My favorite European actors and actresses
by meerschweinchen_freunde | created - 06 Jun 2016 | updated - 27 Sep 2022 | Public1. Sebastian Koch
Actor | Das Leben der Anderen
Sebastian Koch is one of the most internationally sought-after German actors of his generation. After stage engagements in Berlin, Bochum and Darmstadt, the Karlsruhe native was twice awarded the "Grimme Prize" in 2002 for the title role in Peter Keglevic's "Der Tanz mit dem Teufel - Die Entführung...
2. Max von Sydow
Actor | Flash Gordon
Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry.
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3. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Actor | Game of Thrones
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (born 27 July 1970) is a Danish actor, producer and screenwriter. He graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre in Copenhagen in 1993. Coster-Waldau's breakthrough performance in Denmark was his role in the film Nightwatch (1994). Since then he has appeared in ...
4. Pilou Asbæk
Actor | Ghost in the Shell
Pilou Asbæk graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2008. In the same year, he played the leading role in Niels Arden Oplev's drama Worlds Apart. In 2010 he had his breakthrough as the inmate Rune in Lindholm & Noer's prison drama R for which he won the prize for Best actor ...
5. Henning Valin Jakobsen
Actor | Bedrag
Henning Valin Jakobsen was born on July 25, 1965 in Denmark. He is an actor, known for Bedrag (2016), The Last Kingdom (2015) and Department Q: The Absent One (2014).
6. Michael Nyqvist
Actor | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Born Rolf Åke Mikael Nyqvist in Stockholm, Sweden, it wasn't until he was over a year old when he was finally adopted from the orphanage he had been given to. His father was a lawyer and his mother a writer. It wasn't until he had his first child that he decided to seek out his biological parents. ...
7. Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Actor | En kongelig affære
Thomas W. Gabrielsson was born on June 29, 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is an actor, known for A Royal Affair (2012), The Last Kingdom (2015) and Arn: The Knight Templar (2007).
8. Oleg Yankovskiy
Actor | Nostalghia
Yankovsky was named best actor in a 1984 reader poll by Soviet Screen for his role in "In Love Because He Wants to Be." He was awarded the State Prize in 1987 for his role in "Flying Asleep and Awake." In 1989 he received the Vasiliev State Prize for his role in "The Kreutzer Sonata." Yakovsky was ...
9. Karel Roden
Actor | RocknRolla
Karel Roden is an internationally known actor who was most recently seen in the United States in director Jaume Collet-Serra's "Orphan," starring Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard, and in Guy Ritchie's "RocknRolla," opposite Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson and Thandie Newton. His work can also be seen ...
10. Rutger Hauer
Actor | Hobo with a Shotgun
Blond, blue-eyed, tall and handsome Dutch actor Rutger Hauer enjoyed an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. Hauer was born in Breukelen, a Dutch town and former municipality in the province of Utrecht.
He was the son of Teunke ...
11. Burghart Klaußner
Actor | Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei
Burghart Klaußner was born on September 13, 1949 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for The Edukators (2004), The White Ribbon (2009) and The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015). He is married to Jenny. They have two children.
12. Joachim Paul Assböck
Actor | Schindler's List
Joachim Paul Assböck was born on October 26, 1965 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Schindler's List (1993), Equilibrium (2002) and The Pianist (2002).
13. Alexander Fehling
Actor | Inglourious Basterds
Alexander Fehling was born on March 29, 1981 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Labyrinth of Lies (2014) and Homeland (2011).
14. Dietmar Bär
Actor | Tatort
Dietmar Bär was born on February 5, 1961 in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Kehrtwende (2011) and Ärzte (1994). He has been married to Maren Geißler since April 15, 2009.
15. Daniel Brühl
Actor | Rush
Daniel Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain. His father was German TV director Hanno Brühl (1937-2010), who was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His Spanish mother was a teacher. He also has a brother and a sister, Oliver and Miriam. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he ...
16. Florian Stetter
Actor | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
Florian Stetter was born in Munich on August 2, 1977 and lived in Regensburg until the age of 18. In 1998, he began training as an actor at the Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. Stetter then worked on various German, Austrian and Swiss stages (including the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, ...
