Jördis Triebel (born 30 October 1977) is a German film and stage actress.
Early life Triebel grew up the second oldest of four sisters in the Prenzlauer Berg locality of Berlin. She was exposed to the world of theatre early on through her mother, who before the fall of the Berlin Wall was a props mistress at the "Theater der Freundschaft" (English: Theater of Friendship, today known as the Theater an der Parkaue), and was sometimes able to sit in on rehearsals.
Education From 1997 to 2001, Triebel studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Career
Theatre After she graduated, Triebel was an actress with the Bremer Theater. She belonged to the ensemble cast up until 2004. Whilst there Triebel among other things worked on the production of Henrik Ibsen's The Master Builder, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and additionally Mark Ravenhill's Some Explicit Polaroids.
After cutting ties with the Bremer Theater in 2004, Triebel worked with the Schauspielhaus Zürich (English: the Zürich playhouse) during 2004 and 2005 for a short time, where she acted in Arthur Schnitzler's Das weite Land, a 1911 tragi-comedy about light-bulb producer Friedrich Hofreiter and his affair with his wife's banker's accountant, Adele. In 2006, she personified "Italy" in the Cologne playhouse's production of Europa für Anfanger (English: Europe for beginners).
Television and film After a guest role in the TV series Wolffs Revier in 2005, Triebel gained her first major role in a film as the strongwoman/pig farmer Emma in Emma's Bliss. For this role, she received a nomination to the Deutscher Filmpreis (English: the German Film Awards). She was awarded a further nomination to the Deutscher Filmpreis for her performance as a supporting actress as the mother of the titular pope in Pope Joan. For the main role in West, Triebel was awarded best actress in the 2013 Montreal World Film Festival. Triebel received international attention for her portrayal of Katharina Nielsen in the 2017 Netflix series Dark. She subsequently performed in supporting roles in the Netflix series Babylon Berlin (2017) and The Empress (2022).
Triebel's film credits include , West, Lagerfeuer (English: Campfire) and Emma's Bliss. She has also had a re-occurring role in the television series KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst.
Personal life Triebel has two sons with German actor Matthias Weidenhöfer, from whom she separated in 2014.
Filmography 2003: Lange Tage, Director: Antje Busse, Short film, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb) 2005: Wolffs Revier: Herzblut, Director: Jürgen Heinrich, TV Series, SAT.1 2006: Emma's Bliss, Director: Sven Taddicken 2006: heteros nomos, Director: Kai Gero Lenke, Short film 2006: Speed Dating, Director: Gregor Buchkremer, Short film 2007–2010: KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst, TV Series, ZDF 2007: , Director: Maria von Heland, Straight-to-TV Movie, SAT.1 2007: Eine gute Mutter, Director: Matthias Glasner, Straight-to-TV Movie 2007: Der Kommissar und das Meer: Den du nicht siehst, Director: Anno Saul, TV Series, ZDF 2008: A Woman in Berlin, Director: Max Färberböck 2008: Das Duo, Director: Maris Pfeiffer, TV Series, ZDF 2008: , Director: 2009: This Is Love, Director: Matthias Glasner 2009: Pope Joan, Director: Sönke Wortmann 2010: The Hairdresser, Director: Doris Dörrie 2010: Tatort: Am Ende des Tages, Director: Titus Selge, TV Series 2011: Familiengeheimnisse, Director: Carlo Rola, Straight-to-TV Movie, ZDF 2011: Freilaufende Männer, Director: Matthias Tiefenbacher, Straight-to-TV Movie, WDR 2011: , Director: Edward Berger, Straight-to-TV Movie, ARD 2012: Rosa Roth: Trauma, Director: Carlo Rola, TV Series, ZDF 2013: , Director: Lars Kraume 2013: West, Director: Christian Schwochow 2013: Das Jerusalem-Syndrom, Director: Dror Zahavi, Straight-to-TV Movie, ARD 2013: The Almost Perfect Man, Director: Vanessa Jopp 2013: , Director: 2015: Me and Kaminski, Director: Wolfgang Becker 2015: Blochin – Die Lebenden und die Toten, Director: Matthias Glasner, TV Miniseries, ZDF 2015: , Director: Lars Kraume 2015: One Breath, Director: Christian Zübert 2016: , Director: Lars Kraume, Straight-to-TV Movie, ARD 2017: Dark, TV Series 2017: Babylon Berlin, TV Series 2018: The Silent Revolution, Director: Lars Kraume 2022: The Empress as Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, mother of Helene and Elisabeth 2023: Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything 2023: Blood & Gold 2023: Die drei ??? - Erbe des Drachen 2025: Köln 75
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