Karoline Herfurth (; born 22 May 1984) is a German actress and filmmaker.
Life and career Herfurth was born in East Berlin, East Germany, the daughter of a psychologist mother and a geriatric nurse practitioner father. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. She grew up in Berlin with a brother and five half-brothers and -sisters. She went to a Waldorf school in Berlin and graduated from Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts. She learned to play the recorder and studied sociology and political sciences.
Career Herfurth had her first role in a TV-series at age ten, and her first part in a movie in 2000, when she was fifteen. She has held several parts as a teenager in German movies such as Mädchen, Mädchen (2001) and Big Girls don't cry (2002), and leading-parts both in TV productions and independent German films. For her part as Lilli Richter in Caroline Link's film A Year ago in Winter, she received the Bavarian Film-Award for best young actress in 2009.
Herfurth gave her international debut in 2006 in Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. In this adaptation of Patrick Süskind's best-selling novel Das Parfum she played the "Plum Girl", the first victim of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. In 2008, she co-starred with Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes in the Academy-Award-Best-Picture-nominee The Reader.
She directed her first feature-length film SMS für Dich in 2016.
Other activities In addition to her acting career, Herfurth featured in the advertising campaigns for Jil Sander's Eve fragrance from 2011 to 2012.Susan Stone (1 July 2011), Jil Sander Launches New Scent Women's Wear Daily. Since 2024, she has been the brand ambassador for cosmetics brand Weleda.Heike Jahberg and Esther Kogelboom (17 September 2024), Weleda-Chefin Tina Müller im Gespräch: „Mit Querdenkern haben wir nichts zu tun“ Der Tagesspiegel.
Personal life Herfurth has spoken out opposing the right-wing Pegida movement in Germany.
Filmography +Film and television Year Title Role Notes2000 Küss mich, Frosch Mary Crazy Anna 2001 Mädchen, Mädchen Lena titled Girls on Top in USA 2002 Big Girls Don't Cry Steffi 2003 Mein Name ist Bach Prinzessin Amalie 2004 Anemonenherz (short) Mädchen, Mädchen 2 - Loft oder Liebe Lena titled Girls on Top 2 in USA 2005 Offside Hayat 2006 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer The Plum Girl 2007 Peer Gynt Solvejg TV Pornorama Luzi 2008 A Year Ago in Winter Lilli Richter The Reader Marthe 2009 Berlin 36 Gretel Bergmann 2010 Vincent Wants to Sea Marie We Are the Night Lena'Inside' Team Unloads Full Trailer for 'We Are the Night'!! So wie wir hier zusammen sind Hilde (short)2011 Young Marga Baumanis Claudia 2012 Verena Errors of the Human Body Rebekka 2013 Passion Dani Fack ju Göhte Lisi Schnabelstedt 2014 Rico's mother Tanja Doretti 2015 Traumfrauen Hannah Reimann Rico's mother Tanja Doretti Fack ju Göhte 2 Lisi Schnabelstedt Ghosthunters on Icy Trails Hopkins 2016 Rico's mother Tanja Doretti SMS für Dich Clara Also director 2017 You Are Wanted Lena Arandt TV series2018 The Little Witch Beat Emilia TV series2019 Sweethearts Franny Also director Carlotta Keschwari 2022 Wunderschön Sonja Also director Just Something Nice Karla Also director 2024 A Million Minutes Vera Küper 2025 Wunderschöner Sonja Also director
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