Alicia von Rittberg
- Actress
Alicia von Rittberg, born on December 10, 1993 in Munich, made her debut in front of the camera at the age of six in the popular TV-show "Dingsda," in which small children had to explain different everyday concepts. But her real acting career began only a few years later: in 2006 she appeared in a series of the crime series "The Old One," followed by supporting roles in the television gamesDie Lawine (2007)andDie Sache mit dem Glück (2008).
Alicia von Rittberg became known to a wider audience through the seven-part film seriesMeine wunderbare Familie (2008);In it she played the 13-year-old daughter of the main character. In the film biographyRomy (2009),she playedRomy Schneiderin her teens. Shortly thereafter, she was seen inDas Geheimnis der Wale (2009)as the daughter ofVeronica Ferresplayed main character. Other supporting roles she had in the cinema comedyEine ganz heiße Nummer (2011),inDie Verführerin Adele Spitzeder (2012)and inChristian Petzold's GDR dramaBarbara (2012).
A major role played by Rittberg as a humiliated Heimkind in the dramaUnd alle haben geschwiegen (2012).In 2013, she received the Günter Rohrbach Film Prize and the Young Talent Award at the Bavarian Television Prize for this performance. Positive reviews also got the TV playAlles für meine Tochter (2013),about a woman who is suddenly confronted after 16 years with her daughter once released for adoption. Rittberg also belonged to the family history ensembleUnterwegs mit Elsa (2014)and the historical thrillerDie Hebamme (2014).The latter role earned her the New Faces Award for Best Newcomer Actress.
Rittberg had a small but significant role in the American second world war movieFury (2014)starringBrad Pitt.She played in it a young German, who must host an American tank crew. Easier stuff was the romantic comedyDas Romeo-Prinzip (2015),which showed her as a shy student. DirectorSönke Wortmanncast Alicia von Rittberg in a starring role in his acclaimed mini-seriesCharité (2017)as a combative and ambitious nurse. Another American production was the miniseriesGenius (2017)on the life ofAlbert Einstein,in which played by Rittberg Anna Winteler, the daughter of the scientist Jost Winteler. In the same year she was an ambitious elite student to the ensemble of Alain Gsponer'sJugend ohne Gott (2017),a dystopian future after Ödön von Horvath's novel of the same name.
In addition to acting, Alicia von Rittberg studies economics in Friedrichshafen.
In addition to acting, Alicia von Rittberg studies economics in Friedrichshafen.