Martina Gedeck is one of Germany’s most distinguished actresses. After training at the Universität der Künste Berlin, she made her stage debut in 1985 at the Theater am Turm in Frankfurt, followed by further engagements. She began her film career in parallel. With «Bella Martha» (2001), the Oscar winning «Das Leben der Anderen» (2006, The Lives of the Others) and the Oscar nominated «Der Baader Meinhof Komplex» (2008), she achieved international breakthrough alongside Matt Damon and Jeremy Irons. She is a recipient of the Bavarian Order of Merit and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Martina Gedeck lives in Berlin.
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