Nicolette Krebitz

Nicolette Krebitz
Krebitz in 2012
Born (1972-09-02) September 2, 1972 (age 52)
Berlin, Germany
Other namesCoco
Occupation(s)Actress, director, model, singer

Nicolette Krebitz (born 2 September 1972) is a German director, actress, model, and singer. She is often credited as Coco in her creative works.

Life and work

Krebitz (left) with film director Anne Høegh Krohn from Norway at the "Festival des deutschen Films" 2009, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Nicolette Krebitz was born on 2 September 1972 in West Berlin, Germany.[1][2] She made her film debut at age eleven. Later, she hosted television and radio shows for children and attended the Ballett-Centre Berlin and the Fritz-Kirchhoff acting school, also in Berlin.

Krebitz has appeared in over 30 movies, but she is known best for her role in the German-language films Bandits (1997) and Der Tunnel (2001). She also appeared in the English-language film All the Queen's Men (2001). She wrote and directed the 2001 movie Jeans and 2007's The Heart Is a Dark Forest [de].

She is the model on the cover of New Order's 2001 album Get Ready and its associated singles.[3] Her image is also on the cover and in the sleeve of Terranova's 1999 album Close the Door. She contributed vocals to the Bandits soundtrack and to the Terranova tracks Just Enough, Plastic Stress and Never.

Tribute

The German hip hop group Fettes Brot together with Indie band Tocotronic has dedicated a song to her entitled "Nicolette Krebitz wartet" ("Nicolette Krebitz is Waiting") which is a cover version of the Bananarama hit "Robert De Niro's Waiting...".

Awards

1997 Bavarian Film Award, Best Film Score[4]

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Director Notes
1993 Durst [de] Sabine Martin Weinhart [de] TV film
Soccer Love [de] Conny Bernd Schadewald [de] TV film
1994 Ausgerechnet Zoé [de] Zoé Markus Imboden [de] TV film
Der Mann mit der Maske [de] Irene Häussler Peter Schulze-Rohr [de] TV film
The Little Innocent [de] Katja Rainer Kaufmann TV film
1995 In the Flesh [de] Anna Nikolai Müllerschön English-language film
1997 Bandits Angel Katja von Garnier
1998 Candy Candy Christopher Roth
The Bubi Scholz Story [de] Helga Scholz Roland Suso Richter TV film
1999 Long Hello and Short Goodbye Melody Rainer Kaufmann
2000 Fandango Shirley Maus Matthias Glasner
2001 The Tunnel Fritzi Scholz Roland Suso Richter TV film
All the Queen's Men Romy Stefan Ruzowitzky English-language film
2002 So schnell du kannst [de] Linda Wegner Vivian Naefe TV film
2004 Between Night and Day Vera Nicolai Rohde [de] TV film
2007 The Heart Is a Dark Forest [de] Nicolette Krebitz
2010 Relations Kerstin Schneider Stefan Kornatz [de] TV film
The City Below Svenja Steve Christoph Hochhäusler
2012 The Marriage Swindler and His Wife [de] Nina Gomperz Manfred Stelzer [de] TV film
Summer Outside [de] Anna Friederike Jehn [de]
2013 The Blind Spot [de] Lise Chaussy Daniel Harrich [de]
2014 The Lies You Sleep With [de] Rita Thomas Roth [de] TV film
Better Than Nothing [de] Olga Petrowa Ute Wieland [de]
2015 CHIX – Back on Stage Sascha Jan Ruzicka [de] TV film
2016 Wild Nicolette Krebitz
2019 My Zoe Émilie Julie Delpy
2025 The Light Milena Engels Tom Tykwer Opening film of Berlinale 2025[5]

References

  1. ^ "Kalenderblatt 2022: 2. September" [Calendar sheet 2022: September 2nd]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). 1 September 2022.
  2. ^ Leinkauf, Max (15 June 2022). ""Wenn ältere Frauen begehren ..."" ["When older women desire…"]. Der Freitag (in German).
  3. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions– New Order Online". Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Tykwer, Tom (5 December 2024). "The Light". Cineuropa. Retrieved 6 December 2024.