--- name: "Martina Gedeck" canonical: "https://film.one/person/martina-gedeck" fi1m_id: "martina-gedeck" imdb_id: "nm0311476" tmdb_id: 678 wikidata_id: "Q65111" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 September 1961" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 71 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-09T19:25:11.367654+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." --- # Martina Gedeck ## Identity Martina Gedeck - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martina-gedeck - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** martina-gedeck - **IMDb ID:** nm0311476 - **TMDB ID:** 678 - **Wikidata ID:** Q65111 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Gedeck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/678 Actor. Born 14 September 1961 in Munich, Germany. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 September 1961, Munich, Germany - **Active:** 2006–2008 - **Also known as:** Martina Friederike Gedeck - **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 64 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 2 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 3, History 2, Action 1, Crime 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $205m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_Gedeck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/678 ## Coming up - *Woodwalkers 3* (2028-01-27), as Lissa Clearwater ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Lives of Others*](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-others.md) (84), [*The Baader Meinhof Complex*](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Martina Gedeck > Martina Gedeck makes capable women feel vulnerable without asking us to find them endearing. We rate her ability to make us uncomfortable, especially when a film such as *The Lives of Others* is working hard to reassure us. In *The Lives of Others* (2006), Martina Gedeck makes Christa-Maria Sieland’s vulnerability uncomfortable to watch. We felt uneasy because she gave us so little encouragement to turn that vulnerability into easy sympathy. She lets us care about someone under pressure without making the process pleasant. We rate that restraint, particularly in a film which occasionally tries too hard to settle our feelings for us. Gedeck makes Sieland feel like someone we cannot entirely understand simply by recognising her distress. Her international breakthrough came with *Mostly Martha* (2001), playing the chef Martha Klein after establishing herself in German cinema during the 1990s. The capable professional who is also vulnerable proved a good fit for her precise, unmannered acting. *The Lives of Others* and *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), in which she played Ulrike Meinhof, brought wider recognition. The solo Alpine drama *The Wall* (2012) followed. These are substantial parts, but their seriousness should not obscure her work in comedy. In *The Lives of Others*, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck benefits from the difference between Gedeck and Sebastian Koch, who plays the playwright Dreyman. Koch gives him an ease that keeps him from becoming merely an emblem of resistance. Gedeck is less reassuring, and together they make the relationship feel worth attending to before we consider what surveillance can do to it. Donnersmarck sometimes undermines that work by making decency too easy to locate. We are left with too little uncertainty about people whom the actors have worked to make complicated. There is a risk of treating an intelligent woman in distress as Gedeck’s default part. Her work across comedy, drama and thrillers ought to discourage that habit. We would welcome more parts that ask for her humour as well as her ability to make pressure felt. For a first encounter, choose *The Lives of Others*, provided a reassuring performance is not what the evening calls for. ## Biography Martina Gedeck is a German actress. She was born in Munich and moved to Berlin as a child. After studying German literature and history at the Free University of Berlin, she trained in