Laura Maori Tonke (born April 14, 1974, in West Berlin) is a German actress.
Laura Tonke is the daughter of film set decorator Michael Tonke. She studied theater studies in Berlin until 1996. At the age of 17, she made her on-screen debut in Michael Klier's feature film *Ostkreuz*. Numerous roles in feature films and television movies followed. Additionally, she is booked as a model for lifestyle and fashion magazines. Since the spring of 2007, she has performed on stage in productions by the theater collective Gob Squad at Berlin's VolksbĂĽhne (and the VolksbĂĽhne im Prater), as well as at other theaters.
In 2000, Tonke was awarded the Lilli Palmer Memorial Camera for Best Young Actress. In 2003, she was nominated for the German Film Award for her portrayal of Gudrun Ensslin in Christopher Roth's feature film *Baader*.
In the tragicomedy *Hedi Schneider steckt fest* (Hedi Schneider Is Stuck) by Sonja Heiss—which premiered at the 2015 Berlinale—she plays the title character, a woman plagued by sudden anxiety attacks. Her performance garnered enthusiastic reviews; *Der Spiegel*, for instance, wrote: "She inhabits the role of Hedi Schneider [...] so convincingly and perfectly—as if it had been written specifically for her."
At the 2016 German Film Awards ceremony, Tonke received a double honor. She won in both the Best Actress category for her role in *Hedi Schneider steckt fest* and the Best Supporting Actress category for the film *Mängelexemplar* (2016).
Laura Tonke lives in Berlin and has a son.
as Nielsa Kirchherr
as Andrea
as Vera
as Emi
as Mother Iris
as Hille
as Andrea
as Maria Roosen
as Ellen
as Marion
as Miki Walter(5 eps)
as Yvonne
as Claudia MĂĽller
as Barbara
as Sabine
as Astrid(1 ep)
as Daniela Bajetzky(1 ep)
as Nina Lieberstein
as Merit Ponz(8 eps)
as Sabine Petermann
as Nele
as Erna Sauerlich
as Barbara
as Steffi
as Sonja
as Laura
as Eva
as Anika
as Anna
as Christine Schreibe(6 eps)
as Ms. SchĂĽtt
as Laura
as Hedi Schneider
as Elisa Ritter(1 ep)
as Laura
as Melanie Rademann(1 ep)
as Meike
as Cornelia Braun
as Andrea Roth(1 ep)
as Anna
as Ann
as Luise Walther
as Leo
as Bettina Dieme(1 ep)
as Lola
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Andrea(1 ep)
as Laura Sehrbundt(1 ep)
as Franziska Steiner(2 eps)
as Katharina Wolters(2 eps)
as Nicole Ries(1 ep)
as Susan Schumann(1 ep)
as Monika Stauffenberg
as Christiane Steeb
as Nadine Wolf(1 ep)
as Karla
as Self(1 ep)
as Alena Kranach(1 ep)
as Ophelia 4
as Inga
as Mona
as Gudrun Ensslin
as Nele
as Wiebke Sander(1 ep)
as Gisela Kenter
as Lara Feiersinger
as Mara(1 ep)
as Nina
as Judith Kraithaim(1 ep)
as Marie
as Vanessa KrĂĽger
as Anne / Marie
as Frangipani, geb. Klein
as Jill
as Anette Albrecht(1 ep)
as Käthe
as Sabine
as Nina(1 ep)
as Nina
as Sabine
as Angela Matthes(1 ep)
as Ira(1 ep)
as Anne
as Tanja(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Jenny(1 ep)
as Elfie
as Self(4 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Annegret Wegner(1 ep)
as Jeanette Kreuz(1 ep)
as Mimi Meinders(1 ep)
as Paula Wimberg(1 ep)
as Angelika Meyer(1 ep)
as Anna Korzius(1 ep)
as Amelie Scholder(1 ep)
as Miriam(1 ep)
as Amelie(1 ep)
as Steffi(1 ep)
as Sonja Kofler(1 ep)
as Patti Schmidt(1 ep)
as Judith Kovacic(1 ep)
as Self(2 eps)