Laura Tonke

Birthday: 1974-04-14
Birthplace: West Berlin, West Germany
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

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