Laura Tonke
- Acting
- April 14, 1974 · West Berlin, West Germany
Biography
Laura Maori Tonke (born April 14, 1974, in West Berlin) is a German actress. Laura Tonke is the daughter of film set decorator Michael Tonke. She studied theater studies in Berlin until 1996. At the age of 17, she made her on-screen debut in Michael Klier's feature film *Ostkreuz*. Numerous roles in feature films and television movies followed. Additionally, she is booked as a model for lifestyle and fashion magazines. Since the spring of 2007, she has performed on stage in productions by the theater collective Gob Squad at Berlin's Volksbühne (and the Volksbühne im Prater), as well as at other theaters. In 2000, Tonke was awarded the Lilli Palmer Memorial Camera for Best Young Actress. In 2003, she was nominated for the German Film Award for her portrayal of Gudrun Ensslin in Christopher Roth's feature film *Baader*. In the tragicomedy *Hedi Schneider steckt fest* (Hedi Schneider Is Stuck) by Sonja Heiss—which premiered at the 2015 Berlinale—she plays the title character, a woman plagued by sudden anxiety attacks. Her performance garnered enthusiastic reviews; *Der Spiegel*, for instance, wrote: "She inhabits the role of Hedi Schneider [...] so convincingly and perfectly—as if it had been written specifically for her." At the 2016 German Film Awards ceremony, Tonke received a double honor. She won in both the Best Actress category for her role in *Hedi Schneider steckt fest* and the Best Supporting Actress category for the film *Mängelexemplar* (2016). Laura Tonke lives in Berlin and has a son.
Known for
Filmography
- Windstärke 17 · Andrea
- Raging Moms · Vera
- How Can I Help · Emi
- Oh, This Unspeakable Void · Mother Iris
- Amrum · Hille
- 22 Lengths · Andrea
- The Prank · Maria Roosen
- The Diaries of Adam and Eve
- Long Story Short · Ellen
- Everything's Fifty Fifty · Marion
- Zwischen uns der Fluss
- Sexuell verfügbar · Miki Walter
- Maret · Yvonne
- When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before · Iris
- Caveman · Claudia Müller
- Jupiter · Barbara
- My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca · Sabine
- A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love · Laura
- Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück · Astrid
- Jenseits der Spree · Daniela Bajetzky
- Kein einfacher Mord · Nina Lieberstein
- The Island · Merit Ponz
- My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo · Sabine Petermann
- Totgeschwiegen · Nele
- TKKG · Erna Sauerlich
- Jupiter · Barbara
- So viel Zeit · Steffi
- Bist du glücklich? · Sonja
- Mission: Love · Laura
- The Garden · Eva
- Axolotl Overkill · Anika
- Too Hard to Handle · Anna
- The Valley · Christine Schreibe
- The People vs. Fritz Bauer · Ms. Schütt
- On the Beach · Laura
- Hedi Schneider Is Stuck · Hedi Schneider
- Neben der Spur · Elisa Ritter
- Take What You Can Carry · Laura
- Murder by the Lake · Melanie Rademann
- Worst Case Scenario · Meike
- Mord in den Dünen · Cornelia Braun
- Letzte Spur Berlin · Andrea Roth
- Leichtmatrosen II
- Headshots · Anna
- The Drifter · Ann
- Bedways · Luise Walther
- Madly in Love · Leo
- Die Bergretter · Bettina Dieme
- Viva Europa! · Lola
- Markus Lanz · Self
- Stilbruch · Self
- Der Bergdoktor · Andrea
- Deadline – Jede Sekunde zählt · Laura Sehrbundt
- Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette · Franziska Steiner
- After Effect
- Day of Disaster · Katharina Wolters
- Zwei Goldfische
- KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst · Nicole Ries
- Kommissar Stolberg · Susan Schumann
- Sunday Girls
- Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte · Astrid
- In a Sweatbox · Monika Stauffenberg
- I Am Guilty · Christiane Steeb
- Der Staatsanwalt · Nadine Wolf
- Farland · Karla
- ZIBB · Self
- K3 – Kripo Hamburg · Alena Kranach
- Hamlet_X · Ophelia 4
- Pigs Will Fly · Inga
- Gangster · Mona
- Baader · Gudrun Ensslin
- June Moon · Nele
- Das Duo · Wiebke Sander
- Herz · Gisela Kenter
- 99€ Films
- Dich schickt der Himmel · Lara Feiersinger
- Donna Leon · Mara
- Ebene 9 · Nina
- Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland · Judith Kraithaim
- Dragonland · Marie