17. Moritz Bleibtreu
Actor | Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Moritz Bleibtreu is a German actor born on August 13, 1971 in Munich growing up in Hamburg. He first appears in children's television series Neues aus Uhlenbusch (1977) at the age of six. His breakthrough was the role called "Abdul" in the movie Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997). He also became ...
18. Michael Gwisdek
Actor | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Michael Gwisdek was born on January 14, 1942 in Weissensee, Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Good Bye Lenin! (2003) and Treffen in Travers (1988). He was married to Gabriela Gwisdek and Corinna Harfouch. He died on September 22, 2020 in ...
19. Vinzenz Kiefer
Actor | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Vinzenz was born in 1979 in Weilburg/Lahn. He grew up in a small village between two farms. He loved chasing chickens as well as building cabins in the woods and playing with fire. His parents' video collection was also an early passion of his (later on he took care of it completely and since then,...
20. Volker Bruch
Actor | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Volker Bruch was born on March 9, 1980 in Munich, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The Reader (2008) and Babylon Berlin (2017).
21. Tobias Santelmann
Actor | Kon-Tiki
Tobias Santelmann is a Norwegian actor who was born in Freiburg, Germany. His family moved to Norway when he was one year old. He grew up in the far south of Norway (Lindesnes) and moved to Oslo when he was 16 years old.
Tobias Santelmann graduated from The Oslo National Academy of Dramatic Arts (...
22. August Wittgenstein
Actor | The Crown
August Wittgenstein was born on January 22, 1981 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Crown (2016), Das Boot (2018) and Ku'damm 56 (2016).
23. Romain Duris
Actor | De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté
Appealing actor Romain Duris is the exact example of those who arrived in the movie industry by chance, and to stardom without really desiring it. Discovered by a casting director while he was waiting in front of a high school in Paris, he was offered a role. Between popular successes such as Good ...
24. Javier Bardem
Actor | Skyfall
Javier Bardem belongs to a family of actors that have been working on films since the early days of Spanish cinema.
He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, to actress Pilar Bardem (María del Pilar Bardem Muñoz) and businessman José Carlos Encinas Doussinague. His maternal grandparents were...
25. Florian Lukas
Actor | Good Bye Lenin!
Florian Lukas was born on March 16, 1973 in East Berlin, East Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The Weissensee Saga (2010).
26. Bruno Wolkowitch
Actor | The Tourist
Bruno Wolkowitch was born on May 10, 1961 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for The Tourist (2010), Spin (2012) and P.J. (1997).
27. François Cluzet
Actor | Intouchables
François Cluzet was born on September 21, 1955 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for The Intouchables (2011), Tell No One (2006) and French Kiss (1995). He has been married to Narjiss Slaoui-Falcoz since 2011. He was previously married to Chantal Perrin.
28. Lorenzo Richelmy
Actor | Marco Polo
Lorenzo Richelmy was born on March 25, 1990 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. He is an actor, known for Marco Polo (2014), Rainbow: A Private Affair (2017) and The Girl in the Fog (2017).
29. Gérard Depardieu
Actor | Cyrano de Bergerac
Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France, to Anne Jeanne Josèphe (Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, who was a metal worker and fireman. Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Café de la Gare", along ...
30. Grégory Fitoussi
Actor | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Grégory Fitoussi was born on August 13, 1976 in Paris, France. He is an actor, known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), Hostile (2017) and World War Z (2013).
31. Fabrice Luchini
Actor | Dans la maison
Fabrice Luchini was born on November 1, 1951 in Paris, France. He is an actor and writer, known for In the House (2012), Molière (2007) and Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996).
32. Pierfrancesco Favino
Actor | World War Z
Pierfrancesco Favino was born on August 24, 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor and producer, known for World War Z (2013), Rush (2013) and Angels & Demons (2009).
33. Mathieu Kassovitz
Actor | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Mathieu Kassovitz was born on August 3, 1967 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Amélie (2001), La haine (1995) and The Fifth Element (1997).
34. César Domboy
Actor | The Walk
César Domboy was born on March 10, 1990 in France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Walk (2015), The Princess of Montpensier (2010) and Outlander (2014).
35. Christian Berkel
Actor | Valkyrie
Christian Berkel was born on October 28, 1957 in West Berlin, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Valkyrie (2008), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and Downfall (2004). He has been married to Andrea Sawatzki since December 17, 2011. They have two children.
