Corinna Harfouch

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

Movies

112

Born: October 16, 1954
From: Suhl, Germany

Biography

Corinna Harfouch (born 16 October 1954) is a German actress. Widely regarded as one of the most important performers in German film and theatre, she is known for her portrayals of complex, often emotionally layered characters across more than four decades on stage and screen. Among her most beloved and unexpected performances is her turn as Rabia in Bibi Blocksberg, in which her scene-stealing energy has since been embraced by audiences as camp and iconic, earning her a cult following and status as an unlikely queer icon. For this performance, she received the German Film Award (Lola) for Best Supporting Actress in 2003. Trained at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst “Ernst Busch” in Berlin, Harfouch began her career in theatre before transitioning to film and television, where she has appeared in over 80 productions. Her early breakthrough came with Die Schauspielerin (1988), followed by roles in films such as Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997), Der Untergang (2004), Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders (2006), Finsterworld (2013), and Lara (2019). She has also been part of the long-running crime series Tatort since 2023. Among her numerous accolades, Harfouch has received the Bavarian Film Award, the Adolf Grimme Award, the German Television Award, and the German Film Award. She won Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival for Frei nach Plan (2007) and received the German Film Award for Best Actress in 2024 for Sterben. In addition to her screen work, Harfouch is an acclaimed stage actress, performing at major theatres including the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Berliner Ensemble, and the Volksbühne. In 1997, she was named Actress of the Year by Theater heute and awarded the Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring for her performance in Des Teufels General. Born in Suhl, East Germany, Harfouch initially trained as a nurse before studying acting. She has three children, including actor Robert Gwisdek.

Works

112 films

23 000 Lives

20265.7

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

20067.4

Downfall

20047.9

Suck Me Shakespeer 3

20176.1

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

19977.7

Bibi Blocksberg

20026.0

Move

20126.4

Dying

20247.9

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

2026

Zwischen uns

20226.4

Berlin Calling

20086.8

The Elementary Particles

20066.1

Brennende Themen

2026

The Green Desert

19997.8

Bloodsuckers

20225.6

Gefährliche Freundin

19964.0

Jack

20154.5

In My Mother's Mirror

2026

My Father The Turk

2006

Lara

20196.6

Moon Man

20126.7

This Is Love

20095.0

Yasemin

19886.3

Wer anhält stirbt

199610.0

Cracks in the Shell

20126.1

Kundschafter des Friedens 2

20254.4

The Missing Woman

20163.4

Rage

20065.9

Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls

20046.2

The Devil and Ms. D

19995.2

Free to Leave

20075.0

C(r)ook

20047.1

Faust Sonnengesang

20117.5

Looking for Simon

20115.7

Helen, Fred und Ted

20063.7

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

19946.1

Goldstaub

19937.0

Persona

20194.0

Now or Never

20006.3

Sexy Sadie

19964.8

Gebürtig

20024.3

A Year Ago in Winter

20086.3

The Promise

19956.6

Manchmal sehe ich ihn nachts

2026

Thea und Nat

19923.7

Mostly Minimalistic

20226.4

Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung

20115.5

Finsterworld

20136.4

Home for the Weekend

20125.4

Inge, April und Mai

19934.7

Die Ironie des Lebens

20245.8

Kranke Geschäfte

20197.0

Verdammt, er liebt mich

19967.0

Tod einer Schülerin

20106.6

Right Here Right Now

20184.2

The Girl With the Golden Hands

20225.3

Julia's Disappearance

20096.7

Rose

20056.1

Der kleine Staatsanwalt

19877.0

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

20206.0

The Bunny Guards vs. the Forces of Evil

20024.4

The Tango Player

19917.0

What You Can See from Here

20226.4

Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers

19923.8

Verrückt nach Paris

20026.9

Reunion in Travers

19898.0

According to Plan

20076.8

The Actress

19887.0

Schmidt & Schwarz

2012

Gates of Fire

19969.0

Emma nach Mitternacht - Frau Hölle

2016

Puppe

20134.5

Stockholm Marathon

19945.0

Solo for Clarinet

19985.7

Verzeihung, sehen Sie Fußball?

19837.0

Immer der Nase nach

20214.8

An die Grenze

20074.8

Zwischen Pankow und Zehlendorf

19918.0

The Big Mambo

19988.0

Wengler & Sons

19874.7

Bis zum Horizont und weiter

19998.0

Hamlet_X

20034.8

Irren ist männlich

19964.3

Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"

20057.0

Ruhe! Hier stirbt Lothar

20216.7

Through This Night

20058.0

Pestalozzi's Mountain

19896.5

Silberhochzeit

20065.5

Ein Dorf sieht Mord

20095.0

Whiskey with Vodka

20095.9

Farewell to Agnes

19948.0

Das Monstrum

20019.0

Kiss Kiss Wolf

2026

Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein

1981

Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits

19976.0

Hand in Hand

2009

Verlobung in Hullerbusch

197910.0

Fandango - Members Only

20006.0

Cloud Whispers

20184.4

Fallada: The Last Chapter

19886.0

5 Stunden Angst – Geiselnahme im Kindergarten

19967.0

Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!

20085.0

Der Fall Bruckner

20147.0

The Boy Who Owns the World

20248.5

Die fremde Frau

20045.3

Too Close

20172.0

Des Teufels General

19977.0

The House on the River

19867.0

Ihr Brief zur Hochzeit

2012

Stunde des Wolfs

20003.7

The Boyfriend

20235.3

Hüpf, Häschen, hüpf

199110.0