Karoline Herfurth
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Life and career
She is probably most well known to English-speaking audiences for her appearances in the Academy Award Best Picture-nominee The Reader and in Perfume: The Story of a MurdererPerfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 2006 German thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer and written by Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tykwer. It is based on the 1985 novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Set in 18th century France, the film tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille , an olfactory...
, the 2006 film adaptation of Patrick Suskind
Patrick Süskind
Patrick Süskind is a German writer and screenwriter.- Life and work :The public knows little about Patrick Süskind. He has withdrawn from the literary scene in Germany and never grants interviews or allows photos. He was born in Ambach am Starnberger See, near Munich in Germany...
's best-selling novel Das Parfum. The feature was directed by Tom Tykwer
Tom Tykwer
Tom Tykwer is a German film director, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing Run Lola Run , Heaven , Perfume: The Story of a Murderer , and The International ....
; Herfurth played the "Plum Girl", the first victim of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is the protagonist from Patrick Süskind's novel Perfume, published in 1985. Grenouille is born with an extreme form of hyperosmia , which eventually leads to him becoming a serial killer....
. She co-starred with Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....
, Ben Whishaw
Ben Whishaw
Benjamin John "Ben" Whishaw is an English actor who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Whishaw is perhaps best known for his breakthrough role as Hamlet, and his role as the lead character in Tom Tykwer's film Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.-Early life:Whishaw was born and raised in...
, Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor and theatre director. He is a renowned stage actor in modern and classical productions and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, Rachel Hurd-Wood
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Rachel Clare Hurd-Wood is an English actress. Her break-out role was as Wendy Darling in the 2003 movie Peter Pan.-Personal life:Rachel Hurd-Wood was born in London, England, the daughter of Philip and Sarah Hurd-Wood...
, and Jessica Schwarz
Jessica Schwarz
-Biography:Schwarz was born and grew up in the small town of Michelstadt, Germany. She won a contest of the German teen magazine Bravo in 1993. Subsequently, she worked as a model and VJ for the music channel VIVA. In 2000 she started her acting career and occasionally hosts events, e.g. the German...
, another German actress. It was the famous picture of Herfurth with Whishaw in the background that was heavily used in promotion.
Prior to her appearance in this international feature, she performed in several independent German films and TV projects, such as Girls on Top and Big Girls Don't Cry. She portrayed Lena in the German vampire film We Are the Night
We Are the Night (film)
We Are the Night is a 2010 German vampire thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel, starring Karoline Herfurth and Nina Hoss. The film deals with a young woman who gets bitten by a female vampire and drawn into her world. She falls in love with a young police officer who investigates a murder case...
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Filmography
- Küss mich, Frosch - Mary (2000)
- Crazy – Anna (2000)
- Mädchen, MädchenMädchen, MädchenMädchen, Mädchen is a 2001 German film directed by Dennis Gansel. Its story is about an eighteen year old girl named Inken , who is frustrated at not having had an orgasm yet with her boyfriend. Her two best friends are Vicky , who is in the same situation as Inken, and the still virgin Lena...
(Girls on Top) USA – Lena (2001) - Big Girls Don't Cry – Steffi (2002)
- Mein Name ist Bach – Prinzessin Amalie (2003)
- Anemonenherz (short) – Actress (2004)
- Mädchen, Mädchen 2 - Loft oder LiebeMädchen, Mädchen 2 - Loft oder LiebeMädchen, Mädchen 2 – Loft oder Liebe is a German-language comedic film directed by Peter Gersina. The movie is the second movie about Inken , and her friend Lena ,who, having left their parents' homes decide to go in search of a flat of their own...
(Girls on Top 2) USA – Lena (2004) - Eine Andere Liga (Offside) – Hayat (2005)
- Perfume: The Story of a MurdererPerfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 2006 German thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer and written by Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tykwer. It is based on the 1985 novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Set in 18th century France, the film tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille , an olfactory...
– The Plum Girl (2006) - Peer GyntPeer GyntPeer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
(TV) – Solvejg (2007) - Pornorama – Luzi (2007)
- Im Winter ein Jahr – Lilli Richter (2008)
- The Reader – Marthe (2008)
- Berlin 36Berlin 36Berlin 36 is a 2009 German film telling the fate of Jewish athlete Gretel Bergmann in the 1936 Summer Olympics. She was replaced by the Nazi regime by an athlete later discovered to be a man...
– Gretel BergmannGretel BergmannGretel Bergmann, also known as Margaret Bergmann-Lambert is a German-born athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s.-Biography:Bergmann was born in Laupheim, Germany, where she later began her career in athletics...
(2009) - Vincent will Meer - Marie
- We Are the NightWe Are the Night (film)We Are the Night is a 2010 German vampire thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel, starring Karoline Herfurth and Nina Hoss. The film deals with a young woman who gets bitten by a female vampire and drawn into her world. She falls in love with a young police officer who investigates a murder case...
- Lena (2010)