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Martina Gedeck
Birth at
14 September 1961
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Martina Gedek is a German actress. Martina is originally from Munich, her parents are entrepreneur Karl-Heinz Gödek and artist Helga. Martina is the eldest of three sisters. Between 1982 and 1986, Gedek studied acting at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2002, the actress was nominated for the award of the European Film Academy “Felix” as “Best European Actress” for her leading role in the film. "Irresistible Martha" It was released in 2001. After the great success of the painting "The Lives
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Martina Gedek is a German actress.
Martina is originally from Munich, her parents are entrepreneur Karl-Heinz Gödek and artist Helga. Martina is the eldest of three sisters.
Between 1982 and 1986, Gedek studied acting at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2002, the actress was nominated for the award of the European Film Academy “Felix” as “Best European Actress” for her leading role in the film.
"Irresistible Martha" It was released in 2001.
After the great success of the painting
"The Lives of Others." The actress became popular all over the world. This work was awarded in 2006 the “Oscar” in the nomination “Best Foreign Language Film”, as well as the “Cesar” award in the nomination “Best Foreign Language Film”, the “Felix” award in the category “Best European Film of the Year” and a huge number of other awards.
For the performance of the leading role in the film “Life of Others” Martina Gedek for the second time in her acting career was nominated for the “Felix” award. In 2006, the premiere of the picture took place.
"False temptation" , in which Martina's partners on the set were such movie stars as Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro and Matt Damon.
Later, Martina played the role of Ulrika Meinhof in the film “Baader-Meinhof Complex”, filmed in 2008, which was nominated for an Oscar as the best film in a foreign language.
In 2010, the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia elected Martina Gedek as one of the representatives of the territory in the Federal Assembly, which was a constitutional body convened to elect the German president. In the Federal Assembly, the actress became a member of the Union 90/Green faction.