36. Heino Ferch
Actor | Der Untergang
During his school years he was enthusiastic about artistry and gymnastics. His athletic skills helped him land a role in the musical "Can Can" in 1978, which also sparked his interest in acting. After finishing school, Heino Ferch devoted himself to his acting training at the Salzburg Mozarteum. In...
37. Maximilian Brückner
Actor | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
Maximilian Brückner was born on January 10, 1979 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Guys and Balls (2004) and War Horse (2011). He has been married to Magdalena Staudacher since 2013. They have two children.
38. Niels-Bruno Schmidt
Actor | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Niels-Bruno Schmidt was born in 1975 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Pandorum (2009) and Schicksalsspiel (1993).
39. Hans Werner Meyer
Actor | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Hans Werner Meyer was born on April 14, 1964 in Hamburg, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Die Cleveren (1998) and Adieu Paris (2013). He is married to Jacqueline Macaulay. They have three children.
40. Götz Otto
Actor | Iron Sky
Götz Otto was born on October 15, 1967 in Dietzenbach, Hesse, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Iron Sky (2012), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Cloud Atlas (2012). He is married to Sabine. They have four children.
41. Pyotr Mamonov
Actor | Ostrov
Pyotr Mamonov was born on April 14, 1951 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for The Island (2006), Shapito-shou: Lyubov i druzhba (2011) and Taxi Blues (1990). He was married to Olga Ivanovna Mamonova and ???. He died on July 15, 2021 in Kommunarka, Moscow, ...
42. Peter Simonischek
Actor | Toni Erdmann
Peter Simonischek was born on August 6, 1946 in Graz, Austria. He was an actor, known for Toni Erdmann (2016), The Interpreter (2018) and Sapphire Blue (2014). He was married to Brigitte Karner and Charlotte Schwab. He died on May 29, 2023 in Vienna, Austria.
43. Denis Podalydès
Actor | La conquête
Denis Podalydès was born on April 22, 1963 in Versailles, France. He is an actor and writer, known for The Conquest (2011), French Tech (2020) and Jeanne and the Perfect Guy (1998).
44. Romann Berrux
Actor | Outlander
Romann Berrux was born on August 13, 2001 in France. He is an actor, known for Outlander (2014), The Inside Game (2018) and Joséphine, ange gardien (1997).
45. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Actor | Game of Thrones
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is an Icelandic professional strongman, actor, and former professional basketball player.
On 31 January 2015, Björnsson beat a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway, where he carried a 10 m (33 ft) long 650 kg (1,430...
46. Kristofer Hivju
Actor | Turist
A second-generation Norwegian actor, Kristofer Hivju was born on 7 December, 1978 in Oslo. He is the son of actors Lieselotte Holmene and Erik Hivju, a prominent character actor who appeared with his son in the short film Flax, where Kristofer shared screenwriting credit with director Bård Ivar ...
47. Basil Eidenbenz
Actor | Denial
Basil was born in Zurich, Switzerland on January the 9th 1993 and started out by taking singing lessons at the Zurich Music Conservatory before embarking on a two year course at the European Actor School. Having started his career in a German comedy film 'Let's Get a Divorce' in 2009, for two years...
48. Ulrich Mühe
Actor | Das Leben der Anderen
Ulrich Mühe was born on June 20, 1953 in Grimma, East Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Lives of Others (2006), Funny Games (1997) and Der letzte Zeuge (1998). He was married to Susanne Lothar, Jenny Gröllmann and Annegret Hahn. He died on July 22, 2007 in Walbeck, Saxony-Anhalt,...
49. Fabian Hinrichs
Actor | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
Fabian Hinrichs was born in 1974 in Hamburg, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Tatort (1970) and Divided We Stand (2022).
50. Axel Milberg
Actor | Tatort
Axel Milberg was born on August 1, 1956 in Kiel, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Hannah Arendt (2012) and Doktor Martin (2007). He has been married to Judith Betzler since January 2004. They have one child.
51. David Rott
Actor | Der Mann mit dem Fagott
David Rott was born on September 1, 1977 in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for Der Mann mit dem Fagott (2011), Ganz und gar (2003) and Guys and Balls (2004). He is married to Elena. They have five children.
52. Detlef Bothe
Actor | Anthropoid
Detlef Bothe was born on July 24, 1965 in Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Anthropoid (2016), Feiertag (2002) and Spectre (2015).
