Nina Hoss Movies and Career Information

Nina Hoss (born July 7, 1975) is a German actress. Nina Hoss was born into a liberal family. Her father, Willi Hoss, was a German trade unionist and politician (member of the German Bundestag in The Greens). Her mother, Heidemarie Rohweder, was an actress at Stuttgart National Theatre and later director of the Esslingen-based Württemberg State Playhouse (Württembergischen Landesbühne Esslingen). In 2006 she starred as the leading character in the drama Yella, a film directed by Christian Petzold. The role earned Hoss the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival. Hoss supports the Make Poverty History campaign which fights female genital cutting. She is quoted as saying, "For me, genital mutilation, torture, is one of the worst crimes in the name of so-called honour on earth. I dream that it will be possible for this form of domination over women to be abandoned." 1996 "Das Madchen Rosemarie" ("Das Maddchen Rosemarie") - (Bernd Eichenger) 2000 Shooting Stars Award - by European Film Promotion at the Berlin International Film Festival 2005 Bavarian Film Award for Best Actress, The White Masai