MARIA SIMON (1976)

Maria Simon was born in Leipzig in February 1976. A lot of ground has been covered since then for this actress whose career took off in the early 2000s. First of all, for her role in Zornige Küsse, a Swiss feature film in which she was the main character, and which earned her the title of best actress at the Moscow International Film Festival. In 2002, the young woman received the prize for the best female hopeful for her performance in Erste Ehe. Less than a year later, she competed at the Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, notably for her major role in Good Bye Lenin! In this tragic-comedy by Wolfgang Becker, which has won several awards, including the César for best European film, Maria Simon plays the role of the hero's sister, played on screen by actor Daniel Brühl. Since this success, the actress has made numerous appearances in police television series, notably in Tatort and more recently in Polizeiruf 110, a series in which she holds the top spot, as Olga Lenski, a very charismatic principal curator.