53. Walther Reyer
Actor | Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin
Walther Reyer was born on September 4, 1922 in Hall, Tyrol, Austria. He was an actor, known for Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956), The Tiger of Eschnapur (1959) and Journey to the Lost City (1960). He was married to Angela, Erika Remberg, Gretl Elb and Claudia. He died on September 5, 1999 in ...
54. Karlheinz Böhm
Actor | Peeping Tom
The son of conductor Karl Böhm began his acting career on stage in Germany. In Europe, he is still best known for his role in the Sissi (1955) series, although he later starred in several movies of cult director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After 1981, he was exclusively involved in charitable work in...
55. Sandra Hüller
Actress | Anatomie d'une chute
Sandra Hüller was born in Suhl. She studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. For her performance of Anneliese Michel in Hans-Christian Schmid's drama Requiem she won The Silver Bear for Best Actress. She is internationally known for her starring role in Maren Ade's Toni...
56. Saskia Vester
Actress | KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst
Saskia Vester was born on July 24, 1959 in Saarbrücken, West Germany. She is an actress, known for KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (2007), Die Landärztin (2005) and Großstadtrevier (1986). She is married to Robert Flörke. They have two children.
57. Barbara Sukowa
Actress | Hannah Arendt
A strikingly beautiful German lead actress, Barbara Sukowa broke into TV and films as the protégée of famed director Rainer Werner Fassbinder with his masterpiece mini-series Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and the moody film drama Lola (1981) in the title role. In the latter, Barbara won critical ...
58. Julia Jentsch
Actress | Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage
After school, Jentsch turned to acting. She attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Jentsch then began her acting career in the theater. In 2001 she joined the ensemble of the Munich Kammerspiele, where she masterfully interpreted Desdemona in Shakespeare's "Othello", Sophocles...
59. Franziska Weisz
Actress | Hotel
Franziska Weisz was born on May 4, 1980 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Hotel (2004), Mutig in die neuen Zeiten (2005) and Tage, die es nicht gab (2022). She has been married to Felix Herzogenrath since 2015.
60. Karolina Lodyga
Actress | Anna und die Liebe
Karolina Lodyga was born on April 13, 1984 in Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Anna (2008), 4 Blocks (2017) and Das ist ja das Leben selbst! (2012).
61. Ludivine Sagnier
Actress | Lupin
The French actress Ludivine Sagnier was born on July 3, 1979 in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, in France's Yvelines department. Ludivine studied acting as a young girl and had made her movie debut at the age 10 in Les maris, les femmes, les amants (1989). She has established her reputation as one of the ...
62. Catherine Deneuve
Actress | Belle de jour
Catherine Fabienne Deneuve was born October 22, 1943 in Paris, France, to actor parents Renée Simonot and Maurice Dorléac. She made her movie debut in 1957, when she was barely a teenager and continued with small parts in minor films, until Roger Vadim gave her a meatier role in Vice and Virtue (...
63. Juliette Binoche
Actress | The English Patient
Juliette Binoche was born in Paris, France, to Monique Yvette Stalens, a director, teacher, and actress, and Jean-Marie Binoche, a sculptor, director, and actor. Her mother was born in Czestochowa, Poland, of French, Walloon Belgian, and Polish descent, while her father is French. Juliette was only...
64. Dominique Blanc
Actress | Indochine
Dominique Blanc was born on April 25, 1956 in Lyon, Rhône, France. She is an actress and director, known for Indochine (1992), Queen Margot (1994) and Stand-by (2000).
65. Laura Morante
Actress | La cerise sur le gâteau
Laura Morante was born on August 21, 1956 in Santa Fiora, Tuscany, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for Cherry on the Cake (2012), The Son's Room (2001) and Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981). She has been married to Francesco Giammatteo since October 3, 2004. She was previously married ...
66. Cristiana Capotondi
Actress | La peggior settimana della mia vita
Cristiana Capotondi was born on September 13, 1980 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She is an actress and director, known for The Worst Week of My Life (2011), Come tu mi vuoi (2007) and Notte prima degli esami (2006).
67. Oona Chaplin
Actress | The Longest Ride
Oona Chaplin is a Spanish actress. Her mother is Geraldine Chaplin. She is also the granddaughter of English film actor Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. She is best known for playing Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones and Zilpha Geary ...
