Sabine Bach
Biography
Sabine Bach studierte nach dem Abitur an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main zunächst Geschichte, Literaturwissenschaft und Psychologie. Aus privaten Gründen ging sie Ende der 1970er Jahre nach Paris. Dort besuchte sie die Schauspielschule Jacques Lecoq, absolvierte eine Ausbildung in Improvisation und Maske bei Guy Sheeley und nahm bei Carlo Basso Unterricht im Theaterspiel der Commedia dell’Arte. Nach Abschluss ihrer Schauspielausbildung spielte sie am Theater in Montpellier und im Kabarett Safari in Marseille. Ihre erste Filmrolle erhielt Sabine Bach 1980 von dem Regisseur Rudolf Thome, der sie in seinem Film Berlin Chamissoplatz in der Rolle der Anna besetzte. Mit Thome arbeitete Bach später noch mehrmals zusammen, so 1999 bei dem Film Paradiso – Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen und 2000 in der Titelrolle der Venus in dem Film Venus Talking. 1984 spielte sie unter der Regie von Erwin Keusch in dessen Fernsehspiel Das leise Gift. Ab Mitte der 1990er Jahre begann dann auch ihre dauerhafte Karriere im deutschen Fernsehen. Bach übernahm hierbei mehrere durchgehende Serienrollen, Episodenrollen und auch Gastrollen. Bach war in durchgehenden Serienrollen unter anderem als Katharina Wagenfeld in der Sat1-Fernsehserie So ist das Leben! Die Wagenfelds, als Hannah Fink in der Serie CityExpress und als Karen Blumenberg in der SAT1-Serie Wahnsinnsweiber zu sehen. Bekanntheit erlangte Bach insbesondere durch die durchgehende Serienrolle der Maria Claasen in der ZDF-Fernsehserie Forsthaus Falkenau, wo sie von 2005 bis 2006 gemeinsam mit Volkert Kraeft spielte. Sie stellt darin eine Malerin dar, die sich in Dr. Fabritius, den weltmännischen Schulfreund des Försters, verliebt. Im Jahre 2006 übernahm Bach dann an der Seite von Walter Plathe die Rolle der sportlichen und lebensfrohen Lehrerin Anne Helligpeter in der ZDF-Fernsehserie Der Landarzt, die sie bis 2009 spielte. In der ARD-Telenovela Sturm der Liebe übernahm sie 2007 für einige Folgen die Rolle der Frau Dr. Padberg. Vom 22. Februar 2010 bis zum 24. Februar 2010 spielte sie in der Telenovela Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen die Rolle der Edith Castellhoff. Nach der Titeländerung auf Hanna – Folge deinem Herzen mit neuer Hauptdarstellerin ab Folge 241 ist sie in der Telenovela seit dem 25. Februar 2010 weiterhin in derselben Rolle zu sehen.
Known For & Full Filmography24 Titles
Drama Series - 1970, 16 episodes • as Elizabeth Serner
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as Sylvia Jacoby
A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as Sonja Kaiser
A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Marlene Pirck
SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Elvira Baumeister
The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.
Drama Series - 2008, 16 episodes • as Katrin Lenbach
A medic lives with his small and strange family between the mountains and every episode he comes across a situation with not only his patients but also his family and friends.
Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Anke Winter
The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Lilian Vikander
Series written by Christiane Sadlo about writer and journalist under the pseudonym "Inga Lindström" and her family. Characterized by impressive landscapes, all of which are shot on location in Sweden. Series has no continuous storyline, and each episode is filled with new characters.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Frau Hechtel
Die Bergwacht is a German mountain rescue television series, broadcast since 26 November, 2009 on ZDF.
Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes • as Heinrich
Sister Hanna is a spirited, witty, resolute, warm-hearted, and - attractive nun. With her wit and street cred, she takes charge of Kaltenthal Cloister, transforming it into a popular refuge for all those seeking help of one kind or another. She also brings new life to the sleepy provincial community, proving herself quite a match for her great rival and opponent, the mayor Wolfgang Wöller.
