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Tanja Schleiff
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).
As actor
Das Millionenschnitzel
Fast perfekte Frauen
Almost Brothers
Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten
Helene, die wahre Braut
Die Flaschenpostinsel
Schattengrund
So viel Zeit
Scheidung für Anfänger
The Fox - Traces of Coal Dust
Harter Brocken: Der Bankraub
Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall
Schoßgebete
Mein Leben im Off
Selbstgespräche
The Charlemagne Code
Shoppen
The Vow
Vier Töchter
The Red Cockatoo
Downfall
Friends of Friends