Martina Gedeck is a German actress. Her work in the film "The Lives of Others" brought her worldwide recognition. As the best European actress performer for her role in the film "Irresistible Martha" she was nominated for the "Felix" award of the European Film Academy.
The charming actress is famous not only in her native country, but also far beyond its borders. She became a rising star after the premiere of the film "Christmas Palm". Martina manages to successfully combine filming in films and TV shows with social life.
Choosing the future
The biography of the future celebrity began in 1961 in Berlin. The girl was born on September 14 in the family of an artist and a businessman. Together in Martina, two more children grew up, her younger sisters. From her mother, the girl inherited love and creativity. Since childhood, the star has drawn well.
Martina was thinking about a career as a fashion designer. She was not interested in cinema. Everything was decided by chance. The eleven-year-old girl happened to be on the set. In the children's television project "Parcel with a Mouse" Martina was assigned a small role. Gedek liked the work so much that she firmly decided that she would receive an acting education.
The parents parted, but the father did not forget about the children, taking an active part in their upbringing. After school, he recommended his eldest daughter to study at the Berlin University of the Arts. He dreamed that Martina would become a history teacher. But the girl herself liked the prospect of an artistic future more.
She left her studies, realizing that she did not like the university at all. For her professional education, Martina chose the Max Reinhardt School of Future Actors. During the training, a film career began. At first, the inexperienced student was not offered prominent roles. But Gedek also actively starred in episodes. She took part in domestic films "Der Neffe" and "Die Beute".
Successful career
The first achievement was the role received in the comedy film "Frau Rettich, Czerny and Me". Martina played one of the leading heroines, Cerny. The work of aspiring actresses was highly praised by critics. The telenovela Christmas Bells became a new success. The character of Gedek was an employee of the advertising agency Katya. The girl is completely immersed in dreams of a big family.
The audience really liked the series. His sequel, The Christmas Palm, was soon filmed, which became even more successful. However, the best role of the star is called the heroine of the melodrama "Irresistible Martha". In her, Gedek's dramatic talent was brilliantly manifested. If before the premiere screening of the film she was invited mainly to comedic roles, now they are happy to entrust more serious work in a different role.
In the 2001 film, the star appeared in the image of Martha Klein, the chef of an elite French restaurant. In her life there is nothing but work. After the death of her sister, a relative takes care of her niece Lina. It is known that her father lives in Italy. A new chef, Mario, appears at work. This worries Martha herself, who is used to always making decisions about team members.
After an unsuccessful attempt to find a nanny for the girl, Marta begins to take her niece to work. Mario finds an approach to the girl who is going through the ambassador of her mother's departure. The chef's attitude towards the man who was initially recognized as a competitor is changing. A romance begins. The girl is later taken away by her father, but Martha, who had been married by that time, is seeking Lina's return.
Confession
In the image of Christiana, fans saw a star in the film based on Houellebecq's novel "Particles". It tells the story of two brothers abandoned in early childhood by a hippie mother. Biologists and educators, Michael and Bruno struggle to cope with horrific memories of a difficult childhood.
Work on the action-packed thriller The Lives of Others took place in 2006. Martina played one of the key characters in the project, Christa-Maria Ziland. In the story, Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler is watching her and her friend, the playwright Dryson. At first, he regularly deals with the assignment. However, gradually the attitude towards objects begins to change.
The captain realizes that he sympathizes with the writer. He helps him get out of a difficult situation. As a result, they are deprived of career opportunities. Over the course of time, Wiesler leaves his job as a censor, becoming a postman. Having dealt with his past, Drymon realized to whom he owes his freedom and devotes a new book to the captain.
After the release of the film, Schedek received worldwide recognition. The star also played beautifully in the dramatic Cold War thriller "The False Temptation" by Hannu Schiller. After the premiere, the actress was nicknamed the Iron Lady of German cinema. One of the leading heroines, Ulrika Meinhof, became a celebrity in the action movie The Baader-Meinhof Complex.
Life off the screen
The multi-talented Martina seemed to have little successful artistic career. She sits in the Federal Assembly as the representative of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a member of the Green Union party.
In personal life, everything is not so rosy. Martina's chosen one was her colleague, actor Ulrich Wildgruber. Together they remained until 1999. The relationship ended with the death of the artist. For a long time, Gedek could not get over the shock.
However, she and Swiss filmmaker Markus Imboden became husband and wife. The star does not provide any new information about the private life of the press. She forbade asking her about personal matters. Therefore, information about the actress's novels often appears, to which the star reacts with silence.
In 2011, on the Boulevard of Stars in Berlin, the name star Gedeck appeared. In 2015, an asteroid discovered by astronomer Felix Hormuth in 2009 was named after Martinagedek.
