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name: "Karoline Herfurth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karoline-herfurth"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 May 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T07:23:26.082695+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Karoline Herfurth

Actor. Born 22 May 1984 in Berlin, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 May 1984, Berlin, Germany
- **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoline_Herfurth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61099, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378932/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17067

## Coming up

- *The Perfect Holiday* (2026-10-22), as Carlotta
- *The Unicorn That Said No* (2027-01-01), as KönigsDOCHter
- *Die hellen Tage* (2027-02-25), as Ellen
- *Herkunft* (2027-03-04)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Reader*](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md) (56)

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## Biography

Karoline Herfurth is a German actress and filmmaker. She was born on 22 May 1984 in East Berlin and trained at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin.

Herfurth made her screen debut in 2000 and appeared in early German films including *Mädchen, Mädchen* (2001). She gained international recognition for her role as the Plum Girl in *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006) and as Marthe in *The Reader* (2008). Other notable performances include Lisi Schnabelstedt in the *Suck Me Shakespeer* films (2013–2015) and Lena in *We Are the Night* (2010).

She received the Bavarian Film Award for best young actress in 2009 for her role in *A Year Ago in Winter*. Herfurth made her directorial debut with *SMS für Dich* (2016) and has since directed and starred in several further features.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Reader* (2008), Fi1m 56, as Marthe — [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Herkunft* (2027), Actor
- *Die hellen Tage* (2027), as Ellen
- *The Unicorn That Said No* (2027), as KönigsDOCHter
- *The Perfect Holiday* (2026), as Carlotta
- *Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke* (2026), as Teacher Gisela
- *Beautiful!* (2025), Original Film Writer
- *More Beautiful* (2025), as Sonja · Director, Writer
- *A Million Minutes* (2024), as Vera Küper
- *Love Again* (2023), Original Film Writer
- *Just Something Nice* (2022), as Karla · Director, Writer
- *Wonderfully Beautiful* (2022), as Sonja · Director, Writer
- *The Perfect Secret* (2019), as Carlotta
- *Sweethearts* (2019), as Franziska Kinnert · Director, Writer
- *Beat* (2018), series, as Emilia
- *The Little Witch* (2018), as The little witch
- *You Are Wanted* (2017), series, as Lena Arandt
- *Text for You* (2016), as Clara · Director, Writer
- *The Pasta Detectives 3* (2016), as Tanja Doretti
- *Suck Me Shakespeer 2* (2015), as Lisi Schnabelstedt
- *The Pasta Detectives 2* (2015), as Tanja Doretti
- *Ghosthunters: On Icy Trails* (2015), as Frau Hoffmann
- *Dreamgirls* (2015), as Hannah Reimann
- *The Pasta Detectives* (2014), as Tanja Doretti
- *Suck Me Shakespeer* (2013), as Lisi Schnabelstedt
- *Passion* (2013), as Dani Wirth
- *Festung* (2012), as Claudia
- *Mittelkleiner Mensch* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Errors of the Human Body* (2012), as Rebekkah
- *Zettl* (2012), as Verena
- *Promising the Moon* (2011), as Young Marga Baumanis
- *We Are the Night* (2010), as Lena Bach
- *Life Is Too Long* (2010), Actor
- *Vincent Wants to Sea* (2010), as Marie
- *Die Gänsemagd* (2009), as Prinzessin Elisabeth
- *Berlin '36* (2009), as Gretel Bergmann
- *The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos* (2008), as Narrator (German version) (voice)
- *The Reader* (2008), as Marthe — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)
- *A Year Ago in Winter* (2008), as Lili Richter
- *Das Wunder von Berlin* (2008), as Anja Ahrendt
- *Pornorama* (2007), as Luzi
- *Peer Gynt* (2006), as Solvejg
- *Die Kinder der Flucht* (2006), series, as Ursula Waage
- *Perfume: The Story of a Murderer* (2006), as The Plum Girl
- *Deutschmänner* (2006), as Bianca
- *Offside* (2005), as Hayat
- *Royal News* (2004), as Prinzessin Sophia
- *Anemonenherz* (2004), as Olga
- *Girls on Top 2* (2004), as Lena
- *My Name Is Bach* (2004), as Prinzessin Amalie
- *Big Girls Don't Cry* (2002), as Steffi
- *Girls on Top* (2001), as Lena
- *Kiss Me, Frog* (2000), as Mary
- *Crazy* (2000), as Anna
- *Das perfekte Weihnachten*, as Carlotta
- *Chantal im Märchenland 2*, Actor
- *Am Wunderschönsten*, as Sonja · Director, Writer
- *Wölfe*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Karoline Herfurth](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-14832da50e70.jpg) Karoline Herfurth — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Karoline_Herfurth-68597.jpg/1280px-Karoline_Herfurth-68597.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Karoline Herfurth at the 74nd Berlin International Film Festival (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-3d4c85092ab6.jpg) Actress Karoline Herfurth at the 74nd Berlin International Film Festival (2024) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Karoline_Herfurth-68605.jpg/1280px-Karoline_Herfurth-68605.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Karoline Herfurth at the 74nd Berlin International Film Festival (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-40162e90aed7.jpg) Actress Karoline Herfurth at the 74nd Berlin International Film Festival (2024) — Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Karoline_Herfurth-68605_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Karoline_Herfurth-68605_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![German actress Karoline Herfurth, Opening of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-17575e188a86.jpg) German actress Karoline Herfurth, Opening of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. (2012) — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Karoline_Herfurth_%28Berlinale_2012%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Karoline Herfurth](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-a92fc5ec58d7.jpg) Karoline Herfurth — Image via TMDB
- ![Karoline Herfurth](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-d1c3a31727b8.jpg) Karoline Herfurth — Image via TMDB
- ![Karoline Herfurth](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-8895eae5e574.jpg) Karoline Herfurth — Image via TMDB
- ![German actress Karoline Herfurth, Opening of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-cedb1b7100e6.jpg) German actress Karoline Herfurth, Opening of the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. (2012) — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Karoline_Herfurth_%28Berlinale_2012%29_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Karoline Herfurth, German actress, Berlinale 2012, ARD Degeto Blue Hour Party](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-9daf0488447d.jpg) Karoline Herfurth, German actress, Berlinale 2012, ARD Degeto Blue Hour Party — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Karoline_Herfurth_%28Berlinale_2012%29_4.jpg/1280px-Karoline_Herfurth_%28Berlinale_2012%29_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Karoline Herfurth](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-e7adc0ddfd02.jpg) Karoline Herfurth — Image via TMDB
- ![Karoline Herfurth](https://film.one/media/person/1249776/gallery-c7e7426da0b1.jpg) Karoline Herfurth — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won

- 2009: Berliner Bär (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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