Corinna Harfouch

Acting · 0.9 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

20265.8

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

20067.4

Downfall

20047.9

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

19977.7

Suck Me Shakespeer 3

20176.1

Bibi Blocksberg

20026.0

Zwischen uns

20226.4

Brennende Themen

2026

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

2026

Move

20126.4

In My Mother's Mirror

2026

The Green Desert

19997.8

Dying

20247.9

The Elementary Particles

20066.1

Bloodsuckers

20225.6

Berlin Calling

20086.8

Jack

20154.5

Lara

20196.6

My Father The Turk

2006

Cracks in the Shell

20126.1

Gefährliche Freundin

19964.0

Moon Man

20126.7

Wer anhält stirbt

199610.0

Faust Sonnengesang

20117.5

Kundschafter des Friedens 2

20254.4

Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of Blue Owls

20046.2

Yasemin

19886.3

Rage

20065.9

This Is Love

20095.0

Free to Leave

20075.0

Mostly Minimalistic

20226.4

The Devil and Ms. D

19995.2

Charlie & Louise - Das doppelte Lottchen

19946.1

Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence

20206.0

Thea und Nat

19923.7

Finsterworld

20136.4

The Missing Woman

20163.4

Now or Never

20006.3

Goldstaub

19937.0

Sexy Sadie

19964.8

Kiss Kiss Wolf

2026

C(r)ook

20047.1

Home for the Weekend

20125.4

Verdammt, er liebt mich

19967.0

Persona

20194.0

Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung

20115.5

Helen, Fred und Ted

20063.7

Gebürtig

20024.3

Stockholm Marathon

19945.0

Hamlet_X

20034.8

The Promise

19956.6

The Big Mambo

19988.0

A Year Ago in Winter

20086.3

Looking for Simon

20115.7

Hüpf, Häschen, hüpf

199110.0

Solo for Clarinet

19985.7

Immer der Nase nach

20214.8

The Girl With the Golden Hands

20225.3

Tod einer Schülerin

20106.6

Hitlers letzte Tage - Der Film "Der Untergang"

20057.0

Silberhochzeit

20065.5

Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits

19976.0

The Actress

19887.0

Hand in Hand

2009

Right Here Right Now

20184.2

What You Can See from Here

20226.4

The Bunny Guards vs. the Forces of Evil

20024.4

Through This Night

20058.0

The Tango Player

19917.0

Rose

20056.1

Der kleine Staatsanwalt

19877.0

Verzeihung, sehen Sie Fußball?

19837.0

Schmidt & Schwarz

2012

Der Fall Bruckner

20147.0

According to Plan

20076.8

Verlobung in Hullerbusch

197910.0

An die Grenze

20074.8

Puppe

20134.5

5 Stunden Angst – Geiselnahme im Kindergarten

19967.0

Whiskey with Vodka

20095.9

Verrückt nach Paris

20026.9

Die Spur des Bernsteinzimmers

19923.8

Julia's Disappearance

20096.7

Inge, April und Mai

19934.7

Kranke Geschäfte

20197.0

Irren ist männlich

19964.3

Manchmal sehe ich ihn nachts

2026

Farewell to Agnes

19948.0

Fandango - Members Only

20006.0

Pestalozzi's Mountain

19896.5

Reunion in Travers

19898.0

Emma nach Mitternacht - Frau Hölle

2016

Wengler & Sons

19874.7

Die Ironie des Lebens

20245.8

Zwischen Pankow und Zehlendorf

19918.0

Cloud Whispers

20184.4

Bis zum Horizont und weiter

19998.0

Gates of Fire

19969.0

The Boy Who Owns the World

20248.5

Das Monstrum

20019.0

Stunde des Wolfs

20003.7

Ein Dorf sieht Mord

20095.0

Fallada: The Last Chapter

19886.0

Ruhe! Hier stirbt Lothar

20216.7

Die fremde Frau

20045.3

The House on the River

19867.0

Too Close

20172.0

Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein

1981

Des Teufels General

19977.0

Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich!

20085.0

The Boyfriend

20235.3

Ihr Brief zur Hochzeit

2012