Andrea Sawatzki

Andrea Sawatzki born 23 February 1963 in Kochel am See is a German actress Since 2002 she has starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series Tatort as police inspector Charlotte Sänger She also gained some international prominence as a coactor in the German movies Bandits and Das Experiment Sawatzki is the daughter of a nurse and a journalist She has lived with actor Christian Berkel since 1997 The couple has two sons and lives in Berlin After studying at the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule Munich acting school and doing an internship at the Munich Kammerspiele Sawatzky played in theaters in Stuttgart Wilhelmshaven and Munich from 1988 to 1992 Her first movie role was in Faust der Film in 1988 directed by Dieter Dorn In 1997 she became known to a broader audience through the movie Die Apothekerin in which she played Alma Siebert She made her breakthrough as one of the best known German actresses with her role as Chief Inspector Charlotte Sänger in the Tatort series from 2001 to 2009 Moreover she acted in successful movies such as Bandits Late Show Leo und Claire and Das Experiment She appeared in several TV series and TV movies such as Der König von St Pauli The King of St Pauli and Die Manns both praised by critics She posed for a spread in Playboy magazine in 2003 Sawatzki read for audio books as for example for the series TVKommissare lesen Krimis the story Die Maus in der Ecke and the novel Glennkill In 2007 Sawatzki was godmother of the Deutscher Kinderpreis German Childrens Award Description above from the Wikipedia article Andrea Sawatzki licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia