Andrea Sawatzki (German: [anˈdʁeːa zaˈvat͡s.kiː] (listen); born 23 February 1963) is a German actress. From 2002 to 2010 she starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort as police inspector Charlotte Sänger.

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Andrea Sawatzki
Andrea Sawatzki and Christian Berkel – Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2009
Born	(1963-02-23) 23 February 1963 (age 59) Schlehdorf, Bavaria, West Germany
Occupation	Actress, Voice actress
Years active	from 1988
Spouse	Christian Berkel

She also gained some international prominence as a co-actor in the German films Bandits (1997) and Das Experiment (2001).

Life and work

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 live 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 [de] in 1988, directed by Dieter Dorn. In 1997, she became known to a broader audience through the movie The Pharmacist 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 2002 to 2010.

Moreover, she acted in successful movies such as Bandits, Late Show [de], Leo & Claire and Das Experiment. She appeared in several TV series and TV movies such as The King of St. Pauli [de] 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).

Personal life

In 2011, Andrea Sawatzki married her long-term partner and fellow actor Christian Berkel. They have two sons together and live in Berlin.[1]

Filmography

• 1991: Tatort – Der Fall Schimanski [de]
• 1992: Auf Achse (TV)
• 1992: Tatort – Unversöhnlich
• 1994: Das Schwein – Eine deutsche Karriere [de]
• 1995–1998: A.S. [it] (TV series)
• 1995: Polizeiruf 110 (TV) – 1A Landeier
• 1997: Bandits
• 1997: Bella Block (TV) – Geldgier
• 1997: Life is All You Get
• 1997: The Pharmacist
• 1998: The King of St. Pauli [de] (TV miniseries)
• 1998: The Polar Bear
• 1999: Late Show [de]
• 1999: Apokalypso (TV film)
• 1999: Klemperer – Ein Leben in Deutschland
• 2000: Ants in the Pants
• 2001: Das Experiment
• 2001: Leo & Claire
• 2001: Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman (TV miniseries)
• 2002–2010: Tatort
• 2002: Der Mann von Nebenan
• 2002: Die Affäre Semmeling (TV miniseries)
• 2002: Sinan Toprak ist der Unbestechliche (TV)
• 2002: Rosa Roth (TV series) – Geschlossene Gesellschaft
• 2003: Mein erster Freund, Mutter und ich
• 2005–2006: Arme Millionäre (TV series)
• 2005: Erkan & Stefan in Der Tod kommt krass [de]
• 2006: Helen, Fred und Ted
• 2006: Das Schneckenhaus
• 2007: Frühstück mit einer Unbekannten
• 2007: Vom Atmen unter Wasser
• 2008: Sechs auf einen Streich – Brüderchen und Schwesterchen (TV miniseries)
• 2009: Entführt!
• 2011: Borgia (TV series)
• 2011: Mein Bruder, sein Erbe und ich
• 2018: Subs
• 2019: Bella Germania
• 2021: The Masked Singer (German season 5) as Axolotl
• 2022: Freibad

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrea Sawatzki.

• Official Homepage
• Andrea Sawatzki at IMDb

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