About
Maria Simon (born February 6, 1976) is a German actress. Simon's German father originally hailed from Leipzig and studied mathematics in Leningrad. There he met Simon's Russian-Jewish mother, Olga, who studied electronics and originally hailed from Kazakhstan. The couple married while studying. Maria Simon is the younger sister of actress Susanna Simon, who was born on 23 July 1968, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Maria was born and brought up in the former East Germany, but moved to New York City in 1990 to live with her father, a computer expert with the United Nations, and her sister Dalena Simon. She also has a sister named Alyssa. Simon has four children, the first from a former relationship with the actor Devid Striesow, and three with her ex-husband, the actor Bernd Michael Lade. After finishing school she moved back to the newly reunited Germany to study acting at the Academy of...
Known for
Scene of the CrimeSeries • 1970
The Old FoxSeries • 1977
SOKO MünchenSeries • 1978
Polizeiruf 110Series • 1971
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceSeries • 1996
Der BergdoktorSeries • 2008
Für alle Fälle StefanieSeries • 1995
Ein starkes TeamSeries • 1994
Letzte Spur BerlinSeries • 2012
Der KriminalistSeries • 2006
FrühlingSeries • 2011
Murder by the LakeSeries • 2014
BalkoSeries • 1995
Unter anderen UmständenSeries • 2006
HeliCops - Einsatz über BerlinSeries • 1998
Good Bye, Lenin!Movie • 2003
A Hidden LifeMovie • 2019
LutherMovie • 2003
The CountessMovie • 2009
Drahá ViviSeries • 2023
Distant LightsMovie • 2003