Acting
Sep 16, 1964
Ulm, Germany
Ursula Karven
Acting
Biography
Ursula Karven (born Ursula Ganzenmüller, 17 September 1964) is a German actress, writer, model and yoga instructor. In 2001, she made international headlines when her four year-old son, Daniel, drowned at a birthday party in the swimming pool of American musician Tommy Lee in Santa Monica.
Feature Films (37)
A hotheaded Alaskan customs agent (Sean Patrick Flannery) unwillingly teams up with a coldhearted but beautiful Soviet agent (Ursula Karven) to capture a rogue Russian general (Arnold Vosloo), selling a shipment of deadly nerve gas. Tensions and passions spin out of control after two agents are left for dead and they must combine forces to survive. They have one chance laft to take out the General and destroy the "Apocalypse in a can" nerve agent, both speeding toward freedom on a runaway mountain train. Unexpected twists and terrifying turns along the way put everyone on a collision course for explosive action, pulse-pounding thrill and a devastating betrayal of trust.
Con Express
The lawyer Ella Wolf and her childhood friend Florian come from the same place but live in different worlds. He stayed in idyllic Bad Friedlingen and continues to run the organic farm of his deceased parents. For him, the modern milking machine means maximum change. Ella, on the other hand, is about to take the next step in her career in a renowned Munich law firm: one more test and she will become the youngest junior partner of all time! At her best friend's hilarious wedding party, the two meet and get closer than ever! When Ella returns to her home village six weeks later, she has two serious issues in her luggage: Firstly, she is pregnant by "Flo", which nobody but her knows yet, and secondly, she is supposed to push through a destructive construction project for an important client, which of all things is fought by Florian as the leader of a citizens' initiative.
What Matters Most
When a dormant volcano suddenly erupts into activity beneath Laach Lake in the Eiffel mountains, panic breaks out among the 500.000 residents.
Volcano
Art dealer Juliane Wenzel specializes in Asian antiques. But without her husband, who went missing after a boating accident, business is going badly. Now she has to fly to Malacca because of a strange break-in at her Asian branch. She comes across evidence that her husband was involved in illegal business. Juliane soon finds herself in great danger.
Mein Herz in Malaysia
Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with the help of a psychic, which could solve the mystery — or end her life.
Before I Say Goodbye
A woman and her son make a trip to Morocco alone, as her husband has had an emergency. There she is attracted by a tour guide who begins a passionate affair. One night, returning to the hotel, is waiting her husband.
Holiday Affair
Little Marie Kerstner has disappeared after a daycare outing in the woods. Chief Inspector Oliver von Bodenstein and his colleague Pia Kirchhoff investigate and unexpectedly come across two bodies. First, senior public prosecutor Hardenbach is found dead, apparently shot with a load of buckshot from his own hunting rifle. Shortly afterwards, a dead young woman is discovered at the foot of a lookout tower. It turns out that the dead woman is Isabel Kerstner, the mother of the missing girl. Isabel had made many enemies in her short life and the suspects for her murder are queuing up. But what did the dead prosecutor have to do with Isabel and where is her daughter? Only gradually do von Bodenstein and Kirchhoff realize the true dimension of the case.
Eine unbeliebte Frau
Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!
Fire, Ice and Dynamite
Nina is married to the conservative mayor Robert von der Heyden. The lawyer finally wants to step out of Robert's shadow. Now she learns from the television that her husband is once again running as a top candidate against all agreements. Nina's disappointment is compounded when she catches her husband with his French PR consultant Jacqueline. Her old party friend Philipp awakens the ambition of the once active local politician. She challenges her husband.
Nicht mit mir, Liebling
A summer's day on Lake Chiemsee: children discover the body of a man on a sailing boat. Inspector Hattinger and his colleagues from the Prien police start investigating. Shortly afterwards, a second body is found: The author Annette Kaufmann has been murdered in her vacation apartment. It is a serial murder, the perpetrator seems to know Inspector Hattinger personally and provokes him with bloody clues. There has been a fateful connection between the two murder victims for decades: Both are partly to blame for the death of a young girl who lost her life due to a doctor's blunder.
Hattinger und die kalte Hand
Television & Series (61)
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.
