1976-02-06 Leipzig, Germany
Maria Simon (born February 6, 1976) is a German actress. Simon's German father originally hailed from Leipzig and studied mathematics in Leningrad. There he met Simon's Russian-Jewish mother, Olga, who studied electronics and originally hailed from Kazakhstan. The couple married while studying. Maria Simon is the younger sister of actress Susanna Simon, who was born on 23 July 1968, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Maria was born and brought up in the former East Germany, but moved to New York City in 1990 to live with her father, a computer expert with the United Nations, and her sister Dalena Simon. She also has a sister named Alyssa. Simon has four children, the first from a former relationship with the actor Devid Striesow, and three with her ex-husband, the actor Bernd Michael Lade. After finishing school she moved back to the newly reunited Germany to study acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin where she received her diploma in 1999. She won the award for Best Actress for her role in the film Zornige Küsse at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival in 2000. Simon was nominated as the best supporting actress in the 2003 German Film Awards, and was named European Shooting Star (i.e., best newcomer) at the 2004 Berlinale. In the same year she played Polly in Bertolt Brechts Dreigroschenoper at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. Her TV movie Kleine Schwester was nominated for the Adolf Grimme Awards in 2005.
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Alle Jahre wieder | Kathrin | 2024-12-04 |
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Der Zeuge | Reporterin | 2023-03-02 |
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Wolfsjagd | Sara Jahnke | 2023-09-28 |
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Zwerg Nase | Hanne | 2021-12-24 |
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A Hidden Life | Resie | 2019-08-27 |
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Curling für Eisenstadt | Petra Glewitz | 2019-09-13 |
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Aufbruch ins Ungewisse | Sarah Schneider | 2018-02-14 |
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Ich gehöre ihm | Anna | 2017-08-30 |
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Im Tunnel | Maren Adam | 2017-04-24 |
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Das Geständnis | KGB | 2015-09-15 |
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Silvia S.: Blinde Wut | Silvia Schubert | 2015-07-02 |
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Der Geruch von Erde | Ellen Bischoff | 2014-01-17 |
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Tod an der Ostsee | Evelyn Kossack | 2013-06-28 |
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Die Tote im Moorwald | Josefine Mehdorn | 2012-11-12 |
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Herzversagen | Ellen Roth | 2012-10-22 |
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Engel der Gerechtigkeit | Sonja Danner | 2011-10-06 |
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Glückliche Fügung | Susa | 2010-06-19 |
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Kongo | Oberleutnant Nicole Ziegler | 2010-10-18 |
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Es war einer von uns | Johanna Schröder | 2010-10-07 |
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Zivilcourage | Monika Keller | 2010-01-27 |
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Masserberg | Tinka Sanchez | 2010-05-19 |
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Romeo und Jutta | Dr.Annette Meerkatz | 2009-09-02 |
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The Countess | Helena | 2009-03-13 |
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Tod in der Eifel | Lona Schanz | 2009-02-09 |
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Fürchte dich nicht | Katrin Bischof | 2007-01-22 |
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Nicht alle waren Mörder | Lona Furkert | 2006-11-01 |
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Nichts als Gespenster | Ellen | 2006-11-29 |
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Die Pathologin - Im Namen der Toten | Leo Herzog | 2006-01-30 |
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Carola Stern - Doppelleben | Erika Assmus aka Carola Stern | 2004-09-08 |
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Fast perfekt verlobt | Nika Kreschninski | 2003-04-17 |
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Good Bye, Lenin! | Ariane | 2003-02-13 |
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Lichter | Sonja | 2003-02-11 |
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Spurlos - Ein Baby verschwindet | Andrea Bär | 2003-03-25 |
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Luther | Hanna | 2003-10-29 |
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Meine Tochter ist keine Mörderin | Stefanie | 2002-01-01 |
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Erste Ehe | 2002-07-10 | |
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Verbotene Küsse | Andrea | 2001-11-12 |
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Jonathan's Liebe | Nina Buchwald | 2001-11-13 |
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Mein langsames Leben | Johanna | 2001-09-20 |
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Mord im Swingerclub | Susanna Bach | 2000-11-07 |
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Amerika | Mädchen mit Kind | 2000-01-27 |
