Ina Weisse (born 12 June 1968) is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. She is especially well known for her roles as the distant and ambivalent blonde. She became apparent with roles in films like Tatort und Polizeiruf 110. She won several awards with her films, regarding acting and directing films in Germany. Even though that the movies she directed have been successful, she is still better known as an actress than as a director. Her most famous film, which she directed is .
Life and education Ina Weisse was born on 12 June 1968 in West Berlin and is the daughter of a respected architect and an art mistress, which influenced her very early to choose an artistic life journey. But it was her uncle, who introduced her to the theater, as he took her to the Berliner Schaubühne.
After she finished her degree at the acting school Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich, received Ina Weisse her first engagement at the National Theatre Mannheim. Afterwards she started to study philosophy in Heidelberg in 1992. In 2002 she finished her second degree at the University of Hamburg, where she studied film direction and production by Hark Bohm. Her graduation movie Alles anders was honored with the First Steps Award First Steps Award.
Ina Weisse is married to the German Film director Matti Geschonneck, with whom she worked together for the TV-films Duell in der Nacht (2007), Tod in Istanbul (2009), Der Verdacht (2010) und Das Ende einer Nacht (2011).
Career Her first theater debut was with the comedy movie called Echte Kerle (1996). Henceforth she was seen in many TV- productions and several times in the German crime series Tatort. Weisse started in 2001 with making short movies, which have been successful and can be seen as her start for TV productions. (2008) was her debut as a film director, for which she had been writing the script together with Daphne Charizani. Matthias Schweighöfer, Josef Bierbichler and Sandra Hüller, famous German actors, played the main roles in the drama. The movie was screened at the Berlinale and Max-Ophüls-Filmfestival in 2009 and was priced for the best screenplay. The film critic Stefanie Rufle wrote: ”It's a mature direction debut, which Ina Weisse handled stabile and confident".
Filmography As actress Year Title Notes 1994 Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet (In Love, Engaged, Married) TV series 1995 Brüder auf Leben und Tod (Brothers in Life and Death) TV film1996 Regular Guys Tatort – Heilig Blut (Tatort - Holy Blood) TV series1997 Ein Vater unter Verdacht (Suspicious father) TV film Trügerische Nähe (Illusive Closeness) TV film Die Sexfalle (Honeytrap) TV film Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff – Mama braucht einen Millionär (Christmas with Willy Wuff - Mother needs a Millionaire) TV film1998 Single sucht Nachwuchs (Single on the Look for Offspring) TV film Der dreckige Tod (Dirty Death) TV film 1999 Das Verflixte Babyjahr – Nie wieder Sex?! (The Tricky Maternity Year - Never Sex Again?) TV film 2000 Liebestod (Love Death) TV film2002 Zwei Affären und eine Hochzeit (Two Affairs and One Wedding) TV film (Unsolved) TV film2003 Ausgeliefert (Delivered) TV film (Cats' Tongues) TV film (Sams in Danger) 2005 Die Patriarchin (Paternalist) TV miniseries Schneeland (Land of Snow) Der Ermittler (Investigator) TV series, one episode Kanzleramt (Chancellery) TV series, one episode2006 (Blackout - The Memory is Deadly) TV series, four episodes (Nothing but Ghosts) 2007 Im Namen des Gesetzes – Tote auf Urlaub (In the Name of Justice - Death on Vacation) TV series Duell in der Nacht (Duel at Night) TV film Tatort – Bevor es dunkel wird (Tatort - Before It Gets Dark) TV series Doktor Martin TV series2008 Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Alles anders (Brave into the New Time - Everything Changes) TV film (The Wisdom of the Clouds) TV film2009 Polizeiruf 110 – Falscher Vater (Wrong Father) Tatort – Schiffe versenken (Tatort - Sinking Ships) 2010 Tod in Istanbul (Death in Istanbul) TV film Im Dschungel (In the Jungle) TV film TV film 2011 Der Verdacht (Suspicion) TV film2012 (Murder in Ludwigslust) TV film Das Ende einer Nacht (The End of a Night) TV film (The Devil from Milan) TV film Tatort – (Tatort - Things Which are Still to Do) 2013 (Death at the Baltic Sea) TV film2014 (High Tide Is Dead on Time) TV film (Unexpected) TV film2015 TV film TV film 2018 Never Look Away
As director
Year Title Notes1999 Lünow Short film2001 Sonntags Short film2002 Alles anders Short film2004 Klara Short film2008 2017 Die neue Nationalgalerie Documentary2019 The Audition Feature film 2025 Cicadas Feature film
Awards
Year Association Category 2002 First Steps Award Regie for Alles anders 2002 Studio Hamburg Junior Award Regie for Alles anders 2008 German Television Award Minor Part for Duell in der Nacht 2009 Max Ophüls Award Best Skript for The Architect 2012 German Television Award Best actress in Das Ende einer Nacht 2012 Actor Award of Günter-Rohrbach Role in Das Ende einer Nacht 2013 Grimme- Price Role in Das Ende einer Nacht 2013 Nomination for the Golden Camera Best Actress for Das Ende einer Nacht
2015 Preis der deutschen Fernsehakademie. Best actress for "ich will dich"
2016 German television award. Best actress for " Der große Aufbruch" und " Ich will dich"
Further reading Ina Weisse articles Interview with Ina Weisse Ina Weisse at pr-emani.de Ina Weisse at prisma-online.de Biography at firststeps.de Filmography
References
External links
Ina Weisse at filmportal.de Interview with Ina Weisse Interview with Ina Weisse