of Africa and Never Say Never Again, started teaching at
the seminar at the same time.
actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical
recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play
Rose Bernd. Wokalek is best known for her award-winning appearances in
the German films Hierankl, Barfuss, and The Baader Meinhof Complex.
She received the Bambi award for her portrayal of the Red Army Faction
member Gudrun Ensslin in 2008. She played the lead role in the film
Pope Joan in 2009.Wokalek was born in Freiburg, West Germany, daughter
of a professor of dermatology from MediaÅŸ, Romania. She attended the
Friedrich-Gymnasium in Freiburg where she first tried acting in the
school's drama group in 1991.After her final exams in 1994 Wokalek
intended to allow herself up to three applications at drama schools
before choosing a different career. Her first application to study at
the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna was accepted, and she moved to the
Austrian capital in 1995 to begin her four-year study as a student of
Klaus Maria Brandauer. Brandauer, well known for his parts in
Mephisto, Out of Africa and Never Say Never Again, started teaching at
the seminar at the same time.
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