Ilona Schulz

Ilona Schulz born February 26 1955 in Kassel is a German actress voiceover artist and singer Ilona Schulz studied at the Hanover University of Music Drama and Media from 1976 to 1980 subsequently beginning her stage career at the Theater Hannover She rose to fame through her role in the musical Linie 1 by the Berlinbased GripsTheater as well as in the feature film adaptation of the same name The song Du bist schön auch wenn du weinstwhich she performed in a Berlin dialectwas later covered by various artists including the Beatsteaks and Sido Throughout her career Schulz has held theater engagements in cities such as Basel Bremen Munich and Stuttgart In Berlin she worked as a freelance performer at venues including the Freie Volksbühne the Theater am Kurfürstendamm the Tipi am Kanzleramt and the Theater des Westens Furthermore she has appeared in numerous film and television productions including popular series such as Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 As a voiceover and audio drama artist Schulz became particularly wellknown for her work in childrens productions She voices the title characters in audio drama series such as Der kleine König and Der Grüffelo and lent her voice to the character Das kleine Arschloch in the film adaptations of the same name She is also recognized for her distinctive voice and her ability to mimic various dialects In 2023 Schulz portrayed the elderly Margot Friedländer in the docudrama Ich bin Margot Friedländer the film was awarded the German Television Prize In addition to her work as an actress and voice artist she is also active as a playwright and resides in Berlin