Sabine Herken was born and raised in Berlin, where she completed the
bilingual J.-F.-Kennedy School and then studied acting at the
Max-Reinhardt-Seminar.
After graduation Ms. Herken played at theaters in Essen and Duesseldorf
under the direction of, among others, Roberto Ciulli, Peter Palitzsch,
Peter Beauvais, Werner Schroeter, and David Mouchtar-Samourai. She was
nominated for best actress by Germany's leading theater periodical
Theater heute in 1986. Her TV credits include appearances in films by
reckoned Germans directors such as Axel Corti, Hajo Gies, and Bodo
Fuerneisen.
After a maternal break, Ms. Herken directed productions for the
Berliner Festwochen, as well as a number of pieces for young people at
the Spielwerkstatt Berlin. Her first novel came out recently at Rowohlt
publishers. She lectures drama at the Hochschule der Kuenste Berlin.
Ms. Herken last performed in October 2000 at Berlin's
Renaissance-Theater in Das Atelier.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Agentur Ute Nicolai, Berlin, Germany