Veronica Ferres


Veronica Maria Cäcilia Ferres is a German producer and actress of film, television, and stage. Her 2007 portrayal of Sara Bender in Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie, based on the true story of Jutta Fleck, earned her the award for Best Actress at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis.

Early life

Ferres was born in Solingen. She grew up as the youngest child and only daughter of Peter Ferres, a coal and potato merchant, and his wife Katharina.
She completed her abitur at the Gymnasium Schwertstraße in Solingen, and then studied Germanistik, Theatre studies and Psychology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

Personal life

From 1990 till 1999 Ferres was liaised with Helmut Dietl. They worked together on movies like Schtonk!, ', ' and many others of the director. In February 2000 they announced their separation. With her ex-husband Martin Krug she has one daughter. The marriage lasted from 2001 until their divorce in 2010. In 2014, Ferres married Carsten Maschmeyer.

Career

Ferres was born in Solingen, Germany and studied German Literature, Psychology and Drama at the University of Munich before taking up acting. In Germany she had her breakthrough with the title role in the hit comedy, The Superwife, followed by starring roles in hits such as the Oscar-nominated Schtonk!, ', Klimt and ', making her a household name in Germany. Her TV productions include The Manns, ', ', ', ', and ', among many others. Her awards include the Grimme-Preis, the German Television Award, the Bavarian TV Award, the Golden Camera Award, and the Bambi Award. She played the female lead in Jedermann, the traditional opening play of the Salzburg Festival, considered the highest honor in German stagecraft.
In 2013, she shot the international feature 'Hector and the Search for Happiness with Simon Pegg and Jean Reno, and played the main role in the feature film Casanova Variations, again with John Malkovich. Her 13th international production, The Devil's Violinist, was released theatrically in the fall of 2013. In 2015, she starred opposite Nic Cage in the thriller Pay the Ghost, directed by Uli Edel. In 2016, she had the leading role in Werner Herzog's film Salt and Fire, co-starring Michael Shannon and Gael Garcia Bernal. Veronica is also co-starring in The Comedian'', her 17th English feature film, along with Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, and Danny DeVito. The film was slated to hit theaters in 2017.
Veronica founded her own production company, Construction Film GmbH, in 2012.

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards

for awards listed