| Capital: | € 10 million |
| Age: | 69 |
| Born: | 08/12/1950 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | actress |
| Last updated: | 2022 |
Short introduction
Iris Berben is a German actress and voice actress. She is still one of the most successful actresses in Germany.
Early life
Iris Renate Dorothea Berben changed into born in Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia because the daughter of rich restaurateurs. After the dad and mom divorced, she moved to Hamburg together along with her mother. Her faculty profession changed into now no longer straightforward; she changed into referred numerous instances through diverse boarding schools, which includes the famous boarding faculty in St. Peter-Ording. Berben completed faculty with out graduating from excessive faculty. As a teenager, she have become concerned withinside the Hamburg protest scene. After leaving faculty, Iris Berben finished dance and motion education in London. She additionally took making a song and talking lessons in Berlin.
Career highlights
Iris Berben has gained numerous prizes in her profession, which includes the Romy, the Golden Camera, the Bambi and Grimme Prize. For her a hit appearing profession she turned into provided the Bavarian TV Prize for her life’s paintings in 2011. Iris Berben even acquired an Emmy nomination in 2010, the maximum vital tv award withinside the United States, for her function in “Krupp – A German Family”. Furthermore, she has been the president of the German Film Academy along the famous actor Bruno Ganz given that 2010. Berben held the workplace on my own for 4 years (2013 to 2019).
Famous quotes
“Ultimately, the really intellectual people are the ones you can talk to about anything.”
“Refusal is one of the most beautiful things that comes with aging.”
“Only in the face of death do you know how attached you are to life, how short the moment can be and how to use it.”
“If you are adapted, you also meet people who are looking for exactly that.”
“I would like to live a thousand years. I’m so curious how society coped with the challenges. ”
Amazing facts
Iris Berben is very socially and politically committed. In particular, she campaigns against anti-Semitism, right-wing extremism and the right to exist of the State of Israel. The actress is also the patron of several foundations and initiatives such as the “Magen David-Adom-Israel in Deutschland eV” and the “United Buddy Bears”. She feels very attached to the State of Israel. For her commitment, Iris Berben was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit First Class, the Women’s World Award for Tolerance and the Leo Baeck Prize. The latter was given to her by Paul Spiegel from the Central Council of Jews in Germany. She is also a member of the jury for the award of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award. Berben supports the SPD politically and participated in the campaign “Meine Vote für Vernunft” in 2016. Iris Berben was a member of the Federal Assembly in 2017.
