Laura Tonke
Born: 1974-04-14 in West Berlin, West Germany
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke as Mother Iris
- Mrs Winkler Leaves the House as Emi
2025
- Amrum as Hille Hagener
- 22 Lengths as Andrea
- The Diaries of Adam and Eve
- The Prank as Maria Roosen
- Long Story Short as Ellen
2024
- Sexuell verfügbar as Miki Walter
- Everything's Fifty Fifty as Marion
- Zwischen uns der Fluss
2023
- Maret as Yvonne
- Caveman as Claudia Müller
- When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before as Iris
- Jupiter as Barbara
2022
- A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love as Laura
- My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca as Sabine
2021
- Jenseits der Spree as Daniela Bajetzky
- Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück as Astrid
2020
- The Island as Merit Ponz
- Kein einfacher Mord as Nina Lieberstein
2019
- TKKG as Erna Sauerlich
- Jupiter as Barbara
- My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo as Sabine Petermann
- Totgeschwiegen as Nele
2018
- So viel Zeit as Steffi
- Mission: Love as Laura
- Bist du glücklich? as Sonja
2017
- Axolotl Overkill as Anika
- The Garden as Eva
2016
- Too Hard to Handle as Anna
2015
- Neben der Spur as Elisa Ritter
- The Valley as Christine Schreibe
- The People vs. Fritz Bauer as Ms. Schütt
- Hedi Schneider Is Stuck as Hedi Schneider
- Take What You Can Carry as Laura
- On the Beach as Laura
2014
- Murder by the Lake as Melanie Rademann
- Worst Case Scenario as Meike
2013
- Mord in den Dünen as Cornelia Braun
2012
- Letzte Spur Berlin as Andrea Roth
- Leichtmatrosen II
2011
- Headshots as Anna
- The Drifter as Ann
2010
- Bedways as Luise Walther
- Madly in Love as Leo
2009
- Die Bergretter as Bettina Dieme
- Viva Europa! as Lola
2008
- Markus Lanz as Self
- Der Bergdoktor as Andrea
- Stilbruch as Self
2007
- KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst as Nicole Ries
- Deadline – Jede Sekunde zählt as Laura Sehrbundt
- Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette as Franziska Steiner
- After Effect
- Day of Disaster as Katharina Wolters
- Zwei Goldfische
2006
- Kommissar Stolberg as Susan Schumann
- Sunday Girls
2005
- Der Staatsanwalt as Nadine Wolf
- I Am Guilty as Christiane Steeb
- In a Sweatbox as Monika Stauffenberg
- Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte as Astrid
2004
- Farland as Karla
2003
- ZIBB as Self
- K3 – Kripo Hamburg as Alena Kranach
- Hamlet_X as Ophelia 4
- Pigs Will Fly as Inga
2001
- 99€ Films
- Herz as Gisela Kenter
- Dich schickt der Himmel as Lara Feiersinger
2000
- Donna Leon as Mara
- Ebene 9 as Nina
1999
- Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland as Judith Kraithaim
- Der Mörder meiner Mutter as Anne / Marie
- Dragonland as Marie
- Bitter Innocence as Vanessa Krüger
1998
- Der letzte Zeuge as Anette Albrecht
- Der Pirat as Sabine
- Angel Express as Jill
- Just Married as Frangipani, geb. Klein
- Silvester Countdown as Käthe
1997
- Schimanski as Nina
- Winter Sleepers as Nina
- Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits as Lisa
- Silver and Gold
1996
- Gnadenlos - Zur Prostitution gezwungen as Milena
- 2 ½ Minuten as Sabine
1994
- Ein starkes Team as Ira
- Im Namen des Gesetzes as Angela Matthes
- Turn Down the Music as Anne
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- Wolffs Revier as Tanja
- Roller Coaster as Jenny
1991
- DAS!
- Eastern Cross as Elfie
1984
- Goldene Kamera as Self
1976
- Kölner Treff as Self
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 as Annegret Wegner
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Mimi Meinders
1951
- German Film Award as Self