Katharina Schüttler, born October 20, 1979, in Cologne, worked as a child actor in movie and TV productions like "Die Lok" and several episodes of "Tatort" ("Crime Scene"). From 1999 on, she studied at Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover. She appeared in films like "Die innere Sicherheit" ("The State I Am In", 2000) and "Das weiße Rauschen" ("The White Sound", 2001). Schüttler won the "Förderpreis Deutscher Film" for her first leading part in Michael Hofmann"s "Sophiiie!" (2002) where she played a torn character like in many of her later roles.

She then played memorable parts in Jan-Martin Scharf"s debut "Wahrheit oder Pflicht" ("Truth or Dare", 2005) and Florian Hoffmeister"s award-winning film "3 Grad kälter" ("3° Colder", also 2005). Besides, she appeared in acclaimed TV-Movies like "Sehnsucht" (2004) and "Marcel Reich-Ranicki - Mein Leben" (2009).

Further important feature films were, for example, "Die Eisbombe" (2008) and "Ganz nah bei Dir" (2009). In "Es kommt der Tag" by Susanne Schneider she plays the daughter of an ex-terrorist (Iris Berben), who confronts her mother after having been left alone by her as a child.

Besides her work in film and TV productions, Katharina Schüttler also is a successful theatre actress. She played leading parts in "Lolita" (2002) at Schauspiel Hannover or in Peter Kastenmüller"s production of "Hedda Gabler" (2005) at Berliner Schaubühne. For the latter part she was awarded "Faust-Theaterpreis" and also "Actress of the Year" by the magazine "Theater heute".

In the same year, she played the lead in the mystery thriller "Die zwei Leben des Daniel Shore", and also had a minor supporting role in the screen adaptation of the bestseller "Lila, Lila". In 2010, Schüttler herself was cast as a terrorist: in Olivier Assayas" critically acclaimed three-part epic "Carlos – Der Schakal", she played Brigitte Kuhlmann. She then starred in the drama "Schurkenstück" (2010 TV), and played a leading role in the British mini series "The Promise" (2010), about a young woman, who tries to retrace her grandfather"s history in Israel and Palestine.