acting at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1982 to 1986. She began her career in theatre, appearing at venues including the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt. Her film work includes the lead role of Martha Klein in *Mostly Martha* (2001), Christa-Maria Sieland in *The Lives of Others* (2006), and Ulrike Meinhof in *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008). Gedeck has received multiple German Film Awards, including for Best Actress in *Mostly Martha* and Best Supporting Actress in *Life is All You Get* (1997). She is married to Swiss director Markus Imboden and lives in Berlin. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, martina-gedeck.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), Fi1m 65, as Ulrike Meinhof — [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) - *The Good Shepherd* (2006), Fi1m 64, as Hanna Schiller — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md) - *The Lives of Others* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Christa-Maria Sieland — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-others.md) ## Complete filmography (141) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Woodwalkers 3* (2028), as Lissa Clearwater - *Visitation* (2026), Actor - *Allegro Pastell* (2026), as Ulla Arnheim - *Woodwalkers 2* (2026), as Lissa Clearwater - *Letzter Stollen - Der sechste Altaussee-Krimi* (2025), as Dr. Beate Braun - *Oktoberfest 1905* (2025), series, as Maria Hoflinger - *Woodwalkers* (2024), as Lissa Clearwater - *Helgoland 513* (2024), series, as Beatrice Westphal - *Die Verteidigerin - Der Gesang des Raben* (2023), as Anna Notrup - *Dark Satellites* (2022), as Christa - *Endlich Witwer - Forever Young* (2022), as Petra Schultheiss - *Wonderfully Beautiful* (2022), as Frauke Abeck - *Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood* (2020), series, as Maria Hoflinger - *Violetter Schnee - Staatsoper Berlin* (2020), as Tanja - *Und wer nimmt den Hund?* (2019), as Doris Lehnert - *Heart Hunting* (2019), as Caroline Binder - *Augsburger Puppenkiste - Geister der Weihnacht* (2018), as Ghost #1 (voice) - *Arthur's Law* (2018), series, as Martha Ahnepol / Muriel - *Zwei Herren im Anzug* (2018), as Theres - *Killing Stella* (2017), as Anna - *Original Bliss* (2016), as Helen Brindel - *The Verdict* (2016), as Staatsanwältin Frau Nelson - *Seit du da bist* (2016), as Clara - *The Diary of Anne Frank* (2016), as Edith Frank-Holländer - *I'm Off Then* (2015), as Stella - *The Girl King* (2015), as Maria Eleonora - *Line of Separation* (2015), series, as Hilde Vöckler - *Das Ende der Geduld* (2014), as Corinna Kleist - *Am Hang* (2013), as Valerie - *Those Happy Years* (2013), as Helke - *Die Auslöschung* (2013), as Judith Furmann - *Halbe Hundert* (2013), as Anne Kater - *The Nun* (2013), as Suzanne's mother - *Night Train to Lisbon* (2013), as Mariana - *The Wall* (2012), as Frau - *The Door* (2012), as Magda - *Bastard* (2011), as Meinert - *Agnosia* (2010), as Prevert - *Jew Suss: Rise and Fall* (2010), as Anna Marian - *Aghet* (2010), as Alma Johansson - *Sisi* (2009), series, as archduchess Sophie (Franz Joseph's mother) - *Bets & Wedding Dresses* (2009), as Josephine Campanella - *Clara* (2008), as Clara Schumann - *The Baader Meinhof Complex* (2008), as Ulrike Meinhof — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-baader-meinhof-complex.md) - *Messy Christmas* (2007), as Sara - *Verlassen* (2007), as Claudia - *The Good Shepherd* (2006), as Hanna Schiller — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-shepherd.md) - *Summer '04* (2006), as Miriam - *Auf ewig und einen Tag* (2006), as Paula Schmitt - *A Perfect Friend* (2006), as Marlène - *The Lives of Others* (2006), as Christa-Maria Sieland — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lives-of-others.md) - *Liebe nach dem Tod* (2006), Actor - *The Elementary Particles* (2006), as Christiane - *Happy Hour oder Glück und Glas* (2005), as Greta Steinwendner / Ladiner - *Spiele der Macht – 11011 Berlin* (2005), as Prof. Sara M. Kardow - *Giacomo Casanova* (2004), as Madame De