68. MyAnna Buring
Actress | Kill List
MyAnna Buring was born 22 September 1979, in Sundsvall, Sweden, as MyAnna Margaretha Buring Rantapää, but grew up in the Middle East. When she turned 16, she moved to Great Britain. She attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman, and graduated from the London Academy ...
69. Chulpan Khamatova
Actress | Good Bye Lenin!
Chulpan Khamatova is an internationally acclaimed film and stage actress and well-known philanthropist who left Moscow following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and took permanent residency in Latvia.
She was born Chulpan Nailyevna Khamatova on October 1, 1975, in Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, Russia. ...
70. Heida Reed
Actress | One Day
Heiða Rún Sigurðardóttir known by her stage name Heida Reed, is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day, Jo (2013), Silent Witness (2014) and the BBC drama Poldark. Reed was born in Iceland, the middle of three children of a music teacher father and a dental ...
71. Maria Simon
Actress | Good Bye Lenin!
Maria Simon was born on February 6, 1976 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic [nox Saxony, Germany]. She is an actress and producer, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), Portrait of a Married Couple (2002) and Kleine Schwester (2004). She was previously married to Bernd Michael Lade.
72. Zuzana Fialová
Actress | Kriminálka Staré Mesto
Zuzana Fialová was born on May 17, 1974 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She is an actress and writer, known for Kriminálka Staré Mesto (2010), Ordinácia v ruzovej záhrade (2007) and Aftermath (2012).
73. Martina Gedeck
Actress | Das Leben der Anderen
Martina Gedeck was born in Munich. After spending a year in the US, she studied drama at the Berlin University of the Arts. Martina's film career began while she was still at drama school. Her filmography covers practically all genres of film.
Gedeck has won a total of 23 major cinema and TV awards....
74. Maria Schrader
Director | She Said
Maria Schrader was born in Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany, on September 27th, 1965. She directed and co-wrote the screenplay of the awards-winning film Liebesleben (2007). As well, she directed Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016) and the Emmy-award wining miniseries Unorthodox (2020) (...
75. Daniela Holtz
Actress | Victoria
Daniela Holtz was born in 1977 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Victoria (2016), Heart Bargain (2015) and De man uit Rome (2023).
76. Henriette Confurius
Actress | Die Wölfe
Henriette Confurius was born on February 5, 1991 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress, known for Die Wölfe (2009), Mein erstes Wunder (2002) and Police Call 110 (1971).
77. Nina Yndis
Actress | Peaky Blinders
Nina Yndis is an actress and producer, known for Peaky Blinders (2013), Call the Midwife (2012) and X Company (2015).
Nina is a very versatile actress and producer with a Polish mother and Norwegian father, currently working across borders with Norway and the United Kingdom. She started doing ...
78. Licia Maglietta
Actress | Pane e tulipani
Born in Naples in 1954, Licia Maglietta graduated in Architecture in 1981. Her first role on stage came the following year in 'Tango glaciale' by Mario Martone, the director who would also cast her in her film debut over a decade later: Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (1992). The two worked ...
79. Katrin Sass
Actress | Good Bye Lenin!
Katrin Sass was born on October 23, 1956 in Schwerin, German Democratic Republic. She is an actress, known for Good Bye Lenin! (2003), The Weissensee Saga (2010) and Bürgschaft für ein Jahr (1981). She was previously married to Siegfried Kühn.
80. Lucie Aron
Actress | Berlin Syndrome
Lucie Aron was born in 1990 in Paris, France. She is an actress and casting director, known for Berlin Syndrome (2017), You Are Wanted (2017) and Replace (2017).
81. Zuzana Bydzovská
Actress | Venkovský ucitel
Zuzana Bydzovská was born on October 10, 1961 in Most, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She is an actress, known for The Country Teacher (2008), Jan Palach (2018) and Gympl (2007).
82. Isabelle Adjani
Actress | Possession
Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène, and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently. After winning a school ...
83. Greta Scacchi
Actress | The Player
Greta Scacchi was born in Milan, Italy, to Pamela Carsaniga, an English dancer and Luca Scacchi, an Italian art dealer and painter. She grew up in Milan and Sussex, England. In 1975, her mother and second husband moved to Australia, where, after she left school, Greta worked as an Italian ...
