Luise Heyer


Luise Heyer is a German actress.

Biography

Heyer grew up in Berlin. During her school years, she lived in Denmark for a year. From 2006 until 2010, she attended Rostock University of Music and Theatre in Mecklenburg, where she studied acting. In 2010, she joined the Dortmund Theatre, where she stayed for two years. She was voted best actress in the 2012 season at the Dortmund Theatre.
In 2011, she played her first leading role in the feature film Westwind, portraying the East German rower Isabel, whose twin sister falls in love with a West German man during a stay in Hungary. In 2014, she played Sanna in Edward Berger's film Jack, which was part of the 2014 Berlinale. In 2015, she acted in Rosa von Praunheim's film Tough Love.
Since 2017, Heyer has appeared in the Netflix original series Dark as Doris Tiedemann.
In 2019, Heyer was awarded the rare honor of a double nomination at the German Film Awards. She was noted both for the main role of a rape victim in The Most Beautiful Couple and for her supporting role in Der Junge muss an die frische Luft. For this, she received the 2019 German Film Award in the Best Female Supporting Role category. In the same year, she received the Bambi Award in the National Actress category for both roles.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011WestwindIsabel
2014JackSanna
2015Tough LoveMarion
2016All of a SuddenJudith
2018The Most Beautiful CoupleLiv