Corinna Harfouch Explained

Corinna Harfouch
Birth Name:	Corinna Meffert
Birth Date:	16 October 1954
Birth Place:	Suhl, Thuringia, East Germany
Occupation:	Actress
Yearsactive:	1986–present

Corinna Harfouch (pronounced as /de/; née Meffert; born 16 October 1954) is a German actress.

Early life and education

Harfouch was born in Suhl, East Germany, the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne (née Kleber). She worked as a nurse and studied acting at the National Theatre School in Berlin from 1978 to 1981.

Career

In 1994, Harfouch was a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival, chaired by Jeremy Thomas.^[1]

After a few guest roles in the Tatort crime series, Harfouch became part of the permanent cast in 2023, succeeding Meret Becker in the series' Berlin team.^[2]

Personal life

Harfouch's first husband was a Lebanese computer scientist named Nabil Harfouch, with whom she has one daughter. From 1985 to 2007,^[3] she was married to Michael Gwisdek, with whom she has two sons, musician and actor Robert Gwisdek.^[4]

Selected filmography

• 1986: The House on the River
• 1987: Yasemin
• 1988: Die Schauspielerin
• 1988: Treffen in Travers
• 1988:
• 1989: Pestalozzi's Mountain
• 1991: The Tango Player
• 1991:
• 1992:
• 1994: Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen
• 1994: Stockholm Marathon
• 1995: The Promise
• 1995: 5 Stunden Angst – Geiselnahme im Kindergarten (TV film)
• 1996: Gates of Fire (TV film)
• 1996: Sexy Sadie
• 1996: Father's Day
• 1996: Gefährliche Freundin (TV film)
• 1997: Der Ausbruch (TV film)
• 1997: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
• 1998:
• 1998: The Big Mambo
• 1999:
• 1999: To the Horizon and Beyond
• 2000: Fandango
• 2001: Vera Brühne (TV film)
• 2002: Bibi Blocksberg
• 2002–2006: Eva Blond (TV series)
• 2003: Die fremde Frau (TV film)
• 2004: Downfall - portrayed Magda Goebbels
• 2004:
• 2004:
• 2005:
• 2006: (TV film)
• 2006: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
• 2006: Rage (TV film)
• 2007: According to the Plan
• 2007: (TV film)
• 2008: A Year Ago in Winter
• 2008: Berlin Calling
• 2009:
• 2009: This Is Love
• 2011: Cracks in the Shell
• 2011:
• 2012: Home for the Weekend
• 2012: Move
• 2013: Finsterworld
• 2015: Jack
• 2017: Fack ju Göhte 3
• 2019: Lara

Recognition

• 1993 – 43rd Berlin International Film Festival: Berlinale Camera^[5]
• 1996 – Bavarian Film Awards, Best Actress^[6]
• 2007 – Golden Goblet of the Shanghai International Film Festival, Best Actress (for According to the Plan)^[7]
• 2015 – Theaterpreis Berlin^[8]
• 2019 – Crystal Globe, Best Actress (for Lara)^[9]
• 2024 – German Film Award, Best Actress (for Dying)^[10]

External links

• • • Web site: Corinna Harfouch: Photographs. virtual-history.com. 14 December 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Berlinale: 1994 Juries. 14 December 2012. Berlin International Film Festival.
2. Christian Buß (7 April 2023), Corinna Harfouch als »Tatort«-Ermittlerin: SOKO Berlin Der Spiegel.
3. Michael Schacht (4 February 2011), Michael Gwisdek– Ex-Mann von Corinna Harfourch: Ich bin nicht der Vater unseres Sohnes Bild.
4. https://www.bz-berlin.de/artikel-archiv/b-z-hausbesuch-bei-den-gwisdeks B.Z. - Hausbesuch bei den Gwisdeks
5. Web site: Berlinale: 1993 Prize Winners. 14 December 2012. Berlin International Film Festival.
6. Web site: Bayerische Filmpreisträger . 22 March 2012. 14 December 2012. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608165339/http://www.bayern.de/Anlage9780627/PreistraegerdesBayerischenFilmpreises-Pierrot.pdf . 8 June 2011 .
7. Sen-lun Yu (24 June 2007), Shanghai film festhands top prize to Meletzky's Plan Screen Daily.
8. Patrick Wildermann (10 May 2015), Corinna Harfouch erhält Berliner Theaterpreis: "Ich hatte viel Glück, das stimmt" Der Tagesspiegel.
9. Orlando Parfitt (8 July 2019), Karlovy Vary Film Festival reveals 2019 winners Screen Daily.
10. Carolin Ströbele (4 May 2024), Schönstes Scheitern Die Zeit.