# Ina Weisse

Ina Weisse (born 12 June 1968) is a German actress, screenwriter and film director. She is especially well known for her roles as the distant and ambivalent blonde. She became apparent with roles in films like Tatort und Polizeiruf 110. She won several awards with her films, regarding acting and directing films in Germany. Even though that the movies she directed have been successful, she is still better known as an actress than as a director. Her most famous film, which she directed is The Architect [de].

## Life and education

Ina Weisse was born on 12 June 1968 in West Berlin and is the daughter of a respected architect and an art mistress, which influenced her very early to choose an artistic life journey. But it was her uncle, who introduced her to the theater, as he took her to the Berliner Schaubühne.
After she finished her degree at the acting school Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich, received Ina Weisse her first engagement at the National Theatre Mannheim. Afterwards she started to study philosophy in Heidelberg in 1992. In 2002 she finished her second degree at the University of Hamburg, where she studied film direction and production by Hark Bohm. Her graduation movie Alles anders was honored with the First Steps Award First Steps Award.
Ina Weisse is married to the German Film director Matti Geschonneck, with whom she worked together for the TV-films Duell in der Nacht (2007), Tod in Istanbul (2009), Der Verdacht (2010) und Das Ende einer Nacht (2011).

## Career

Her first theater debut was with the comedy movie called Echte Kerle (1996). Henceforth she was seen in many TV- productions and several times in the German crime series Tatort. Weisse started in 2001 with making short movies, which have been successful and can be seen as her start for TV productions. The Architect [de] (2008) was her debut as a film director, for which she had been writing the script together with Daphne Charizani. Matthias Schweighöfer, Josef Bierbichler and Sandra Hüller, famous German actors, played the main roles in the drama. The movie was screened at the Berlinale and Max-Ophüls-Filmfestival in 2009 and was priced for the best screenplay. The film critic Stefanie Rufle wrote: ”It's a mature direction debut, which Ina Weisse handled stabile and confident".

## Filmography
### As actress

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1994 | Verliebt, verlobt, verheiratet (In Love, Engaged, Married) | TV series |
| 1995 | Brüder auf Leben und Tod (Brothers in Life and Death) | TV film |
| 1996 | Regular Guys | |
| 1996 | Tatort – Heilig Blut (Tatort - Holy Blood) | TV series |
| 1997 | Ein Vater unter Verdacht (Suspicious father) | TV film |
| 1997 | Trügerische Nähe (Illusive Closeness) | TV film |
| 1997 | Die Sexfalle (Honeytrap) | TV film |
| 1997 | Weihnachten mit Willy Wuff – Mama braucht einen Millionär (Christmas with Willy Wuff - Mother needs a Millionaire) | TV film |
| 1998 | Single sucht Nachwuchs (Single on the Look for Offspring) | TV film |
| 1998 | Der dreckige Tod (Dirty Death) | TV film |
| 1999 | Das Verflixte Babyjahr – Nie wieder Sex?! (The Tricky Maternity Year - Never Sex Again?) | TV film |
| 2000 | Liebestod (Love Death) | TV film |
| 2002 | Zwei Affären und eine Hochzeit (Two Affairs and One Wedding) | TV film |
| 2002 | Der Elefant – Mord verjährt nie [de] (Unsolved) | TV film |
| 2003 | Ausgeliefert (Delivered) | TV film |
| 2003 | Katzenzungen [de] (Cats' Tongues) | TV film |
| 2003 | Sams in Gefahr [de] (Sams in Danger) | |
| 2005 | Die Patriarchin (Paternalist) | TV miniseries |
| 2005 | Schneeland (Land of Snow) | |
| 2005 | Der Ermittler (Investigator) | TV series, one episode |
| 2005 | Kanzleramt (Chancellery) | TV series, one episode |
| 2006 | Blackout – Die Erinnerung ist tödlich [de] (Blackout - The Memory is Deadly) | TV series, four episodes |
| 2006 | Nichts als Gespenster [de] (Nothing but Ghosts) | |
| 2007 | Im Namen des Gesetzes – Tote auf Urlaub (In the Name of Justice - Death on Vacation) | TV series |
| 2007 | Duell in der Nacht (Duel at Night) | TV film |
| 2007 | Tatort – Bevor es dunkel wird (Tatort - Before It Gets Dark) | TV series |
| 2007 | Doktor Martin | TV series |
| 2008 | Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Alles anders (Brave into the New Time - Everything Changes) | TV film |
| 2008 | Die Weisheit der Wolken [de] (The Wisdom of the Clouds) | TV film |
| 2009 | Polizeiruf 110 – Falscher Vater (Wrong Father) | |
| 2009 | Tatort – Schiffe versenken (Tatort - Sinking Ships) | |
| 2010 | Tod in Istanbul (Death in Istanbul) | TV film |
| 2010 | Im Dschungel (In the Jungle) | TV film |
| 2010 | Amigo | TV film |
| 2011 | Der Verdacht (Suspicion) | TV film |
| 2012 | Mord in Ludwigslust [de] (Murder in Ludwigslust) | TV film |
| 2012 | Das Ende einer Nacht (The End of a Night) | TV film |
| 2012 | Der Teufel von Mailand [de] (The Devil from Milan) | TV film |
| 2012 | Tatort – Dinge, die noch zu tun sind [de] (Tatort - Things Which are Still to Do) | |
| 2013 | Tod an der Ostsee [de] (Death at the Baltic Sea) | TV film |
| 2014 | Die Flut ist pünktlich [de] (High Tide Is Dead on Time) | TV film |
| 2014 | Ich will dich [de] (Unexpected) | TV film |
| 2015 | Village of Silence [de] | TV film |
| 2015 | A Grand Farewell [de] | TV film |
| 2018 | Never Look Away | |

### As director

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1999 | Lünow | Short film |
| 2001 | Sonntags | Short film |
| 2002 | Alles anders | Short film |
| 2004 | Klara | Short film |
| 2008 | The Architect [de] | |
| 2017 | Die neue Nationalgalerie | Documentary |
| 2019 | The Audition | Feature film |
| 2025 | Cicadas | Feature film |

## Awards

| Year | Association | Category |
| 2002 | First Steps Award | Regie for Alles anders |
| 2002 | Studio Hamburg Junior Award | Regie for Alles anders |
| 2008 | German Television Award | Minor Part for Duell in der Nacht |
| 2009 | Max Ophüls Award | Best Skript for The Architect |
| 2012 | German Television Award | Best actress in Das Ende einer Nacht |
| 2012 | Actor Award of Günter-Rohrbach | Role in Das Ende einer Nacht |
| 2013 | Grimme- Price | Role in Das Ende einer Nacht |
| 2013 | Nomination for the Golden Camera | Best Actress for Das Ende einer Nacht 2015 Preis der deutschen Fernsehakademie. Best actress for "ich will dich" 2016 German television award. Best actress for " Der große Aufbruch" und " Ich will dich" |