Biography
Sabine Timoteo, born Sabine Hagenbüchle on 25 March 1975 in Bern, is a Swiss actress and former dancer. She fluently speaks German, French, English, Italian and Spanish. She studied dance and won the Prix de Lausanne for "best young dancer". Her film debut was in Philip Gröning's L'Amour, l'Argent, l'Amour, which was shot in 1996 but released in 2000. For this role, she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Actress. Between 1997 and 2000, before fully embarking on her acting career, she trained as a professional cook in Bern. After marrying a man, she took the name Sabine Timoteo, under which she built the majority of her film career. She continued to gain acclaim with major roles in films such as Ghosts (2005), The Free Will (2006), Color of the Ocean (2012), Cyanide (2013), Futuro Beach (2014), The Wonders (2014) and Center of My World (2016). In more recent years she has worked in several notable projects, including Meanwhile on Earth (2024), Chaos & Silence (2025) and Transamazonia (2025).
Acted in 74
2020s
- 2026
Where is Ava?
Emma
- 2025
Chaos and Silence
Klara
Transamazonia
Denise
Dinosaures
Movie
- 2024
Karigula - Monster der Liebe
Karla
The Investigation
Zeugin 17
Meanwhile on Earth
Sidonie
Electric Fields
Movie
Violet
Nadja
- 2023
A Forgotten Man
Madame Bavaud
Ailleurs
Sibylle
- 2022
Thunder
La Mère
Zahorí
Movie
- 2021
Borowski und der gute Mensch
Teresa Weinberger
The Girl and the Spider
Karen
Echos
Magdalena Kaltbrunner · 6 episodes
2010s
- 2019
Sunburned
Sophie
The Tears Thing
Sacha
How I Taught Myself to Be a Child
Emma Silberstein
- 2018
Those Who Work
Valentine
Das Ächzen der Asche
Movie
The New End
Mutter
Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe
Mother Annette
Bis ans Ende der Träume
Katharina von Arx
- 2017
Sarah Plays a Werewolf
Drama Class Teacher
Wildcats
Nathalie Roduit
- 2016
Deadly Leaks
Clara Holthaus
The Chronicles of Melanie
Melanie
- 2015
The Drift
Alice Keller
Exit Oerlikon
Ronja
- 2014
The Wonders
Cocò
The Black Brothers
Giorgios Mutter
- 2013
Cyanide
Pénélope
- 2012
Color of the Ocean
Nathalie
- 2011
Homevideo
Vera
- 2010
180°
Petra Cipriano
Little Paradise
Annegret
2000s
- 2009
Kill Daddy Good Night
Mimi
Pepperminta
Edna
Flug in die Nacht - Das Unglück von Überlingen
Marita Lenders
Robber Girls
Cindy
- 2007
After Effect
Rena Yazka
Small Fish
Sandy Mischler
Nebenwirkungen
Claudia Keller
- 2006
The Free Will
Nettie
- 2005
Ghosts
Toni
St. Francis Birds Tour
Dreamgirl
- 2004
Sugar Orange
Lena
- 2003
Irgendwas ist immer
Julia Liebermann
- 2002
- 2001
The Days Between
Lynn
- 2000
Love, Money, Love
Marie
1990s
- 1997
Schimanski
Niki · 1 episode
Wrote 3
2010s
- 2019
My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot
Co-Writer
- 2018
Don't Tell Me You Can't Sing
Writer
- 2016
Zen for Nothing
Writer
Directed 1
2010s
- 2018
Don't Tell Me You Can't Sing
Director
Appearances1
2010s
- 2016
Zen for Nothing
Herself