Laura Tonke
Birthday: 1974-04-14
Birthplace: West Berlin, West Germany
Gender: Female
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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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Windstärke 17 | Idas Mutter | |
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2027-01-21 | Raging Moms - Am Ende der Geduld | |
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2026-09-24 | Mrs Winkler Leaves the House | Emi |
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2026-01-29 | Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke | Mother Iris |
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2025-10-09 | Amrum | Hille Hagener |
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2025-09-04 | 22 Lengths | Andrea |
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2025-03-13 | The Prank | Maria Roosen |
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2025-01-23 | The Diaries of Adam and Eve | |
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2025-01-02 | Long Story Short | Ellen |
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2024-08-29 | Everything's Fifty Fifty | Marion |
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2024-04-11 | Zwischen uns der Fluss | |
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2023-06-07 | Maret | Yvonne |
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2023-02-23 | When Will It Be Again Like It Never Was Before | Iris |
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2023-01-26 | Caveman | Claudia Müller |
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2023-01-23 | Jupiter | Barbara |
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2022-08-18 | My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca | Sabine |
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2022-05-05 | A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love | Laura |
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2020-09-26 | Kein einfacher Mord | Nina Lieberstein |
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2019-08-29 | My Life as Lotta - Bingo Flamingo | Sabine Petermann |
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2019-07-04 | Totgeschwiegen | Nele |
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2019-06-06 | TKKG | Erna Sauerlich |
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2019-03-22 | Jupiter | Barbara |
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2018-12-01 | So viel Zeit | Steffi |
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2018-10-01 | Bist du glücklich? | Sonja |
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2018-05-31 | Mission: Love | Laura |
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2017-10-26 | The Garden | Eva |
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2017-06-29 | Axolotl Overkill | Anika |
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2016-05-12 | Too Hard to Handle | Anna |
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2015-09-13 | The People vs. Fritz Bauer | Ms. Schütt |
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2015-07-31 | On the Beach | Laura |
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2015-04-23 | Hedi Schneider Is Stuck | Hedi Schneider |
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2015-02-07 | Take What You Can Carry | Laura |
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2014-06-30 | Worst Case Scenario | Meike |
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2013-10-15 | Mord in den Dünen | Cornelia Braun |
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2012-01-01 | Leichtmatrosen II | |
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2011-09-16 | Headshots | Anna |
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2011-01-06 | The Drifter | Ann |
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2010-10-07 | Bedways | Luise Walther |
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2010-01-01 | Madly in Love | Leo |
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2009-11-08 | Viva Europa! | Lola |
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2007-09-12 | After Effect | |
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2007-02-02 | Zwei Goldfische | |
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2006-01-26 | Sunday Girls | |
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2005-12-15 | Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte | Astrid |
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2005-10-25 | In a Sweatbox | Monika Stauffenberg |
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2005-07-23 | I Am Guilty | Christiane Steeb |
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2004-08-26 | Farland | Karla |
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2003-06-21 | Hamlet_X | Ophelia 4 |
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2003-01-09 | Pigs Will Fly | Inga |
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2002-12-20 | Gangster | Mona |
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2002-11-10 | Baader | Gudrun Ensslin |
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2002-10-24 | June Moon | Nele |
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2001-11-16 | Herz | Gisela Kenter |
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2001-09-08 | 99€ Films | |
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2001-01-30 | Dich schickt der Himmel | Lara Feiersinger |
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2000-01-02 | Ebene 9 | Nina |
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1999-08-03 | Dragonland | Marie |
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1999-07-09 | Bitter Innocence | Vanessa Krüger |
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1999-07-01 | Der Mörder meiner Mutter | Anne / Marie |
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1998-09-24 | Just Married | Frangipani, geb. Klein |
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1998-07-01 | Angel Express | Jill |
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1998-03-12 | Silvester Countdown | Käthe |
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1998-02-06 | Der Pirat | Sabine |
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1997-10-30 | Winter Sleepers | Nina |
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1997-04-20 | Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits | Lisa |
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1997-01-01 | Silver and Gold | |
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1996-11-10 | Gnadenlos - Zur Prostitution gezwungen | Milena |
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1996-01-01 | 2 ½ Minuten | Sabine |
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1994-02-17 | Turn Down the Music | Anne |
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1991-07-23 | Eastern Cross | Elfie |