Roll - *Sergeant Pepper* (2004), as Martha Klein - *Feuer in der Nacht* (2004), as Paola Winkler - *Der Stich des Skorpion* (2004), as Anne Stein - *Hunger auf Leben* (2004), as Brigitte Reimann - *Secret Stories* (2004), as Sylvia - *Das blaue Wunder* (2004), as Thea Eiselt - *Ins Leben zurück* (2003), as Clara Lorenz - *Unsre Mutter ist halt anders* (2003), as Paula - *Andreas Hofer* (2002), as Lebzelter-Mariandl - *Verlorenes Land* (2002), as Maria Kaindl - *Jenseits der Liebe* (2001), as Helen Dubbs - *Mostly Martha* (2001), as Martha Klein - *Scheidung auf amerikanisch* (2001), as Sarah - *Romeo* (2001), as Lotte Zimmermann - *O Palmenbaum* (2000), as Katarina „Kati“ Treichl - *The Queen – Marianne Hoppe* (2000), Actor - *The Green Desert* (1999), as Doris - *Ich habe nein gesagt* (1999), as Doris Wengler - *Jew-boy Levi* (1999), as Fräulein Neuner - *Your Best Years* (1999), as Vera Kemp - *All About Bob* (1999), as Barbara - *The Shop* (1998), series, as Elvira - *Lady Rettich, Czerni and I* (1998), as Frau Czerni - *Frauen lügen nicht* (1998), as Hannah - *Die Unbestechliche* (1998), series, as Frau Kaarst - *Single Bells* (1997), as Katharina "Kati" Treichl - *Life Is All You Get* (1997), as Lilo - *Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Das wilde Kind* (1997), as Lea Katz - *Rossini* (1997), as Serafina - *Solo für Sudmann* (1997), series, as Michaela Kroll - *Harald* (1997), as Rica Reichmann - *Lea Katz - Die Kriminalpsychologin: Einer von uns* (1997), as Lea Katz - *Der schönste Tag im Leben* (1996), as Waltraut - *Wer Kollegen hat, braucht keine Feinde* (1995), as Sylvie Schmidtbauer - *Talk of the Town* (1995), as Sabine Kirsch - *Kriminaltango* (1995), series, as Jutta Wernicke - *Hölleisengretl* (1995), as Hölleisengretl - *Das Schwein - Eine deutsche Karriere* (1995), series, as Wanda Weißenfels - *Man in Search of Woman* (1995), as Woman in Park - *A.S. Gefahr ist sein Geschäft* (1995), series, as Rita Bertram - *Les jeux à deux* (1995), Actor - *Frauenarzt Dr. Markus Merthin* (1994), series, as Angelika - *Rosa Roth* (1994), series, as Mona - *Der König* (1994), series, as Helga Ölschläger - *Die Kommissarin* (1994), series, as Petra Zöller - *Maybe... Maybe Not* (1994), as Jutta - *Im Namen des Gesetzes* (1994), series, as Dr. Ruth Klinger - *Nur eine kleine Affäre* (1994), series, as Ingeborg - *Alles außer Mord* (1994), series, as Liane Farian - *Faust* (1994), series, as Nicole Olvermann - *Bella Block* (1993), series, as Frau Meng - *Die Trotzkis* (1993), series, as Helga Marks - *Barmherzige Schwestern* (1993), as Klara - *Auf eigene Gefahr* (1993), series, Actor - *Krücke* (1993), as Bronka - *Adelheid und ihre Mörder* (1993), series, as Erika Fissler - *Modell Adenauer - Ein Tag im Leben des Herrn K.* (1993), as Nurse - *Schulz & Schulz IV: Neue Welten, alte Lasten* (1992), as Britta - *Wolffs Revier* (1992), series, as Anna Corell - *Familie Heinz Becker* (1992), series, as Renate - *Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht* (1992), series, as Ramona - *Endstation Harembar* (1992), as Vicky - *Mutter und Söhne* (1992), as Susanne Stoller - *Leo und Charlotte* (1991), as Sylvie - *Hausmänner* (1991), as Helen - *Schulz & Schulz II: Aller Anfang ist schwer* (1991), as Britta - *Der doppelte Nötzli* (1990), as Hotelservice - *Hard Days, Hard Nights* (1990), as Goldi - *Kommissar Klefisch* (1990), series, as Renate Marx - *Schulz & Schulz* (1989), as Britta - *Tiger, Löwe, Panther* (1989), as Nicoletta / Löwe - *Eine Frau für Alfie* (1989), as Odette Ritter - *Eurocops* (1988), series, as Nina - *Golden Boy* (1988), as Brigitte Katzbach - *Die Beute* (1988), as Nelly - *Aquaplaning* (1987), as Patrizia - *Liebling Kreuzberg* (1986), series, as Ria Hegenbach - *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Stefanie - *A Case For Two* (1981), series, as Moni Molinski, Angela Düllmann - *Auf Achse* (1980), series, as Nicole Schneider - *SOKO München* (1978), series, as Edith Wilcke - *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Jana Maitner - *Control*, Actor - *Das Kind in dir muss Heimat finden*, Actor - *A Winter's Journey*, as Maria ## Gallery - ![Martina Gedeck](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-af0b405f32e1.jpg) Martina Gedeck — Ly241475, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Martina_Gedeck_at_the_premiere_of_%22Die_stillen_Trabanten%22.