Tanja Schleiff
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1973
Place of birth: Erfurt, Germany
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).
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Filmography
22 movies · 29 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Fast perfekte Frauen
2026
6.2
Das Millionenschnitzel
2026
7.8
Frier und Fünfzig - Am Ende meiner Tage
2025
7.3
Almost Brothers
2025
NR
Wäldern
2024
7.0
Behringer und die Toten - Ein Bamberg-Krimi
2024
7.8
Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten
2023
7.4
Sisi
2021
5.0
Helene, die wahre Braut
2020
6.3
Schattengrund
2018
4.9
So viel Zeit
2018
6.0
Scheidung für Anfänger
2018
NR
Die Flaschenpostinsel
2018
5.8
Ella Schön
2018
7.6
Harter Brocken: Der Bankraub
2017
4.6
Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall
2017
7.3
Charité
2017
5.5
The Fox - Traces of Coal Dust
2017
6.4
Einstein
2017
4.8
The Mountain's Whisper
2015
6.7
Neben der Spur
2015
5.0
Bettys Diagnose
2015
5.1
Schoßgebete
2014
5.8
Kommissarin Heller
2014
7.0
Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
2014
6.0
Helen Dorn
2014
6.6
Nord Nord Mord
2011
7.0
Klimawechsel
2010
6.0
Mein Leben im Off
2010
7.8
Der Lehrer
2009
5.8
The Charlemagne Code
2008
6.6
Selbstgespräche
2008
7.4
Homicide Hills
2008
3.8
The Vow
2007
6.0
Shoppen
2007
6.0
Hamburg Dockland
2007
10.0
Vier Töchter
2006
6.7
Unter anderen Umständen
2006
5.5
The Red Cockatoo
2006
5.1
Vienna Crime Squad
2005
6.4
SOKO Wismar
2004
7.9
Downfall
2004
7.1
SOKO Köln
2003
6.4
Under Suspicion
2002
5.8
Friends of Friends
2002
6.2
SOKO Leipzig
2001
5.5
Ein starkes Team
1994
4.6
Bella Block
1993
6.3
The Old Fox
1977
6.3
Polizeiruf 110
1971
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970