Liv Lisa Fries | |
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 Fries at the Berlinale 2024 | |
| Born | Liv Lisa Fries 31 October 1990 Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Liv Lisa Fries (born 31 October 1990) is a German actress who has appeared in several films and who gained an international following as the female lead Charlotte Ritter in the German TV series Babylon Berlin , which first premiered in 2017. [1]
Liv Lisa Fries was born on 31 October 1990 [2] at the Charité hospital in Berlin. [3] [4] She was raised in the Berlin borough of Pankow. [3]
As an exchange student, Fries studied in Beijing. In addition to native German, she speaks English, French and Mandarin. [5]
After receiving her Abitur in 2010, Fries took advanced classes in philosophy and German, but dropped out as her career as an actress progressed. [6]
Fries wanted to become an actress when she was 14 years old after watching Léon: The Professional, because she was impressed by Natalie Portman's performance. After making her debut in 2002, Fries has gone on to appear in almost 40 acting roles, the majority of which have come in German films and TV series such as Zurich , Add a Friend , and The Wave . [2] Her first film role was in Atomised (2005) (German: Elementarteilchen); however, her role was cut from the film. She then appeared in 2006 in an episode of Schimanski , in which she played the female lead role. [7]
Fries performed in the German made-for-television film She Deserved It (2010) as an aggressive, frustrated teenager named Linda who tortures one of her peers. Fries said that during filming, she started feeling lonely and isolated, just like her character. [8]
In 2013, she starred in the German tragicomedy Zurich (original title Und morgen Mittag bin ich tot). She received critical acclaim for her performance as Lea, a young woman with cystic fibrosis. According to Fries, she prepared for the role by meeting with a patient with the disease, in addition to running up stairs while breathing through a straw. [9] For her role, she was awarded the Bavarian Film Prize in 2013, the Max Ophüls Prize, a German Film Critics Award, and the German Director's Prize. [4]
Fries received her most prominent role to date when she was cast in 2016 as Charlotte Ritter in the German television show Babylon Berlin, in which she stars as a police stenographer from a poor background who uses her resourcefulness and connections to investigate a series of crimes in Weimar Republic-era Berlin. [10] The first two seasons of the show were filmed over eight months beginning in May 2016 and released consecutively from October–December 2017. Babylon Berlin has been very popular in Germany as well as with international audiences, and has elevated Fries to international prominence; Fries is considered one of Germany's upcoming stars and has been featured in many magazines. [11] [12] For her portrayal, Fries shared an Adolf Grimme Award with the Babylon Berlin team.
The show went on a year-long production hiatus during which Fries filmed two projects; she played a recurring role in both seasons of the 2017 American TV series Counterpart, [13] and also co-starred in the film Prélude with Louis Hofmann. [4] In late 2018, Fries began the six-month shoot for the third season of Babylon Berlin which premiered in Germany in January 2020 and arrived on Sky Atlantic in March 2020. [14] [15] [16] In June 2020, production on a fourth season was underway and premiered in 2022. [17] [18]
As of 2020, Fries lives in a village in Brandenburg. Her favourite hobby is horse-riding. [3]
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