
Tanja Schleiff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1973 (age 53)
- Birthplace
- Erfurt, Germany
Biography
Tanja Schleiff (born in 1973 in Erfurt) is a German actress. The daughter of actors Renate Hundertmark and Klaus Schleiff, she trained in acting at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. She began her career on stage, performing notably at the Residenztheater in Munich and the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf. In cinema, she has appeared in several notable feature films, such as Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004), Dominik Graf's The Red Cockatoo (Der rote Kakadu, 2006), and Ralf Westhoff's comedy Shoppen (2006). On television, she has featured in numerous series and television films, notably portraying Countess Esterházy in the historical series Sisi (2021–2024) and Edith in the drama series Charité (2017).
Known For
Filmography

Das Millionenschnitzel
Movie · as Monique

Fast perfekte Frauen
Movie · as Doris Ohlmeier

Almost Brothers
Movie · as Jackie

Frier und Fünfzig - Am Ende meiner Tage
TV · 2 eps

Wäldern
TV · as Frau Caspari · 4 eps

Behringer and the Dead - A Bamberg Mystery
TV · as OB Dorothee Staudt · 1 ep

Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten
Movie · as Ms. Steilmann

Sisi
TV · as Gräfin Esterhazy · 24 eps

Helene, die wahre Braut
Movie · as Gertrud

Die Flaschenpostinsel
Movie · as Carolin

Schattengrund
Movie · as Trixi Urban

Scheidung für Anfänger
Movie · as Jana

So viel Zeit
Movie · as Laura

Ella Schön
TV · as Ulla Lüttjens · 10 eps

The Fox - Traces of Coal Dust
Movie · as Katja Mehring

Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall
Movie · as Vrouw Blom

Charité
TV · as Wärterin Edith · 6 eps

Einstein
TV · as Sabine Kampmann · 1 ep

Bettys Diagnose
TV · as Marlies Albers · 1 ep

Neben der Spur
TV · as Silvia Fuchs · 1 ep

The Mountain's Whisper
TV · as Frau Lüders · 1 ep

Schoßgebete
Movie · as Verkäuferin im Sexshop

Kommissarin Heller
TV · as Iris Kuhn · 1 ep

Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
TV · as Erika Hauffmann · 1 ep

Helen Dorn
TV · as Sibel Schipper · 1 ep

Nord Nord Mord
TV · as Regina Wels · 1 ep

Mein Leben im Off
Movie · as Lisa Krüger

Klimawechsel
TV · 1 ep

Der Lehrer
TV · as Vanessa Bohm · 6 eps

Selbstgespräche
Movie · as Frau Erhardt

The Charlemagne Code
Movie · as Frau Schwalm

Homicide Hills
TV · as Jenny Jaschke · 1 ep

Shoppen
Movie · as Katharina

The Vow
Movie · as Anna Katharina Emmerick

Hamburg Dockland
TV · as Julia Schöne · 1 ep

Vier Töchter
Movie · as Hillevi

The Red Cockatoo
Movie · as Rena

Unter anderen Umständen
TV · as Katharina Berg · 1 ep

Vienna Crime Squad
TV · as Doro Hohlfeld · 1 ep

Downfall
Movie · as Russische Ärztin

SOKO Wismar
TV · as Sabine Friese · 1 ep

SOKO Köln
TV · as Claudia Schöller, Wenke Grothuis · 1 ep

Friends of Friends
Movie · as Veronika

Under Suspicion
TV · as Julia Danzas · 1 ep

Leipzig Homicide
TV · as Daniela Schneider · 1 ep

Ein starkes Team
TV · as Regine Heinssen · 1 ep

Bella Block
TV · as Helen Niemann · 1 ep

The Old Fox
TV · as Sandra Lindner · 1 ep

Polizeiruf 110
TV · as Nicole Seiffert · 1 ep

Scene of the Crime
TV · as Sonja Polland, Katja Braun, Bianca Ambach, Dörte Truss, Laura Schott, Susanne Peters · 1 ep