Andrea Sawatzki

Andrea Sawatzki

Born 1963-02-23 (age 63) Kochel am See, Germany
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Biography

Andrea Sawatzki (born 23 February 1963 in Kochel am See) is a German actress. Since 2002 she has starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort as police inspector Charlotte Sänger.

She also gained some international prominence as a co-actor in the German movies Bandits and Das Experiment.

Sawatzki is the daughter of a nurse and a journalist. She has lived with actor Christian Berkel since 1997. The couple has two sons and lives in Berlin.

After studying at the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule (Munich acting school) and doing an internship at the Munich Kammerspiele, Sawatzky played in theaters in Stuttgart, Wilhelmshaven and Munich from 1988 to 1992. Her first movie role was in Faust – der Film in 1988, directed by Dieter Dorn. In 1997, she became known to a broader audience through the movie Die Apothekerin in which she played Alma Siebert. She made her breakthrough as one of the best known German actresses with her role as Chief Inspector Charlotte Sänger in the Tatort series from 2001 to 2009.

Moreover, she acted in successful movies such as Bandits, Late Show, Leo und Claire and Das Experiment. She appeared in several TV series and TV movies such as Der König von St. Pauli ("The King of St. Pauli") and Die Manns, both praised by critics. She posed for a spread in Playboy magazine in 2003.

Sawatzki read for audio books as, for example, for the series TV-Kommissare lesen Krimis the story Die Maus in der Ecke and the novel Glennkill. In 2007, Sawatzki was godmother of the Deutscher Kinderpreis (German Children's Award).

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Known For

The Experiment
The Experiment

2001

as Dr. Jutta Grimm

Ants in the Pants
Ants in the Pants

2000

as Flos Tante

Magnificent Times
Magnificent Times

2018

as Karlotta

Help, I Shrunk My Friends
Help, I Shrunk My Friends

2021

as Hulda Stechbarth

Life Is All You Get
Life Is All You Get

1997

as Sylvia

Help, I Shrunk My Parents
Help, I Shrunk My Parents

2018

as Director Hulda Stechbarth

Thabo and the Rhino Case
Thabo and the Rhino Case

2023

as Aunt Agatha

Late Show
Late Show

1999

as Sonja Vogel

Casting
Casting

2017

as Annika Grossmann

Tödliches Spiel - Das Krimi-Dinner
Bliss
Bliss

2012

as Kalles Mutter

Freibad
Freibad

2022

as Eva

Bella Australia
Bella Australia

2012

as Bella Jung

The Pharmacist
The Pharmacist

1997

as Alma Siebert

Cleo
Cleo

2019

as Sophia

Sprachlos in Irland
Sprachlos in Irland

2021

as Connie

Von Erholung war nie die Rede
Von Erholung war nie die Rede

2017

as Gundula Bundschuh

Südstadt
Südstadt

2017

as Eva Simon

Bandits
Bandits

1997

as Ludwig