Laura Tonke
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Laura Tonke

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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.

Films Featuring Laura Tonke

Winter Sleepers

19976.9

Kein einfacher Mord

20206.2

Eastern Cross

19916.7

Baader

20023.7

Der Pirat

19988.5

Caveman

20235.5

My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca

20225.4

When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before

20235.6

I Am Guilty

20055.8

June Moon

20026.4

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

20254.3

A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love

20224.9

Everything's Fifty Fifty

20246.4

Herz

20014.3

Gnadenlos - Zur Prostitution gezwungen

199610.0

Jupiter

20236.1

Ebene 9

Ebene 9

200010.0

Maret

20235.4

Farland

20044.9

Jupiter

20195.5

Zwischen uns der Fluss

20245.0

Dich schickt der Himmel

20017.0

Der Mörder meiner Mutter

19996.0

Hedi Schneider Is Stuck

20156.2

On the Beach

2015

Silver and Gold

Silver and Gold

199710.0

Dragonland

Dragonland

19998.5

Too Hard to Handle

20165.6

Take What You Can Carry

20154.7

Amrum

20257.2

Headshots

20115.0

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

20156.8

Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits

19976.0

Pigs Will Fly

20038.0

Hamlet_X

20034.8

Leichtmatrosen II

Leichtmatrosen II

2012

The Drifter

20114.7

Sunday Girls

20068.0

After Effect

2007

Long Story Short

20257.4

Angel Express

19986.1

Axolotl Overkill

20175.0

Mission: Love

20184.7

The Garden

20174.6

Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte

20058.0

Bedways

20104.6

Zwei Goldfische

Zwei Goldfische

2007

99€ Films

20016.0

Worst Case Scenario

20144.5

Just Married

19984.3

Viva Europa!

Viva Europa!

2009

So viel Zeit

20184.9

Bist du glücklich?

20185.6

Turn Down the Music

19945.5

Bitter Innocence

19994.8

2 ½ Minuten

2 ½ Minuten

19964.0

TKKG

20195.2

My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo

20196.4

Mord in den Dünen

20136.6

Totgeschwiegen

20196.8

Silvester Countdown

19984.0

Gangster

Gangster

20027.0

Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke

20267.7

22 Lengths

20256.7

The Prank

20257.0

Madly in Love

20105.4

In a Sweatbox

20055.6

Mrs Winkler Leaves the House

2026

Komplizinnen - Vernunft ist keine Lösung

Komplizinnen - Vernunft ist keine Lösung

2027

Windstärke 17

Windstärke 17

Die Kobra von Wingen

Die Kobra von Wingen