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Martina Gedeck and Markus Imboden beim Deutschen Kamerapreis 2024](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-cbf7ebad6250.jpg) Martina Gedeck and Markus Imboden beim Deutschen Kamerapreis 2024 — Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/2024-05-24-Martina_Gedeck_and_Markus_Imboden_-_Deutscher_Kamerapreis_2024-4923.jpg/1280px-2024-05-24-Martina_Gedeck_and_Markus_Imboden_-_Deutscher_Kamerapreis_2024-4923.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Martina Gedeck, and Timothy Hutton at the premiere of The Good Shepherd in Berlinalepalast, Postdamer Platz, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz. (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-27000b9ea630.jpg) Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Martina Gedeck, and Timothy Hutton at the premiere of The Good Shepherd in Berlinalepalast, Postdamer Platz, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz. (2007) — Thore Siebrands (Siebbi) at https://www.flickr.com/photos/siebbi/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/DamonDeNiroGedeckHuttonBerlinFeb07.jpg/1280px-DamonDeNiroGedeckHuttonBerlinFeb07.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Martina Gedeck and Julian Pölsler at the Austrian premiere of Die Wand (The Wall) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-d3dc2f92c5d5.jpg) Martina Gedeck and Julian Pölsler at the Austrian premiere of Die Wand (The Wall) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012) — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Die_Wand_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_2012_b_Martina_Gedeck_Julian_P%C3%B6lsler.jpg/1280px-Die_Wand_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_2012_b_Martina_Gedeck_Julian_P%C3%B6lsler.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Martina Gedeck](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-6c9d1fa86973.jpg) Martina Gedeck — Image via TMDB - ![Martina Gedeck](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-5430db8070c9.jpg) Martina Gedeck — Image via TMDB - ![Martina Gedeck and Julian Pölsler at the Austrian premiere of Die Wand (The Wall) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-1c8ad4bed197.jpg) Martina Gedeck and Julian Pölsler at the Austrian premiere of Die Wand (The Wall) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012) — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Die_Wand_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_2012_c_Martina_Gedeck_Julian_P%C3%B6lsler.jpg/1280px-Die_Wand_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_2012_c_Martina_Gedeck_Julian_P%C3%B6lsler.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Martina Gedeck and Julian Pölsler with Claudia Schmied at the Austrian premiere of Die Wand (The Wall) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/99139/gallery-88b35af50240.jpg) Martina Gedeck and Julian Pölsler with Claudia Schmied at the Austrian premiere of Die Wand (The Wall) at Gartenbaukino in Vienna, Austria. (2012) — Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Die_Wand_%C3%96sterreichpremiere_2012_d_Martina_Gedeck%2C_Claudia_Schmied%2C_Julian_P%C3%B6lsler%2C_Luchs.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won - 2008: Berliner Bär (won) ### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated - Eckart Witzigmann Prize 2013: Eckart Witzigmann Prize (won) - European Film Award for Best Actress 2006: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *The Lives of Others* - European Film Award for Best Actress 2002: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Mostly Martha* - Bavarian TV Awards 2000: Bavarian TV Awards (won) - Bavarian TV Awards 1995: Bavarian TV Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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