Laura Tonke

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 onscreen debut in Michael Kliers 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 Berlins 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 Roths feature film Baader In the tragicomedy Hedi Schneider steckt fest Hedi Schneider Is Stuck by Sonja Heisswhich premiered at the 2015 Berlinaleshe 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 perfectlyas 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