Gerit Kling

Gerit Kling (born 21 April 1965) is a German film, television and voice actress.

Gerit Kling
Kling in 2018
Born (1965-04-21) 21 April 1965
Altenburg, East Germany
(now Germany)
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
Known forNotruf Hafenkante
Spouse(s)
Stefan Henning
​
(div. 2016)​

Wolfram Becker
​
(m. 2016)​
RelativesAnja Kling (sister)
Websitegeritkling.com
Tobias Schulze (left), Astrid Rashed (center) and Gerit Kling (right)on the stage of the Kudammtheater (2009)

Life and work

Kling grew up in Michendorf-Wilhelmshorst near Potsdam with her younger sister, actress Anja Kling. Her first acting role was in Konrad Wolf's Goya at the age of five. From 1982 she studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. After a string of engagements at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, at the Theater Brandenburg and at the Mecklenburg State Theatre, she fled with her sister to West Germany shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. After the German reunification she played at the Staatstheater Nürnberg and the Theater am Kurfüstendamm in Berlin as well as in multiple TV shows, where she was often cast as a doctor. At the Störtebeker Festival she played the Duchess van Dooren in 2006.

In March 2008 she was on the cover of the German edition of Playboy.[1][2]

Personal life

Gerit Kling lives with her sister Anja Kling in Michendorf-Wilhelmshorst.

She separated from her husband Stefan Henning at the end of 2015 and divorced him in March 2016. In June 2016 she got engaged to Wolfram Becker whom she married on 9 November 2016.

Partial filmography

Movies
  • 1972: Hund über Bord
  • 1988: Ich liebe dich – April! April!
  • 1989: Der Bruch
  • 1989: Grüne Hochzeit
  • 1989: Zwei schräge Vögel
  • 1990: Der Streit um des Esels Schatten
  • 1991: Go Trabi Go
  • 1992: Go Trabi Go 2 – Das war der wilde Osten
  • 2000: The Sea Wolf
  • 2000: Zurück auf Los!
  • 2006: Wo ist Fred?
  • 2013: Kaiserschmarrn

Television

German-language Dubbing

Other works
  • 2004: Unser großes Haus (children's book with CD)

References
  1. Gerit Kling - Vermischtes - Berliner Morgenpost
  2. Gerit Kling - Playboy, Ausgabe 03/2008
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