Biography
Laura Maori Tonke (born April 14, 1974, in West Berlin) is a German actress. Laura Tonke is the daughter of film set decorator Michael Tonke. She studied theater studies in Berlin until 1996. At the age of 17, she made her on-screen debut in Michael Klier's feature film Ostkreuz. Numerous roles in feature films and television movies followed. Additionally, she is booked as a model for lifestyle and fashion magazines. Since the spring of 2007, she has performed on stage in productions by the theater collective Gob Squad at Berlin's Volksbühne (and the Volksbühne im Prater), as well as at other theaters. In 2000, Tonke was awarded the Lilli Palmer Memorial Camera for Best Young Actress. In 2003, she was nominated for the German Film Award for her portrayal of Gudrun Ensslin in Christopher Roth's feature film Baader. In the tragicomedy Hedi Schneider steckt fest (Hedi Schneider Is Stuck) by Sonja Heiss—which premiered at the 2015 Berlinale—she plays the title character, a woman plagued by sudden anxiety attacks. Her performance garnered enthusiastic reviews; Der Spiegel, for instance, wrote: "She inhabits the role of Hedi Schneider [...] so convincingly and perfectly—as if it had been written specifically for her." At the 2016 German Film Awards ceremony, Tonke received a double honor. She won in both the Best Actress category for her role in Hedi Schneider steckt fest and the Best Supporting Actress category for the film Mängelexemplar (2016). Laura Tonke lives in Berlin and has a son.
Acted in 86
2020s
- 2027
Raging Moms
Vera
- 2026
How Can I Help
Emi
- 2025
The Prank
Maria Roosen
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Movie
- 2024
Everything's Fifty Fifty
Marion
Zwischen uns der Fluss
Movie
Sexuell verfügbar
Miki Walter · 5 episodes
- 2023
Maret
Yvonne
- 2022
My Life as Lotta - Okey Dokey Alpaca
Sabine
- 2021
Kranitz - Bei Trennung Geld zurück
Astrid · 1 episode
- 2020
Kein einfacher Mord
Nina Lieberstein
The Island
Merit Ponz · 8 episodes
2010s
- 2019
Jupiter
Barbara
- 2018
So viel Zeit
Steffi
Bist du glücklich?
Sonja
Mission: Love
Laura
- 2017
The Garden
Eva
Axolotl Overkill
Anika
- 2016
- 2015
The Valley
Christine Schreibe · 6 episodes
On the Beach
Laura
Hedi Schneider Is Stuck
Hedi Schneider
Neben der Spur
Elisa Ritter · 1 episode
Take What You Can Carry
Laura
- 2014
Worst Case Scenario
Meike
- 2013
Mord in den Dünen
Cornelia Braun
- 2012
- 2011
Headshots
Anna
The Drifter
Ann
- 2010
Madly in Love
Leo
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
Contergan - Eine einzige Tablette
Franziska Steiner · 2 episodes
After Effect
Movie
Day of Disaster
Katharina Wolters · 2 episodes
- 2006
Sunday Girls
Movie
- 2005
Warum Ulli sich am Weihnachtsabend umbringen wollte
Astrid
In a Sweatbox
Monika Stauffenberg
I Am Guilty
Christiane Steeb
- 2004
Farland
Karla
- 2003
Hamlet_X
Ophelia 4
Pigs Will Fly
Inga
- 2002
Baader
Gudrun Ensslin
June Moon
Nele
Das Duo
Wiebke Sander · 1 episode
- 2001
Dich schickt der Himmel
Lara Feiersinger
- 2000
1990s
- 1999
Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland
Judith Kraithaim · 1 episode
Bitter Innocence
Vanessa Krüger
Der Mörder meiner Mutter
Anne / Marie
- 1998
Just Married
Frangipani, geb. Klein
Angel Express
Jill
Silvester Countdown
Käthe
Der Pirat
Sabine
- 1997
Schimanski
Nina · 1 episode
Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits
Lisa
- 1996
Gnadenlos - Zur Prostitution gezwungen
Milena
- 1994
Turn Down the Music
Anne
- 1992
- 1991
Eastern Cross
Elfie
Appearances4
2000s
- 2008
1990s
- 1992
- 1991
1970s
- 1976
