Biography
Maria Simon (born February 6, 1976) is a German actress. Simon's German father originally hailed from Leipzig and studied mathematics in Leningrad. There he met Simon's Russian-Jewish mother, Olga, who studied electronics and originally hailed from Kazakhstan. The couple married while studying. Maria Simon is the younger sister of actress Susanna Simon, who was born on 23 July 1968, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Maria was born and brought up in the former East Germany, but moved to New York City in 1990 to live with her father, a computer expert with the United Nations, and her sister Dalena Simon. She also has a sister named Alyssa. Simon has four children, the first from a former relationship with the actor Devid Striesow, and three with her ex-husband, the actor Bernd Michael Lade. After finishing school she moved back to the newly reunited Germany to study acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Ernst Busch in Berlin where she received her diploma in 1999. She won the award for Best Actress for her role in the film Zornige Küsse at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival in 2000. Simon was nominated as the best supporting actress in the 2003 German Film Awards, and was named …
Movies & TV Shows
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Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) — Ariane
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A Hidden Life (2019) — Resie
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Luther (2003) — Hanna
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The Countess (2009) — Helena
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996) — Laura Friedrich
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Scene of the Crime (1970) — Sylvia Keller
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Distant Lights (2003) — Sonja
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Murder by the Lake (2014) — Verena Garchinger
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Der Bergdoktor (2008) — Ina Lechner
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Gestern waren wir noch Kinder (2023) — Anna Klettmann
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Polizeiruf 110 (1971) — KHK Olga Lenski
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The Old Fox (1977) — Anke Flemming
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Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) — Self
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Nichts als Gespenster (2006) — Ellen
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Passing Summer (2001) — Johanna
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Not All Were Murderers (2006) — Lona Furkert
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Loverboy (2017) — Anna
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Break-Out to the Unknown (2018) — Sarah Schneider
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Ein starkes Team (1994) — Stefanie Lentz
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Unter anderen Umständen (2006) — Rike Kramer
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Civil Courage (2010) — Monika Keller
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Frühling (2011) — Sonja Feichtmayr
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Erzgebirgskrimi (2019) — Tanja Rossner
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Blessed Events (2010) — Susa
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SOKO München (1978) — Tamara Lanz
- Volle Kanne (1999) — Self
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Der Kriminalist (2006) — Bettina Winkler
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Balko (1995) — Marischka Frankovka
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Letzte Spur Berlin (2012) — Swantje Holthusen
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DAS! (1991) — Self
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Curling für Eisenstadt (2019) — Petra Glewitz
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NDR Talk Show (1979) — Self
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Es war einer von uns (2010) — Johanna Schröder
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Die Tote im Moorwald (2012) — Josefine Mehdorn
- Mord im Swingerclub (2000) — Susanna Bach
- Verbotene Küsse (2001) — Andrea
- Im Namen des Gesetzes (1994) — Lydia Stein
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Für alle Fälle Stefanie (1995) — Helena Klamerski
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Riverboat (1992) — Self
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Erste Ehe (2002)