Eva Mattes

Eva Mattes

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Eva Mattes was born on Dec 14, 1954 in Germany. Eva Mattes's big-screen debut came with Dr. med. Hiob Prätorius directed by Kurt Hoffmann in 1965. Eva Mattes is known for Enemy at the Gates directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jude Law stars as Vassili and Joseph Fiennes as Commisar Danilov. Eva Mattes has got 6 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Eva Mattes achieved is German Film Awards. The upcoming new movie Eva Mattes plays is Enfant Terrible which will be released on Oct 01, 2020.

Versatile stage and screen actress best known for Werner Herzog films (Best Supporting winner at Cannes for "Woyzeck"). Possibly her most acclaimed starring role is as her mentor 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder' in "A Man Called EVA" (Fassbinder, who treated Eva Mattes kindly, was sometimes referred to by his initials RWF).The daughter of a film composer father and actress mother, Mattes first gained attention in her teens, when she began her acting career: for Fassbinder (Jail Bait, Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Effi Briest), as a Vietnamese rape victim (Verhoven's O.K., based on the same tragedy as Outrages (1989)), and briefly stumbling into early 70s exploitation fare (Naked Massacre, based on the Richard Speck murders).Mattes moved into leads in prestige and socially conscious films, including Herzog's "Stroszek" (as a German prostitute who flees to the U.S.), Fassbinder's "In A Year of 13 Moons" (as the daughter of a transsexual), Adlon's Céleste (1980) (the title role, as Proust's devoted aide), and Hauff's Mathias Kneissl (1971) (the German Robin Hood).Her recent roles include the mother of the young go-between in Enemy at the Gates, and opposite Isaach De Bankole (the assassin in Casino Royale (2006)) in Otomo.Recently she turned to singing (a CD of English-language standards, 2006) and doing children's films, as well as stage dramas and musicals. As of 2008, she's starring in the world's longest-running detective series, Tatort.In addition to her artist daughter Hanna (with director Werner Herzog), Mattes also has a son Josef, a busy young actor.

  • Birthday

    Dec 14, 1954
  • Place of Birth

    Tegernsee, Germany
  • Also known

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Awards

6 wins & 3 nominations

German Film Awards
2002
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Nebenrolle)
Winner - Film Award in Gold
1973
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Weibliche Nebenrolle)
Winner - Film Award in Gold
1971
Best Performance by a Young Actress (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Nachwuchsschauspielerin)
Winner - Film Award in Gold
Munich Film Festival
1983
Best Actress (Beste Darstellerin)
Winner - Chaplin Shoe
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