Beate Jensen

Beate Jensen (born 18 October 1958 in Kiel) is a German actress. After an education at the Hochschule der Künste in Hamburg, she became involved at the German Schauspielhaus Hamburg, where she won two awards for her first leading role in the feature film The Kiss of the Tiger by Petra Haffter, long winter days by Ivo Barnabò Micheli, The Lovers of the Polar Circle by Julio Médem.She has been shown at festivals in Europe, Asia and the USA, among them the psychothriller The Kiss of the Tiger by Petra Haffter, Long Winter Days by Ivo Barnabò Micheli, The Lovers of the Polar Circle by Julio Médem. B. The Form of Water by Andrea Camilleri and My Wounded Heart by Martin DoerryIn 2007, she directed the short film Tony and Barb for the first time.Beate Jensen is a member of the European Film Academy as well as of the German Film Academy.For several years she was a member of the selection committee for the Kinderfilmfestival and the 14plus series of the Berlinale Film Festival (2002–2006).From 2005 to 2007 she was a guest professor at the HFF Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg, and in 2006 she also worked as a guest lecturer at the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg.