Beate Maes

Beate Maes was born in Berlin and studied drama at the Krauss School for Performing Arts in Vienna before she received her B.F.A. in dramatic arts in Berlin. She gained her first theater experiences when she started working in experimental productions for instance under the direction of playwright Heiner Müller. Many roles in dramatic as well as comedic plays were to follow at theaters in Bonn, Aachen, Hamburg, and Berlin. In film, Beate Maes debuted alongside Roman Knizka in 1994 in the TV drama Ausgespielt by Rolf Silber. In 1995 she took on a leading role in Rochade, a student film by Thorsten Schmidt that picked up the Honorary Foreign Student Academy Award. Since then she's been hailed for her performances in TV mini-series like Die Semmelings (dir.: Dieter Wedel), Zodiak - Der Horoskopmörder (dir.: Andreas Prochaska), and the TV drama about an abducted airplane, Mogadischu (dir.: Roland Suso Richter). She enticed audiences with her interpretation of an esoteric midwife when she performed the phenomenal song Wir sind Mütter in the feature film hit Männerherzen by Simon Verhoeven. Again on the big screen, this time in 2013, Beate Maes starred in one of the leads opposite Martina Gedeck and Markus Krojer in Bastard by Carsten Unger.