Tanja Schleiff

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

2026
Das Millionenschnitzel poster

Das Millionenschnitzel

Movie · as Monique

2026
Fast perfekte Frauen poster

Fast perfekte Frauen

Movie · as Doris Ohlmeier

2025
Almost Brothers poster

Almost Brothers

Movie · as Jackie

2025
Frier und Fünfzig - Am Ende meiner Tage poster

Frier und Fünfzig - Am Ende meiner Tage

TV · 2 eps

2024
Wäldern poster

Wäldern

TV · as Frau Caspari · 4 eps

2024
Behringer and the Dead - A Bamberg Mystery poster

Behringer and the Dead - A Bamberg Mystery

TV · as OB Dorothee Staudt · 1 ep

2023
Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten poster

Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten

Movie · as Ms. Steilmann

2021
Sisi poster

Sisi

TV · as Gräfin Esterhazy · 24 eps

2020
Helene, die wahre Braut poster

Helene, die wahre Braut

Movie · as Gertrud

2018
Die Flaschenpostinsel poster

Die Flaschenpostinsel

Movie · as Carolin

2018
Schattengrund poster

Schattengrund

Movie · as Trixi Urban

2018
Scheidung für Anfänger poster

Scheidung für Anfänger

Movie · as Jana

2018
So viel Zeit poster

So viel Zeit

Movie · as Laura

2018
Ella Schön poster

Ella Schön

TV · as Ulla Lüttjens · 10 eps

2017
The Fox - Traces of Coal Dust poster

The Fox - Traces of Coal Dust

Movie · as Katja Mehring

2017
Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall poster

Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall

Movie · as Vrouw Blom

2017
Charité poster

Charité

TV · as Wärterin Edith · 6 eps

2017
Einstein poster

Einstein

TV · as Sabine Kampmann · 1 ep

2015
Bettys Diagnose poster

Bettys Diagnose

TV · as Marlies Albers · 1 ep

2015
Neben der Spur poster

Neben der Spur

TV · as Silvia Fuchs · 1 ep

2015
The Mountain's Whisper poster

The Mountain's Whisper

TV · as Frau Lüders · 1 ep

2014
Schoßgebete poster

Schoßgebete

Movie · as Verkäuferin im Sexshop

2014
Kommissarin Heller poster

Kommissarin Heller

TV · as Iris Kuhn · 1 ep

2014
Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp poster

Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp

TV · as Erika Hauffmann · 1 ep

2014
Helen Dorn poster

Helen Dorn

TV · as Sibel Schipper · 1 ep

2011
Nord Nord Mord poster

Nord Nord Mord

TV · as Regina Wels · 1 ep

2010
Mein Leben im Off poster

Mein Leben im Off

Movie · as Lisa Krüger

2010
Klimawechsel poster

Klimawechsel

TV · 1 ep

2009
Der Lehrer poster

Der Lehrer

TV · as Vanessa Bohm · 6 eps

2008
Selbstgespräche poster

Selbstgespräche

Movie · as Frau Erhardt

2008
The Charlemagne Code poster

The Charlemagne Code

Movie · as Frau Schwalm

2008
Homicide Hills poster

Homicide Hills

TV · as Jenny Jaschke · 1 ep

2007
Shoppen poster

Shoppen

Movie · as Katharina

2007
The Vow poster

The Vow

Movie · as Anna Katharina Emmerick

2007
Hamburg Dockland poster

Hamburg Dockland

TV · as Julia Schöne · 1 ep

2006
Vier Töchter poster

Vier Töchter

Movie · as Hillevi

2006
The Red Cockatoo poster

The Red Cockatoo

Movie · as Rena

2006
Unter anderen Umständen poster

Unter anderen Umständen

TV · as Katharina Berg · 1 ep

2005
Vienna Crime Squad poster

Vienna Crime Squad

TV · as Doro Hohlfeld · 1 ep

2004
Downfall poster

Downfall

Movie · as Russische Ärztin

2004
SOKO Wismar poster

SOKO Wismar

TV · as Sabine Friese · 1 ep

2003
SOKO Köln poster

SOKO Köln

TV · as Claudia Schöller, Wenke Grothuis · 1 ep

2002
Friends of Friends poster

Friends of Friends

Movie · as Veronika

2002
Under Suspicion poster

Under Suspicion

TV · as Julia Danzas · 1 ep

2001
Leipzig Homicide poster

Leipzig Homicide

TV · as Daniela Schneider · 1 ep

1994
Ein starkes Team poster

Ein starkes Team

TV · as Regine Heinssen · 1 ep

1993
Bella Block poster

Bella Block

TV · as Helen Niemann · 1 ep

1977
The Old Fox poster

The Old Fox

TV · as Sandra Lindner · 1 ep

1971
Polizeiruf 110 poster

Polizeiruf 110

TV · as Nicole Seiffert · 1 ep

1970
Scene of the Crime poster

Scene of the Crime

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