Laura Tonke
Known for: Acting
Born: April 14, 1974
Place of birth: West Berlin, West Germany
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.
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Filmography
71 movies · 37 TV shows, newest first
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Komplizinnen - Vernunft ist keine Lösung
2027
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Mrs Winkler Leaves the House
2026
7.6
Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke
2026
7.2
Amrum
2025
6.8
22 Lengths
2025
7.0
The Prank
2025
4.3
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
2025
7.4
Long Story Short
2025
6.4
Everything's Fifty Fifty
2024
5.0
Zwischen uns der Fluss
2024
8.0
Sexuell verfügbar
2024
5.4
Maret
2023
5.5
When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before
2023
5.6
Caveman
2023
6.1
Jupiter
2023
5.4
My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca
2022
4.9
A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love
2022
6.3
Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück
2021
6.8
Jenseits der Spree
2021
6.2
Kein einfacher Mord
2020
6.8
The Island
2020
6.4
My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo
2019
6.8
Totgeschwiegen
2019
5.2
TKKG
2019
5.5
Jupiter
2019
4.9
So viel Zeit
2018
5.6
Bist du glücklich?
2018
4.7
Mission: Love
2018
4.6
The Garden
2017
5.0
Axolotl Overkill
2017
5.6
Too Hard to Handle
2016
5.7
The Valley
2015
6.8
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015
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On the Beach
2015
6.2
Hedi Schneider Is Stuck
2015
6.7
Neben der Spur
2015
4.7
Take What You Can Carry
2015
7.0
Murder by the Lake
2014
4.5
Worst Case Scenario
2014
6.6
Mord in den Dünen
2013
6.2
Letzte Spur Berlin
2012NR
Leichtmatrosen II
2012
5.0
Headshots
2011
4.7
The Drifter
2011
4.6
Bedways
2010
5.4
Madly in Love
2010
6.3
Die Bergretter
2009NR
Viva Europa!
2009
5.5
Markus Lanz
2008NR
Stilbruch
2008
5.8
Der Bergdoktor
2008NR
Deadline – Jede Sekunde zählt
2007
7.4
Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette
2007
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After Effect
2007
5.2
Day of Disaster
2007NR
Zwei Goldfische
2007
6.8
KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst
2007
1.0
Kommissar Stolberg
2006
8.0
Sunday Girls
2006
8.0
Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte
2005
5.6
In a Sweatbox
2005
5.8
I Am Guilty
2005
5.4
Der Staatsanwalt
2005
4.9
Farland
20047.0
ZIBB
20035.0
K3 – Kripo Hamburg
2003
4.8
Hamlet_X
2003
8.0
Pigs Will Fly
20037.0
Gangster
2002
3.7
Baader
2002
6.4
June Moon
20026.0
Das Duo
2002
4.3
Herz
2001
6.0
99€ Films
2001
7.0
Dich schickt der Himmel
2001
7.3
Donna Leon
200010.0
Ebene 9
2000
8.0
Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland
19998.5
Dragonland
1999
4.8
Bitter Innocence
1999
6.0
Der Mörder meiner Mutter
1999
4.3
Just Married
1998
6.1
Angel Express
1998
5.0
Der letzte Zeuge
1998
4.0
Silvester Countdown
1998
8.5
Der Pirat
1998
7.9
Schimanski
1997
6.9
Winter Sleepers
1997
6.0
Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits
199710.0
Silver and Gold
1997
10.0
Gnadenlos - Zur Prostitution gezwungen
19964.0
2 ½ Minuten
19967.2
Im Namen des Gesetzes
1994
5.5
Ein starkes Team
1994
5.5
Turn Down the Music
1994
3.7
Wolffs Revier
1992
5.3
Morgenmagazin
1992
10.0
Roller Coaster
1992
6.7
Eastern Cross
1991
4.7
DAS!
19915.7
Goldene Kamera
1984
6.8
Kölner Treff
1976
6.3
Polizeiruf 110
1971
6.2
Scene of the Crime
19706.0
German Film Award
1951NR
Windstärke 17
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Die Kobra von Wingen
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Hamburg Days
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