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Fritzi Haberlandt

Date of Birth
06/06/1975 - 12:00
Geburtsort
Berlin (Ost)
Biography

Fritzi Haberlandt, born June 6, 1975, in East Berlin, attended actor's training at Schauspielschule Ernst Busch in Berlin where she met American theatre pioneer Robert Wilson and played in Wilson's 1998 production of "Dantons Tod" (1998) at Berliner Ensemble. Haberlandt's strong first performances were immediately well received as "Theater heute" named her "Best new actor" two times in a row, in 2000 and in 2001.

In 1999, Haberlandt became a cast member of Schauspiel Hannover but went to Hamburg's Thalia Theater where she worked as cast member from 2000 to 2006. Under director Michael Thalheimer, Haberlandt caused a stir in a controversial production of "Liliom", among others. Furthermore, Haberlandt won the 2003 Alfred Kerr actor's prize for her performances in "Zeit zu lieben Zeit zu sterben" und "Liebelei". Since the start of the 2006/07 season, Fritzi Haberlandt is regularly seen as a cast member of Berlin's Maxim Gorki theatre.

From 1999 on, Haberlandt starred in several striking movie parts. She won the Bavarian film prize for "Best new actor" for her performance in Rainer Kaufmann's "Kalt ist der Abendhauch" ("Cold Is The Evenig Breeze") based on Ingrid Noll's novel. In addition, the part of an inconspicuous student in the comedy "Liegen Lernen" ("Learning to Lie") won her the German film prize for "Best supporting actress". She was also praised for subtle and unsentimental portrait of a blind woman in Lars Büchel's tragicomic love story "Erbsen auf halb 6" ("Peas at 5:30"). But despite her movie success, Haberlandt continues to perform on stage. While she was seen in a small, but significant part in Detlev Buck's children's film "Hände weg von Mississippi", Haberlandt at the same time starred in a leading role in "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" at Maxim Gorki theatre. 

For her leading role as a spinsterish ballet teacher in Hendrik Handloegten's TV movie "Ein spätes Mädchen" Haberlandt won the Hessian Film Price in 2007, followed by other important parts in feature films like Martin Gypken's "Nichts als Gespenster" ("Nothing But Ghosts"), Andreas Kleinert's "Freischwimmer" ("Head Under Water") and Bernd Böhlich's "Der Mond und andere Liebhaber".

In 2009/2010, Haberlandt guest-starred in TV productions like "Die armen Kinder von Schwerin" – a feature-length episode of the "Polizeiruf 110" series –, Bernd Böhlich's comedy "Krauses Kur", as well as "Tote Männer" and "Wie einst Lilly", the latter two being feature-length films in the popular "Tatort" TV-series. She returned to the big screen with "Das Blaue vom Himmel", followed by the female lead in the romantic comedy "Eine Insel namens Udo", which opened in June 2011.

Also in 2012, she had a supporting role in the tragicomedy "Transpapa", the story of a teenage girl who seeks out her transsexual father. Haberlandt then starred opposite Mario Adorf in "Die Libelle und das Nashorn" ("The Rhino And The Dragonfly"), playing a young author who spends a memorable night with an aging movie star.

A lighter role came in the 2014 children's film "Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande" ("Fiddlesticks"), where Haberlandt played the mother of a spunky young heroine. That same year, she appeared on TV in the "Polizeiruf 110" episode "Käfer und Prinzessin", portraying a woman living on an alternative rural commune whose partner is murdered. She also appeared in an episode of the cult comedy "Der Tatortreiniger" ("Crime Scene Cleaner") and the small-town TV drama "Krauses Geheimnis". Her performance in the TV adaptation of Siegfried Lenz's "Der Verlust", in which she played the long-time friend of a mysterious protagonist, earned her critical acclaim.

Widespread attention followed with the feature film "Nebel im August" ("Fog in August," 2016), based on true events, which dealt with the Nazi euthanasia programs. In it, Haberlandt portrayed a nurse trying to save a child from being murdered. For this role, she received the German Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in April 2017. Just two months earlier, in February 2017, the children's and youth film "Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen" ("The Legend of Timm Thaler or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter") was released in cinemas, featuring Haberlandt in a supporting role as the protagonist's mother.

In the following years, Haberlandt focused mainly on television. From 2017 to 2025, she played a key role in all five seasons of the hit series "Babylon Berlin", portraying a landlady who supports the resistance against the Nazis. In "Berlin 86" (2018) and "Berlin 89" (2020), she played a doctor in East Germany who dreams of escaping to the West. In the biographical drama "Martha Liebermann – Ein gestohlenes Leben" (2022), she portrayed Hanna Solf, a politician and member of the resistance against the Nazi regime.

Alongside her screen work, Haberlandt remained active on stage. In 2023, she received the prestigious German theatre award Der Faust for her performance in the play "Angabe der Person" at the Deutsches Theater Berlin.

She returned to the big screen in 2025 - nearly eight years after her last cinema appearance - with "Wilma will mehr", a warm, humorous story of self-discovery. In the film, she plays a woman in her mid-forties from the East German countryside who leaves her unfaithful husband behind and embarks on a new, unconventional life.
 

Filmography
2023-2025
Wilma will mehr
  • Cast
2023/2024
Perfekt verpasst
  • Cast
2024
The Fool
  • Cast
2021/2022
Martha Liebermann - Ein gestohlenes Leben
  • Cast
2021/2022
Babylon Berlin [Staffel 4]
  • Cast
2021/2022
Das Boot [Staffel 3]
  • Cast
2020-2022
ZERV - Zeit der Abrechnung
  • Cast
2019/2020
Deutschland 89
  • Cast
2017/2018
Deutschland 86
  • Cast
2016/2017
Babylon Berlin [Staffel 2]
  • Cast
2016/2017
Babylon Berlin [Staffel 1]
  • Cast
2015/2016
Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen
  • Cast
2015/2016
Nebel im August
  • Cast
2015/2016
Der treue Roy
  • Cast
2015
Der Chef ist tot
  • Cast
2014
Krauses Geheimnis
  • Cast
2013/2014
Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande
  • Cast
2013/2014
Käfer und Prinzessin
  • Cast
2011
Der Tatortreiniger
  • Cast
2013/2014
Der Verlust
  • Cast
2012/2013
Summ, summ, summ
  • Cast
2012
Die Libelle und das Nashorn
  • Cast
2011/2012
Transpapa
  • Cast
2011
Krauses Braut
  • Cast
2011
Nacht ohne Morgen
  • Cast
2010/2011
Fenster zum Sommer
  • Cast
2010/2011
Eine Insel namens Udo
  • Cast
2010/2011
Das Blaue vom Himmel
  • Cast
2009/2010
Wie einst Lilly
  • Cast
2008/2009
Tote Männer
  • Cast
2009
Berlin-Stettin
  • Voice
2007/2008
Der Mond und andere Liebhaber
  • Cast
2007/2008
Ein starker Abgang
  • Cast
2006/2007
Freischwimmer
  • Cast
2006/2007
Nichts als Gespenster
  • Cast
2006/2007
Holunderblüte
  • Voice
2007
Ein spätes Mädchen
  • Cast
2006/2007
Hände weg von Mississippi
  • Cast
2005/2006
Nichts weiter als
  • Cast
2004
Klara
  • Cast
2003/2004
Erbsen auf halb 6
  • Cast
2001-2003
Heimatfilm!
  • Cast
2002/2003
It's a Small World and Things Like This
  • Cast
2002/2003
Liegen lernen
  • Cast
1999/2000
Kalt ist der Abendhauch
  • Cast
1998/1999
Die Braut
  • Cast
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