Scene from Abgehauen (1998)

First Appearances:

• Alarm auf Station 2 (1993) as Vera Hartwig

Most Important Roles:

• Die Weihnachtswette (2006) as Bettina
• Love Scenes from Planet Earth (1998) as Manuela
• Vanished (2011) as Anna Walch
• Mona & Marie - Eine etwas andere Weihnachtsgeschichte (2021) as Chiara Ott
• Mein Lieblingsjahr - Mit Stars durch die Jahrzehnte (2018) as Self
• 380.000 Volt - Der große Stromausfall (2010) as Anja Radtke
• Pirate Vacation (2006) as Billy Gehrke
• Ich trag dich bis ans Ende der Welt (2010) as Anna Klaus
• Die Todesgrippe von Köln (1998) as Sonja
• Alles Bestens (2012) as Sabine Meister

Career Highlights:

• Die Weihnachtswette (2006)
• Love Scenes from Planet Earth (1998)
• Vanished (2011)
• Mona & Marie - Eine etwas andere Weihnachtsgeschichte (2021)
• Mein Lieblingsjahr - Mit Stars durch die Jahrzehnte (2018)
• 380.000 Volt - Der große Stromausfall (2010)
• Pirate Vacation (2006)
• Ich trag dich bis ans Ende der Welt (2010)
• Die Todesgrippe von Köln (1998)
• Alles Bestens (2012)

Awards:

• Nominated for 1 Romy - Favorite Actress (Beliebteste Schauspielerin) (2012)
• Nominated for 1 DSP Award - Best Duo Performance (Bestes Duo) (2025)

Ann-Kathrin Kramer was born as Ann-Kathrin Kramer (her birth name remains the same) on April 4, 1966, in Wuppertal, Germany.

She is a highly regarded German actress and author whose career path was quite unconventional. After leaving school at sixteen, she spent time in Greece working as a portrait painter for tourists and later trained as a shop window designer. It wasn't until she was 26 that she decided to pursue acting professionally, enrolling at the Gmelin Drama School in Munich.

Her breakthrough came in the mid-1990s with the crime series Die Partner, and she has since become a staple of German television, appearing in numerous films and series such as Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit and the Sister Camilla movie series. In addition to her acting career, she is a successful writer, known for her children's book series Matilda.

Kramer is married to the Austrian actor Harald Krassnitzer, and they frequently appear on screen together. She has a son, Leonard, from her previous relationship with actor Jan Josef Liefers. Alongside her artistic work, she is actively involved in charitable organizations supporting sexually abused children and children's hospices.

Alternate Names: Каролина Эйхгорн

Physical Characteristics: N/A

First Appearances:

• Drei Tage im April (1995) as Anna Baisch

Most Important Roles:

• You're Not Alone (2007) as Frau Wellinek
• Die Eisbombe (2008) as Beate Schuhmann-Weil
• After the Truth (1999) as Rebekka Rohm / Brandenburger
• Der Sandmann (1995) as Ina Littmann
• Summertime Blues (2009) as Diana
• The Silence (2010) as Ruth Weghamm
• In the Shadows (2010) as Dora Hillmann
• In Good Faith (2025) as
• Bermuda Triangle North Sea (2011) as Hannah Wensberg
• A Map of the Heart (2002) as Katrin Engelhardt

Career Highlights:

• You're Not Alone (2007)
• Die Eisbombe (2008)
• After the Truth (1999)
• Der Sandmann (1995)
• Summertime Blues (2009)
• The Silence (2010)
• In the Shadows (2010)
• In Good Faith (2025)
• Bermuda Triangle North Sea (2011)
• A Map of the Heart (2002)

Awards:

• Won Adolf Grimme Award - Fiction/Entertainment (1999)
• Won Special Award - Best Performance (Beste darstellerische Leistung) (2023)
• Won Bavarian Film Award - Best Actress (Darstellerpreis) (2002)
• Won Bavarian TV Award - Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television (Beste Schauspielerin - Fernsehspiel/Fernsehfilm) (1998)
• Nominated for 1 Film Award in Gold - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Hauptrolle) (2002)
• Nominated for 1 Golden Camera - Best German Actress (2018)
• Won Best Actress (2002)
• Won Golden Lion - Best Actress in a TV Film (1998)
• Won Silver Lion - Outstanding Achievement of a Young Talent (1996)
• Nominated for 1 TeleStar - Best Actress in a Movie Made for TV (1998)
• Nominated for 1 German Television Academy Award - Best Supporting Actress (Beste Nebendarstellerin) (2018)
• Won Best Lead Actress Short Film - Lead Actress Short Film (2023)

Karoline Eichhorn is a highly acclaimed German stage and screen actress, best known to international audiences for her role as police chief Charlotte Doppler in the Netflix series Dark.

Born on November 9, 1965, in Stuttgart, Germany, she grew up in a family that valued culture—her father was an archaeologist and her mother a book editor. Eichhorn's birth name is the same as her professional name, as there is no record of her using a different maiden or stage name.

After attending a Waldorf school, she pursued her passion for acting at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen from 1986 to 1989. Her professional journey began on the prestigious stages of the Schaubühne in Berlin and the Schauspielhaus Bochum. In the mid-1990s, she transitioned successfully to film and television, earning critical acclaim for her breakout performance in the thriller Der Sandmann (1995), for which she received the Adolf Grimme Award.

Over her decades-long career, she has balanced intense theatrical engagements at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg and the Burgtheater in Vienna with prominent roles in German staples like Tatort. Today, she resides in Hamburg with her husband, Danish author Arne Nielsen, and their daughter.