Teresa Harder as LENA

Born the daughter of a midwife and a pianist in the Lake Constance area in 1960, after finishing her schooling, Teresa Harder moved to Berlin to study at the University of Arts. In 1986, she was casted on the spot as an angel (in the library) in Wim Wender’s “Der Himmel über Berlin” (“Wings of Desire”). Following a stay in New York, she performed on various European stages, amongst others at Zurich’s Schauspielhaus and Berlin’s Freie Volksbühne. Since 1995, she primarily appeared in TV productions and series. In 2003, Teresa Harda won the Silver Leopard in Locarno for “En Garde” as well as being awarded the best actress awards for her performances in the short film “Meine Eltern” (“My Parents”) in Barcelona (2004) and at the Guerilla Film Fest in Washington D.C. (2005) respectively.

Feature films (excerpt)
2009 Giulias Verschwinden (Director Christoph Schaub)
2007 Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Director Uli Edel)
2007 Die Welle (Director Dennis Gansel)
2007 Die Buddenbrooks (Director Heinrich Breloer)
2006 Autopiloten (Director Bastian Günther)
2004 The Constant Gardener (Director Fernando Meirelles)
2001 Grosse Mädchen weinen nicht (Director Maria von Heland)
2001 Junimond (Director Hano Hackford)
1995 Die Spur der roten Fässer (Director Kai Wessel)
1990 Der Himmel über Berlin (Director Wim Wenders)

TV (excerpt)
2008 Die kleinen Dinge des Lebens (Director Donald Kraemer)
2008 Ein Fall für Zwei – Die Indizienfalle (Director Patrick Wischnewski)
2008 Der Kriminalist – Das Bluesgewehr (Director Dagmar Hirz)
2006 Afrika, mon amour (3-Teiler) (Director Carlo Rola)
2004 Soko Kitzbühel (Director Georg Schiemann)
2004 Tatort – Der Frauenflüsterer (Director Kaspar Heidelbach)
2004 Der Staatsanwalt (Director Peter F. Bringmann)
2002 Tatort – Hexentanz (Director René Heisig)
2000 Der Fahnder (Director Martin Eigler)
1999 Die Spur meiner Tochter (2-Teiler) (Director Hajo Gies)