Johanna Wokalek

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.654

Gender

Female

Birthday

03-Mar-1975

Age

(51 years old)

Place of Birth

Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Also Known As
  • Йоханна Вокалек

Johanna Wokalek

Biography

Johanna Wokalek (born March 3, 1975) is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play Rose Bernd. Wokalek is best known for her award-winning appearances in the German films Hierankl, Barfuss, and The Baader Meinhof Complex. She received the Bambi award for her portrayal of the Red Army Faction member Gudrun Ensslin in 2008. She played the lead role in the film Pope Joan in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johanna Wokalek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


Credits

Kurz & schwul Kurz & schwul (2006) Character: N/A
Compilation of five shorts, including: The Stretch Marks (Der Schwangerschaftsstreifen), What Grown-Ups Know, Angesichts, Nacht in Wilhelmsburg, & Out Now! The short films revolve around coming out, the dangers of the big city, a stylish suicide, and, of course, love.
Freiheit Freiheit (2017) Character: Nora
Nora walks out on her husband Philip and their two children without a word of explanation. She’s driven by an irresistible force. She wants to be free.
Run Me Wild Run Me Wild (2026) Character: N/A
After a sexual assault, Toni (17) feels wrong and vulnerable—as if she no longer belongs in her own body. When she meets Anna, she feels a glimmer of hope that she can free herself from her past. But her experiences can catch up with her anytime, anywhere.
Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein (2012) Character: Tiffany Blechschmid
Based on the best-selling psychology book by Paul Watzlawick, the film tells the story of Tiffany Blechschmid, a neurotic, moony, superstitious, contradictory and, no surprises here, single young woman in her late-twenties.
Liebhaberinnen Liebhaberinnen (2026) Character: Brigitte
Although hostess Brigitte and life-loving schoolgirl Paula only meet in person once, their fates and lives are closely intertwined.
Deutschstunde Deutschstunde (2019) Character: Ditte Nansen
In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality.
Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief Faszination Bergfilm - Himmelhoch und Abgrundtief (2008) Character: Self (archive footage)
A fascinating chronology of 100 years of mountain film history in the Alps. This documentary focuses primarily on films shot on the Matterhorn, the Eiger, and the Grandes Jorasses, considered until the 1930s as the "last problems of the Alps," and shows the evolution of mountain filmmaking through numerous excerpts from documentaries and feature films – notably on the Matterhorn in 1901. The genre, appropriated as a means of mass exaltation by "fascist" regimes during the Second World War, was reinvented in the 1950s by Gaston Rebuffat, Marcel Ichac, and Lionel Terray in the Mont Blanc massif, avant-garde figures of French mountain cinema, who reintroduced, beyond performance, the values ​​of the mountains – and in color – poetry, humor, and sharing among people from all walks of life.
Weisse Lilien Weisse Lilien (2008) Character: Anna
At some point in the not-so-distant future, an unnamed European city has evolved into a bizarre dystopian metropolis, whose residents inhabit towering utopian high-rises and work, collectively, in a single compound.
Wuff Wuff (2018) Character: Cécile
Romantic comedy about the love confusion of four girlfriends, whose lives are properly turned upside down by their four-legged friends. After being abandoned by her boyfriend, Ella adopts a half-breed called Bozer, who jumbled up her everyday life, but also makes her happy again. Cecile, on the other hand, is about to divorce, but the meek four-legged Simpson averts the worst and is also there for the children. Silke works as a dog trainer and knows very well about the animals, but she has her problems with her fellow human beings. She meets former footballer Olli. And also Lulu has met someone, but her acquaintance is a dog lover, while she has a preference for cats.
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) Character: Gudrun Ensslin
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
Barfuß Barfuß (2005) Character: Leila
A hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - falls for a suicidal mental patient.
Die kommenden Tage Die kommenden Tage (2010) Character: Cecilia Kuper
Welcome to 2020: The European Union has collapsed following the fourth Gulf War and massive barricades keep illegal immigrants out of cities that are barely functioning. In the middle of this highly volatile environment is the family of Walter Kuper, an energy conglomerate executive. Walter’s daughter, Cecilia, has joined the Black Storm terrorist group. Her sister Laura must choose between motherhood and the man she loves; their brother Philip has been called up to fight for Germany in a hopeless war to secure the last remaining oil fields. Starring leading actors Daniel Brühl, Johanna Wokalek and Jürgen Vogel, "The Days to Come" asks provocative questions about the current state of things as it depicts personal and political realities in a scarily believable near–future.
I dine hænder I dine hænder (2015) Character: Julia
When Maria meets Niels for the first time, he comes across as an angry and unsympathetic young man. His chronic illness has been concentrated into a single wish—to go to a Swiss nursing home for euthanasia. But in order to get there, he needs a volunteer escort.
Die Päpstin Die Päpstin (2009) Character: Johanna von Ingelheim
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Cildenie Cildenie (2024) Character: Anna
Renowned German organist Anna discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal, shaking the foundation of their life together. Can she come to terms with this new reality about her husband?
Selvmordsturisten Selvmordsturisten (2019) Character: Linda
Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of this self-consciousness makes him more and more depressed. When he realises that his beloved wife plans to leave him, he decides to take his own life.
Sisi & Ich Sisi & Ich (2023) Character: Countess Marie Festetics
After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women become closer there, this soon leads to tensions back in Vienna.
Milch ins Feuer Milch ins Feuer (2025) Character: Marlies
Anna is pregnant and thinks about castrations. Katinka may not be able to become a farmer and wears her bikini in the milking parlor, but grandma's tomatoes have turned out better this year than ever before. A summer on dying German farms.
Hierankl Hierankl (2003) Character: Lene
Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of the Alps her family lives on the lonely farm “Hierankl”.
Aimée & Jaguar Aimée & Jaguar (1999) Character: Ilse
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one a Jewish member of the underground, the other an exemplar of Nazi motherhood.
Nordwand Nordwand (2008) Character: Luise Fellner
North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.
Beckenrand Sheriff Beckenrand Sheriff (2021) Character: Trainerin der Wasserballmannschaft
A lifeguard tries by all means to keep his home, an open-air swimming pool, from being closed.
Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin Depeche Mode: Alive in Berlin (2014) Character: Berlin Girl
Depeche Mode's live performance in November 2013 on their Delta Machine Tour (cut together from two successive shows in Berlin's O2 World), intercut with interviews with the band and their fans and behind-the-scenes footage.



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