Tanja Schleiff
Born: 1973-01-01 in Erfurt, Germany
Known For: Acting
Biography
Tanja Schleiff (born in 1973 in Erfurt) is a German actress. The daughter of actors Renate Hundertmark and Klaus Schleiff, she trained in acting at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. She began her career on stage, performing notably at the Residenztheater in Munich and the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf. In cinema, she has appeared in several notable feature films, such as Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004), Dominik Graf's The Red Cockatoo (Der rote Kakadu, 2006), and Ralf Westhoff's comedy Shoppen (2006). On television, she has featured in numerous series and television films, notably portraying Countess Esterházy in the historical series Sisi (2021–2024) and Edith in the drama series Charité (2017).
Filmography
2026
- Das Millionenschnitzel as Monique
- Fast perfekte Frauen as Doris Ohlmeier
2025
2024
- Behringer und die Toten - Ein Bamberg-Krimi as OB Dorothee Staudt
- Wäldern as Frau Caspari
2023
- Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten as Ms. Steilmann
2021
- Sisi as Gräfin Esterhazy
2020
- Helene, die wahre Braut as Gertrud
2018
- Ella Schön
- So viel Zeit as Laura
- Schattengrund as Trixi Urban
- Die Flaschenpostinsel as Carolin
- Scheidung für Anfänger as Jana
2017
- Charité as Wärterin Edith
- Einstein as Sabine Kampmann
- The Fox - Traces of Coal Dust as Katja Mehring
- Harter Brocken: Der Bankraub as Frau Lüders
- Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall as Vrouw Blom
2015
- Bettys Diagnose as Marlies Albers
- Neben der Spur as Silvia Fuchs
- The Mountain's Whisper as Frau Lüders
2014
- Helen Dorn as Sibel Schipper
- Kommissarin Heller as Iris Kuhn
- Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp as Erika Hauffmann
- Schoßgebete as Verkäuferin im Sexshop
2011
- Nord Nord Mord as Regina Wels
2010
- Klimawechsel
- Mein Leben im Off as Lisa Krüger
2009
- Der Lehrer as Vanessa Bohm
2008
- Homicide Hills as Jenny Jaschke
- The Charlemagne Code as Frau Schwalm
- Selbstgespräche as Frau Erhardt
2007
- Hamburg Dockland as Julia Schöne
- The Vow as Anna Katharina Emmerick
- Shoppen as Katharina
2006
- Unter anderen Umständen as Katharina Berg
- Vier Töchter as Hillevi
- The Red Cockatoo as Rena
2005
- Vienna Crime Squad as Doro Hohlfeld
2004
- SOKO Wismar as Sabine Friese
- Downfall as Russische Ärztin
2003
- SOKO Köln as Claudia Schöller
2002
- Under Suspicion as Julia Danzas
- Friends of Friends as Veronika
2001
- SOKO Leipzig as Daniela Schneider
1994
- Ein starkes Team as Regine Heinssen
1993
- Bella Block as Helen Niemann
1977
- The Old Fox as Sandra Lindner
1971
- Polizeiruf 110 as Nicole Seiffert
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Sonja Polland