Johanna Wokalek

Johanna Wokalek

1975-03-03 Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 28 Credits

Biography

Johanna Wokalek (born March 3, 1975) is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play Rose Bernd. Wokalek is best known for her award-winning appearances in the German films Hierankl, Barfuss, and The Baader Meinhof Complex. She received the Bambi award for her portrayal of the Red Army Faction member Gudrun Ensslin in 2008. She played the lead role in the film Pope Joan in 2009. D...

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Smell of Burnt Milk

Smell of Burnt Milk

2025

as Marlies

Acting

Anna is pregnant and thinks about castrations. Katinka may not be able to become a farmer and wears her bikini in the milking parlor, but grandma's ...

The Exalted

The Exalted

2024

as Anna

Acting

Renowned German organist Anna discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal, shaking the foundation of their life together. Can ...

Jenseits des Rechts

Jenseits des Rechts

2024

as Cris Blohm

Acting

The case of a young man found dead leads Inspector Cris Blohm and her colleague Dennis Eden into the amateur porn scene and to Mia, the daughter of we...

Sisi & I

Sisi & I

2023

as Countess Marie Festetics

6.3
Acting

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer reside...

Beckenrand Sheriff

Beckenrand Sheriff

2021

as Trainerin der Wasserballmannschaft

6.6
Acting

A lifeguard tries by all means to keep his home, an open-air swimming pool, from being closed.

Exit Plan

Exit Plan

2019

as Linda

6.1
Acting

Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of ...

The German Lesson

The German Lesson

2019

as Ditte Nansen

6.6
Acting

In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.

Wuff

Wuff

2018

as Cécile

5.7
Acting

Romantic comedy about the love confusion of four girlfriends, whose lives are properly turned upside down by their four-legged friends. After being ab...

Freedom

Freedom

2017

as Nora

4.8
Acting

Nora walks out on her husband Philip and their two children without a word of explanation. She’s driven by an irresistible force. She wants to be free...

In Your Arms

In Your Arms

2015

as Julia

6.4
Acting

When Maria meets Niels for the first time, he comes across as an angry and unsympathetic young man. His chronic illness has been concentrated into a s...

Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin

Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin

2014

as Berlin Girl

Acting

‘Alive in Berlin’ includes the full live show, inter-spliced with behind-the-scenes footage, multiple interviews with the band and their fans, and a 2...

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

The Pursuit of Unhappiness

2012

as Tiffany Blechschmid

5.9
Acting

Based on the best-selling psychology book by Paul Watzlawick, the film tells the story of Tiffany Blechschmid, a neurotic, moony, superstitious, contr...

The Coming Days

The Coming Days

2010

as Cecilia Kuper

5.0
Acting

Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are ...

Pope Joan

Pope Joan

2009

as Johanna von Ingelheim

6.8
Acting

A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.

North Face

North Face

2008

as Luise Fellner

7.2
Acting

North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008

as Gudrun Ensslin

7.0
Acting

'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the ...

Silent Resident

Silent Resident

2008

as Anna

4.8
Acting

At some point in the not-so-distant future, an unnamed European city has evolved into a bizarre dystopian metropolis, whose residents inhabit towering...

Kurz & schwul

Kurz & schwul

2006

Acting

Compilation of five shorts, including: The Stretch Marks (Der Schwangerschaftsstreifen), What Grown-Ups Know, Angesichts, Nacht in Wilhelmsburg, & Out...

Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien

Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien

2005

as Elisabeth von Valois, seine Gemahlin

Acting
Barefoot

Barefoot

2005

as Leila

6.8
Acting

A hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - falls for a suicidal mental patient.

Die Kirschkönigin

2004

as Ruth von Roll

3.2
Acting
A Birthday to Remember

A Birthday to Remember

2003

as Lene

5.4
Acting

Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of t...

Emilia Galotti

Emilia Galotti

2003

as Emilia Galotti

Acting

Das letzte Versteck

2002

as Eva

Acting
Aimée & Jaguar

Aimée & Jaguar

1999

as Ilse

6.8
Acting

In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one ...

Rose Bernd

1998

as Rose

Acting

Object Permanence

N/A

as Frau Else

Acting

Set in the near future, Brooke Brooks is a former supermodel who becomes a successful lifestyle mogul and is the first person to IPO herself. Having c...

Liebhaberinnen

N/A

as Brigitte

Acting

Although hostess Brigitte and life-loving schoolgirl Paula only meet in person once, their fates and lives are closely intertwined.