Drama Series - 2010, 16 episodes • as Erika (uncredited)
Danni Lowinski is a former hairdresser who has graduated in law. When she does not get a job at a law firm, she starts to give legal advice from the basement of a shopping mall.
Drama Series - 2009, 16 episodes • as Edith Castellhoff
Alisa Lenz and luck? Her boyfriend cheats on her, then leaves her with a mountain of debts... She ruins her job application by angering the company's CEO... She loses the cut-glass pendant that was the only keepsake from her biological parents - and that was her good-luck charm... Decidedly, luck does not seem to smile on Alisa. But if you think this is enough to keep her from pursuing her goal of happiness and fulfillment, you don't know Alisa!
Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Saskia von Hagen
Herzflimmern – Die Klinik am See is a German television series.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Edith Klein
A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Drama Series - 2001, 16 episodes • as Veronika Voss
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Marlene
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Florine Bischof
During the hot phase of the parliamentary election campaign, the marriage of Chancellor Ben Bischof and his wife breaks down. Bischof meets the cleaning lady Mila in an accident and falls in love with her. With her warmth, cheerful pragmatism and sense of reality, she opens his eyes to the everyday problems of his voters and saves him from a dangerous intrigue in the chancellor's office. When the secret affair threatens to come to light, the chancellor has to make a decision...
Movie - 2006, 2h 15m • as Mutter
Having just landed a gig with a trendy magazine, young photographer Nadja celebrates at the local disco, where she bumps into Darius, a 20-year-old skateboarder. Although her frankness at first scares him, the two quickly become a couple, and as their intoxicating affair takes off, they seem like passionate soul mates. Soon, however, career demands and emotional intensity gradually put a strain on their rapport, and things turn even more complicated...
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Lilith
What would happen if you gathered all the lovers you have had in your life in a single room and let them interact for a week? For his 60th birthday, a self-absorbed composer, Adam, does just that: he assembles seven of the most influential women from his life and invites them to his seduced lakeside cabin. The guest list includes Adam's current wife Eva, along with their two children who live in Berlin; his gorgeous second wife Lulu, who is an actress; and his down-to-earth first wife-turned-nun Berenice, with whom Adam has an embittered, estranged son Billy, who shows up along with his wife. Also invited are a quartet of women with whom he had often overlapping trysts, including student Marion, sexy Jacqueline, opera singer Lucia, and of course, Lilith.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Helen Green
A woman is faced with a big decision. As the young mother of a 15-year-old son, she believes she has missed out on something. Without further ado, she leaves her husband, who is 30 years her senior, and rediscovers life with a sporty surfer.
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as Venus Siebenberg
Novellist Venus lives with her family out of Berlin and moves temporarily to the city where she is starting to write a new book. Her fans can watch her via a webcam. Away from husband and children she begins an affair with Fabrizio...
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Frau Häusler
Rieke Schmidt is the pastor of the Protestant congregation of Nazareth Church in Munich-Bogenhausen. The unconventional minister is fully absorbed in her job, which is especially hard on her 19-year-old daughter Leonie. She has traveled to Munich from Helsinki during the short semester break to spend some time with her mother, but once again she has her hands full. Especially as she has a new colleague, priest Toni Seidl, whose charm is causing her a lot of turmoil. She also has to take care of the many worries in her parish, especially her best friend Petra Keller, whose daughter Jessica, Rieke's godchild, has leukemia...
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Daphne Winslow
Art critic Helena returns to her native England after the death of her husband to start over. She is supported by her best friend Kitty. Coincidentally, she learns Malcolm ...
Movie - 1980, 2h 15m • as Anna Bach
An architect is assigned to modernize a squatted house in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. But then he meets a young student who is member of a grassroots initiative trying to preserve the quarter. He falls in love with her, although this puts him into conflict with his job. Following his heart, the architect soon changes sides and supports the inhabitants in their struggle against the real estate speculators.