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Andrea Sawatzki

Acting

Biography

Andrea Sawatzki (born 23 February 1963 in Kochel am See) is a German actress. Since 2002 she has starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort as police inspector Charlotte Sänger. She also gained some international prominence as a co-actor in the German movies Bandits and Das Experiment. Sawatzki is the daughter of a nurse and a journalist. She has lived with actor Christian Berkel since 1997. The couple has two sons and lives in Berlin. After studying at the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule (Munich acting school) and doing an internship at the Munich Kammerspiele, Sawatzky played in theaters in Stuttgart, Wilhelmshaven and Munich from 1988 to 1992. Her first movie role was in Faust – der Film in 1988, directed by Dieter Dorn. In 1997, she became known to a broader audience through the movie Die Apothekerin in which she played Alma Siebert. She made her breakthrough as one of the best known German actresses with her role as Chief Inspector Charlotte Sänger in the Tatort series from 2001 to 2009. Moreover, she acted in successful movies such as Bandits, Late Show, Leo und Claire and Das Experiment. She appeared in several TV series and TV movies such as Der König von St. Pauli ("The King of St. Pauli") and Die Manns, both praised by critics. She posed for a spread in Playboy magazine in 2003. Sawatzki read for audio books as, for example, for the series TV-Kommissare lesen Krimis the story Die Maus in der Ecke and the novel Glennkill. In 2007, Sawatzki was godmother of the Deutscher Kinderpreis (German Children's Award). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrea Sawatzki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: February 23, 1963

Place of Birth: Kochel am See, Germany

Filmography

2025
Why me?

as Monika

2025
Gerry Star

as Becky

2024
Reisen mit Muddi

as Naina Zareen Pfeiffer

2024
2024
Der Upir

as Thekla

2024
Querschuss

as Ulrike

2024
Pauline

as Lillith

2023
Das Fest der Liebe

as Dorothee Streuble

2023
2023
Club Las Piranjas

as Lilly de Jung

2022
2022
Freibad

as Eva

2021
Notes of Berlin

as Joshs Mutter

2021
2021
Help, I Shrunk My Friends

as Hulda Stechbarth

2021
2020
2020
Schneewittchen am See

as Regina Bellmer

2020
Matze, Kebab und Sauerkraut

as Rachel Hirschman

2019
Zoros Solo

as Frau Lehmann

2019
Cleo

as Sophia

2019
The Masked Singer

as Self - Axolotl

2019
2019
Paul Auster: What If

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2019
Nimm Du ihn

as Mareike

2018
2018
Ihr seid natürlich eingeladen

as Gundula Bundschuh

2018
Help, I Shrunk My Parents

as Director Hulda Stechbarth

2018
Im Wald

as Felicitas Molin

2017
Casting

as Annika Grossmann

2017
Südstadt

as Eva Simon

2017
Von Erholung war nie die Rede

as Gundula Bundschuh

2016
Zwei verlorene Schafe

as Rebecca Fritz

2015
2015
It Gets Even Better

as Ina Becker

2014
MDR um 4

as Self

2013
Bella Dilemma

as Bella Jung

2013
Herztöne

as Carmen Clausen

2012
Bella Australia

as Bella Jung

2012
Bliss

as Kalles Mutter

2011
Das große Comeback

as Ute Meier-Thiel

2011
Borgia

as Adriana de Mila

2010
Bella Vita

as Isabella 'Bella' Jung

2010
Klimawechsel

as Desiree Dische

2010
Lotta & ...

as Frau Platow

2009
Entführt

as Vera Targensee

2008
Vom Atmen unter Wasser

as Anne Bergmann

2008
2007
Der andere Junge

as Evchen Morell

2007
Inas Nacht

as Self

2007
Suddenly Gina

as Claudia Jonas

2006
Helen, Fred und Ted

as Dr. Helen Cordes

2006
Let's Dance

as Self - Contestant

2005
Arme Millionäre

as Adina Gabriel

2005
Erkan & Stefan 3

as Kathrin Schwartau

2002
Shattered Glass

as junge Käthe

2002
Leo & Claire

as Helga Steinheil

2001
2001
A Goddamn Job

as Yolanda

2001
The Experiment

as Dr. Jutta Grimm

2000
Abendschau

as Self

2000
Ants in the Pants

as Flos Tante

1999
1999
Und alles wegen Mama

as Steffi Kaminski

1999
Late Show

as Sonja Vogel

1999
SK Kölsch

as Bernadette Weiss

1998
Tod auf Amrum

as Elke Spiekermann

1998
Der letzte Zeuge

as Patricia Marr

1998
Der letzte Zeuge

as Wanda Nissen

1998
Die Cleveren

as Erika Relin

1998
Der König von St. Pauli

as Regine Fischer

1997
The Pharmacist

as Alma Siebert

1997
Bandits

as Ludwig

1997
1997
1996
1994
Inspector Rex

as Selma Melle-Schneiders

1994
Rosa Roth

as Frau Harder

1994
Schwarz greift ein

as Vera Menzel

1994
1993
Bella Block

as Angelika Mommsen

1993
1992
Wolffs Revier

as Elke Jansen

1992
1992
Riverboat

as Self

1991
1991
DAS!

as Self

1981
1980
Auf Achse

as Luise Gehbauer

1979
1976
1971
Polizeiruf 110

as Gabi Bauer

1971
Polizeiruf 110

as Gabriele Zimmermann

1971
1970
Scene of the Crime

as Charlotte Sänger

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Anita Joest

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Alice Rains

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Dr. Natascha Severin

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Zech's Secretary

1948
Bambi

as Self