84. Carice van Houten
Actress | Game of Thrones
One of Europe's most celebrated actresses, Carice van Houten is perhaps best known as 'Melisandre' in the iconic TV show Game of Thrones, a performance for which she has been recognized with an Emmy Award nomination in 2019. Other projects include Paul Verhoeven's award-winning Black Book and Bryan...
85. Hannah Herzsprung
Actress | The Reader
Hannah Herzsprung was born on September 7, 1981 in Hamburg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Reader (2008), Who Am I (2014) and Four Minutes (2006).
86. Isabelle Huppert
Actress | Elle
Isabelle Huppert was born March 16, 1953, in Paris, France, but spent her childhood in Ville d'Avray. Encouraged by her mother Annick Huppert (who was a teacher of English), she followed the Conservatory of Versailles and won an acting prize for her work in Alfred de Musset's "Un caprice". She then...
87. Miriam Stein
Actress | Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall
Miriam Stein was born on May 10, 1988 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for Four Women and a Funeral (2005), Young Goethe in Love (2010) and Generation War (2013).
88. Pernilla August
Actress | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Pernilla August started acting as a child, performing in plays at Vår teater and at school. In 1979 she was accepted at the Statens scenskola to study acting professionally. Director Ingmar Bergman took note of her early and cast her as a nanny in his Fanny and Alexander (1982).
In 1982 she got ...
89. Emily Cox
Actress | The Last Kingdom
Emily Cox was born on February 23, 1985 in Vienna, Austria. She is an actress, known for The Last Kingdom (2015), Jerks (2017) and The Fatherless (2011).
You know Emily from her leading role as the female Viking Warrior 'BRIDA' in the epic and highly successful Netflix series 'The Last Kingdom' ...
90. Nive Nielsen
Actress | Togo
Nive Nielsen launched her career as the frontwoman of the Greenlandic group Nive and The Deer Children. While touring across the world, her namesake band was bestowed numerous awards including the Danish Crown Prince Couple's Stardust Award, Independent Music Award, and even a nomination for the ...
91. Lisa Maria Potthoff
Actress | Sarah Kohr
Lisa Maria Potthoff was born on July 25, 1978 in West Berlin, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Sarah Kohr (2014), Die Bluthochzeit (2005) and Schwere Jungs (2006). She is married to Thorsten Berg.
92. Sibel Kekilli
Actress | Gegen die Wand
Sibel Kekilli is a German actress of Turkish origin. With her debut in Fatih Akin's movie "Head On" she gained major public attention. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2004 and her acting performance received several national and international prizes, among them the highly ...
93. Anjela Nedyalkova
Actress | T2 Trainspotting
Anjela Nedyalkova was born on March 2, 1991 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is an actress, known for T2 Trainspotting (2017), The Paradise Suite (2015) and Avé (2011).
94. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Actress | Kraftidioten
Birgitte Hjort Sorensen is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West End production of the musical Chicago while at school. She graduated from the Danish...
95. Johanna Wokalek
Actress | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Johanna Wokalek was born on March 3, 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. She is an actress, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Pope Joan (2009) and Barefoot (2005). She is married to Thomas Hengelbrock. They have one child.
96. Catherine Frot
Actress | Marguerite
Catherine Frot was born on May 1, 1956 in Paris, France. She is an actress and writer, known for Marguerite (2015), Le Dîner de Cons (1998) and Family Resemblances (1996). She has been married to Michel Couvelard since 1987. They have one child.
97. Florence Pernel
Actress | Trois couleurs: Bleu
Florence Pernel was born on June 30, 1962 in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Three Colors: Blue (1993), Three Colors: White (1994) and Napoléon (2002). She has been married to Patrick Rotman since July 2005. They have two children.
98. Fanny Valette
Actress | La petite Jérusalem
Fanny Valette was born on July 4, 1986 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She is an actress, known for La petite Jérusalem (2005), Just a Fling (2017) and High Lane (2009).
99. Mariya Andreeva
Actress | Lovets snov
Mariya Andreeva was born on July 12, 1986 in Kirovograd, Kirovogradskaya oblast, Ukrainskaya SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Lovets snov (2022), Perestroika (2009) and Posledniy vagon: Vesna (2015). She has been married to Anton Khundadze since November 2018. They have one ...
100. Miriam Sekhon
Actress | Branded
Miriam Sekhon is known for Branded (2012), Ikariya and Plus One (2008).
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