Andrea Sawatzki
Known For
Acting
Born
1963-02-23 in Kochel am See, Germany
Biography
Andrea Sawatzki (born 23 February 1963 in Kochel am See) is a German actress. Since 2002 she has starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort as police inspector Charlotte Sänger. She also gained some international prominence as a co-actor in the German movies Bandits and Das Experiment. Sawatzki is the daughter of a nurse and a journalist. She has lived with actor Christian Berkel since 1997. The couple has two sons and lives in Berlin. After studying at the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule (Munich acting school) and doing an internship at the Munich Kammerspiele, Sawatzky played in theaters in Stuttgart, Wilhelmshaven and Munich from 1988 to 1992. Her first movie role was in Faust – der Film in 1988, directed by Dieter Dorn. In 1997, she became known to a broader audience through the movie Die Apothekerin in which she played Alma Siebert. She made her breakthrough as one of the best known German actresses with her role as Chief Inspector Charlotte Sänger in the Tatort series from 2001 to 2009. Moreover, she acted in successful movies such as Bandits, Late Show, Leo und Claire and Das Experiment. She appeared in several TV series and TV movies such as Der König von St. Pauli ("The King of St. Pauli") and Die Manns, both praised by critics. She posed for a spread in Playboy magazine in 2003. Sawatzki read for audio books as, for example, for the series TV-Kommissare lesen Krimis the story Die Maus in der Ecke and the novel Glennkill. In 2007, Sawatzki was godmother of the Deutscher Kinderpreis (German Children's Award). Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrea Sawatzki, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Scene of the Crime
as Charlotte Sänger
Scene of the Crime
as Anita Joest
Scene of the Crime
as Alice Rains
Scene of the Crime
as Dr. Natascha Severin
Scene of the Crime
as Zech's Secretary
ZIBB
as Self
DAS!
as Self
Markus Lanz
as Self
Volle Kanne
as Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
Morgenmagazin
as Self
Leute heute
as Self
Polizeiruf 110
as Gabi Bauer
Polizeiruf 110
as Gabriele Zimmermann
Abendschau
as Self
NDR Talk Show
as Self
MDR um 4
as Self
Bambi
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self