Henriette Confurius

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Henriette Confurius
Born (1991-02-05) 5 February 1991 (age 34)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present

Henriette Confurius (born 5 February 1991) [1] is a German actress known to international audiences for her role in the Netflix sci-fi television series Tribes of Europa . [2]

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Life and career

Henriette Confurius' father is German-Dutch writer Gerrit Confurius, her mother is a Dutch theatre actress, and she has two brothers, Lucas and Carl, who are also actors. [3] She did not study acting and moved around during her youth. She studied hand-skilled trades but says "I always went back to acting sooner or later". [4]

She is noted for her role as Kayla in the film The Countess . In Wir sind wieder wer, she played a young German woman who falls in love with a member of the American occupying force (Jerry Hoffmann). The film received the 2012 No Fear Award at the First Steps Awards. Confurius played the main role of Charlotte von Lengefeld in the 2014 film Beloved Sisters .

In 2021, she was cast as the lead in the Netflix series Tribes of Europa . [2]

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 The Countess Kayla
2011 Lessons of a Dream Rosalie
2014 Beloved Sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld
2016 Fog in August Sister Edith Kiefer
2021 The Girl and the Spider Mara
2022 The Silent Forest Anja Grimm
2024 The Glory of Life Dora Diamant
2025 Phantoms of July ZulimaSet to premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival [5]
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Polizeiruf 110 Kim Krinowsky1 episode
2004 Bella Block Laura Hoffmann1 episode
2005 Ein starkes Team Jenny1 episode
2007 Tatort Julia März1 episode
Notruf Hafenkante Svenja1 episode
In aller Freundschaft Kristin Schreiber1 episode
2009 Die Wölfe Lotte1 episode
Ein Fall für zwei Romy Kobilke1 episode
2010 Küstenwache Clara Eschenbach1 episode
2011 Tatort Nele Klarbach1 episode
2012 SOKO Wismar Ilka Carstensen1 episode
Die Bergretter Paula Gastein1 episode
Countdown – Die Jagd beginnt Lola Heinrich1 episode
2013 Tatort Kalter Engel1 episode
2015–18 Tannbach Anna von Striesow6 episodes
2021 Tribes of Europa Liv6 episodes
2023 Transatlantic Lena Fischmann7 episodes

References

  1. "Henriette Confurius: So wurde sie lange vor "Die verlorene Tochter" berühmt" [Henriette Confurius: This is how she became famous long before "The Lost Daughter"]. Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 30 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Tribes of Europa Cast: Meet the Actors in German Netflix Series". hitc.com. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. "Henriette Confurius". moviepilot.de/people/henriette-confurius. 5 February 1991. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. "German Films Quarterly Portrait Henriette Confurius". germanfilmsquarterly.de. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. "Phantoms of July". Locarno Film Festival . 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.