Bernadette Heerwagen

Early work After being cast in a short-film in 1992, Heerwagen was spotted by Portuguese film director Miguel Alexandre whilst at the Bavaria Film Studios. Alexandre approached Heerwagen, then aged sixteen, and asked her to play the lead role in his new film for German television. Heerwagen accepted and starred in the title role of her debut film Nana (1995) for ARD and HFF Munich. After several roles in television films she then went on to star in the TV film Die Aubergers (1997) and in its follow up television series. She also studied acting techniques and drama at Film Breakthrough in Munich. After landing a supporting role in ARD and Bayerischer Rundfunk's television film Liebe und weitere Katastrophen (1999) alongside Senta Berger, Heerwagen was then cast as the co-star in the German television two-part film Der Schandfleck (1999) which brought her to much wider notice as an actress in Germany. She featured in a number of television dramas and series, such as SOKO 5113. In 2000, she won the Special Award for her role in the docu-drama Wir sind da! Juden in Deutschland 1945 at the Bavarian TV Awards along with her director and her co-star. Television, film and cinema In 2004, she was cast in the central role of Miguel Alexandre's film Grüße aus Kaschmir for ARD and TV-60 Filmproduktion, for which she won the Best Actress award at the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2005. Heerwagen went on to feature in several guest appearances in the long running German detective series Tatort, and starred as the female protagonist in the English language British film Joy Division starring alongside Ed Stoppard and Bernard Hill. She played a supporting role in the German film ' and then went on to win the Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Best Actress for a second time in 2008 for her role in the German television film '. She played the central role in Lars Kraume's film The Coming Days in 2010, supported by Daniel Brühl, August Diehl and Johanna Wokalek and was nominated for Best Leading Actress at the Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards aka The Lolas) in 2011. ==Filmography (selection)==

• 1995: Nana (dir. Miguel Alexandre) • 1996: Zwei Brüder: In eigener Sache (dir. Walter Weber) • 1996: Sexy Lissy (dir. Peter Ily Huemer) • 1997: '''' (dir. Dominique Othenin-Girard) • 1997: '''' (dir. Franz Xaver Bogner) • 1997: Lichterkettenspot (dir. Emil Hye-Kundsen) • 1997: Pechvogel und Glückskind (dir. Katinka Minthe) • 1997/98: Liebe und weitere Katastrophen (dir. Bernd Fischerauer) • 1998: Der Schandfleck (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) • 1999: Die Nacht der Engel (dir. Michael Rowitz) • 1999: Zärtliche Sterne (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) • 1999: Double Pack (dir. Matthias Lehmann) • 2000: Eine öffentliche Affäre (dir. Rolf Schübel) • 2000: Wir bleiben zusammen (dir. Wolfgang Murnberger) • 2000: Schutzengel gesucht (dir. Miguel Alexandre) • 2001: Tatort: Gute Freunde (dir. Martin Gies) • 2001: Hanna: wo bist Du? (dir. Ben Verbong) • 2001: Davon stirbt man nicht (dir. Christine Hartmann) • 2002: ''Geht nicht gibt's nicht'' (dir. René Heisig) • 2003: Das schönste Geschenk meines Lebens (dir. Olaf Kreinsen) • 2003: Tatort Sonne und Sturm (dir. Thomas Jauch) • 2003: Der Typ (dir. Patrick Tauss) • 2003: Danach (dir. Wolfram Emter) • 2004: Grüße aus Kaschmir (dir. Miguel Alexandre) • 2005: Ein starkes Team: Ihr letzter Kunde (dir. René Heisig) • 2005: Tatort: Wo ist Max Grawert? (dir. Lars Kraume) • 2005: Daniel Käfer und die Villen der Frau Hürsch (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) • 2005: '''' (dir. Xaver Schwarzenberger) • 2006: Die Hochzeit meines Vaters (dir. Jobst Oetzmann) • 2006: Der Feind im Inneren – Joy Division (dir. Reg Traviss) • 2005: Traumschatten (dir. Steffen Groth) • 2006: '''' (dir. Margarethe von Trotta) • 2006: Tatort: Blutschrift (dir. ) • 2007: '''' (dir. Urs Egger) • 2006: Mit Herz und Handschellen: Todfeinde (dir. Thomas Nennstiel) • 2007: Der Novembermann (dir. Jobst Oetzmann) • 2008: Daniel Käfer und die Schattenuhr (dir. Julian Roman Pölsler) • 2008: Baching (dir. Matthias Kiefersauer) • 2008: '''' (dir. Rolf Schübel) • 2008: Der Tod meiner Schwester (dir. Miguel Alexandre) • 2009: Durch diese Nacht (dir. Rolf Silber) • 2009: '''' (dir. Thomas Jauch) • 2010: The Coming Days (dir. Lars Kraume) • 2011: Bauernopfer (dir. Wolfgang Murnberger) • 2011: '''' (dir. Nick Lyon) • 2012: Tatort: Tödliche Häppchen (dir. Josh Broecker) • 2012: Zum Kuckuck mit der Liebe (dir. Hajo Gies) • 2012: Die Braut im Schnee (dir. Lancelot von Naso) • 2012: '''' (dir. Dror Zahavi) • 2012: '''' (dir. Martin Enlen) • 2013: '''' (dir. Martin Enlen) • 2014: '''' (dir. ) ==References==