Peri Baumeister
Peri Baumeister | |
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 Peri Baumeister, 2019 | |
| Born | Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Peri Baumeister is a German TV and film actress best known in the UK for her role as "Lady Gisela" in series 2 and 3 of The Last Kingdom and as Sara in the 2019 Netflix television series Skylines.
Career[]
Peri Baumeister is the daughter of the actor Edwin Noel-Baumeister and the cultural manager Judith Schäfer-Schuller. Her older half-sister Muriel Baumeister is also an actress. From 2007 to 2011, Peri Baumeister studied acting at the August Everding Prinzregententheater (Bavarian Theatre Academy) in Munich. During this time she appeared in stage productions of Lars von Trier's Dogville and Manderlay under the direction of Jochen Schölch at the Metropol-Theater (Munich). In her third year of study she received the leading role of Grete Trakl in the movie Tabu – It is the Soul of a Stranger on Earth at the side of Lars Eidinger. For this cinema debut, she was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for Best Young Actress at the Max Ophüls Film Festival in 2012.[1] Baumeister then starred in Oliver Ziegenbhigh's bestselling film Russendisko.[2] For her role in the social drama Mentreu directed by Hermine Huntgeburth, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the German Academy of Television Awards. In the Norwegian TV six-parter Saboteurs in the Ice – Operation Heavy Water (Kampen om tungtvannet) about Hitler's attempts to develop an atomic bomb, she played the wife of the physicist Werner Heisenberg.[3]
In 2017, Baumeister made the switch to English speaking audiences, starring in series 2 and 3 of The Last Kingdom as Lady Gisela, following this in 2019 with a regular main role in the Netflix television series Skylines as Sara.[4]
Filmography[]
Television Series[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Skylines | Sara | "6 episodes" |
| 2018 | The Last Kingdom | Lady Gisela | "Season 2–3" |
| 2016 | Die Chefin (The Boss) | Jessica Kempf | 1 episode "Abrechnung" |
| 2016 | Ein starkes Team (A Strong Team) | Nathalie Brombach | 1 episode "Nathalie" |
| 2015 | Blochin: Die Lebenden und die Toten (The Living and the Dead) | Freddy Geissler | episode "2. Kapitel" |
| 2015 | Der Kriminalist(The Criminalist) | Carolin Naters | episode "Treu bis in den Tod" |
| 2015 | Kampen om tungtvannet The Heavy Water War / The Saboteurs | Elisabeth Heisenberg | 6 episodes – miniseries |
| 2012 | Tatort(Crime Scene) | Roswitha Kranz | episode "Borowski und der stille Gast" |
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Blood Red Sky | Nadja | |
| 2019 | Péitruss | Lara | Luxembourgish–Dutch coproduction |
| 2016 | Unsere Zeit ist jetzt (Our time is now) | Vanessa | |
| 2014 | Männertreu (Men's faithfulness) | Nina | |
| 2014 | Irre sind männlich (Misguided are male) | Bernadette | |
| 2013 | Feuchtgebiete English: Wetlands | Schwester Valerie | |
| 2012 | Russendisko English: Russian disco | Olga | |
| 2011 | Tabu: The Soul Is a Stranger on Earth | Grete / Sister |
Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Category | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Best German Actress | Award | Irre sind männlich | Nominada |
| 2014 | Best Supporting Actress | German Television Academy Award | Männertreu | Nominada |
References[]
- ^ "Peri Baumeister – filmportal.de". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Mediathek Babelsberg: Dreharbeiten zu Russendisko in Potsdam". PNN.de. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Peri Baumeister". trakt.tv. 2020.
- ^ "Skylines". thefutoncritic.com. 27 September 2019.
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