Iris Berben is a German actress, voice actress and activist against anti-Semitism who was born on August 12, 1950. Iris Berben was born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia but grew up in Hamburg. Her parents were then in charge of a restaurant in Hamburg. Iris Berben is known to have made appearances in about 150 film and television productions since 1969.

One of the best roles of Iris Berben is believed to be the role of a no-nonsense police commissioner, in the long-running crime series Rosa Roth between 1994 and 2013. It must be noted that during the  Six-Day War in 1967, Iris Berben travelled to Israel.

Subsequently, she became the partner of the Israeli singer Abi Ofarim. Over the years, Iris Berben has been associated with the pro-Israel lobby and has campaigned against antisemitism. Even though she was known to have a son called Oliver, she did not reveal the identity of the father of her son. Together with Bruno Ganz, Iris Berbenin 2010 was elected president of the German Film Academy.

She served as a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. Some of the films Iris Berben has appeared in include Duel at Night [de] (2007, TV film), The Sibyl Cipher  (2008, TV film), Die Buddenbrooks (2008), Krupp: A Family Between War and Peace [de] (2009, TV miniseries), The Day Will Come  (2009), Kennedy’s Brain (2010, TV film), Tiger Team: The Mountain of the 1000 Dragons (2010), Years of Love (2011, TV film), The Pursuit of Unhappiness  (2012), The Wagner-Clan (2013, TV film), Miss Sixty] (2014), The Witness House  (2014, TV film), Traumfrauen (2015), Eddie the Eagle (2015), Family! (2016, TV film), Hanne  (2018, TV film), How About Adolf? (2018), Family Affairs (2022) and Triangle of Sadness (2022).

She also has some audiobooks such as 2005: Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, ,2006: Minka Pradelski, Und da kam Frau Kugelmann. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, 2007: Anna Gmeyner, Manja. Publisher: Hörkultur, 2010: Petra Hammesfahr, Die Mutter. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, gekürzt 4 CDs 296 Min., ,2011: Marina Lewycka, Kurze Geschichte des Traktors auf Ukrainisch. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, 2011: Iris Berben liest Verbrannte Bücher – Verfemte Komponisten. Publisher: Verlag Herder, 2015: Brüder Grimm (Brothers Grimm), Brüderchen und Schwesterchen. Publisher: Amor Verlag,  and 2015: Brüder Grimm (Brothers Grimm), Frau Holle. Publisher: Amor Verlag to her credit.

Others are 2016: Hans Christian Andersen, Die kleine Meerjungfrau (The Little Mermaid). Publisher: Amor Verlag, 2017: David Walliams, Zombie-Zahnarzt, publisher: Argon Verlag,,2021: Petra Hammesfahr, Der stille Herr Genardy, publisher: Lübbe Audio, ISBN 978-3-7540-0054-0 (Audiobook-D) to her credit.

The awards won by Iris Berben include Bundesverdienstkreuz 1997, Goldene Europa GALA-Sonderpreis 2000, Scopus Award 2001, Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2003, Women’s World Award – World Tolerance Award 2004, Bayerischer Verdienstorden 2005, Karl Valentin Order 2007, Platinum Romy Award 2018 and Golden Eye Award, Zurich Film Festival 2020

Does Iris Berben Have a Stroke?

Iris Berben is not suffering from a stroke in real life. She suffered a stroke in the film titled Triangle of Sadness in which she played the role of Therese.

She has many awards to her credit and some include the 2018: Festival of German Film – Prize for Acting, the 2019: Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize – Honorary Prize, the 2019: Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Gold,2020: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia ,2020: Zurich Film Festival – Golden Eye for her life’s work,2022: Order against animal seriousness ,2022: German Television Prize 2022 – Honorary Prize of the Founders,2022: Martin Buber plaque and 2023: Schiller Prize of the city of Marbach am Neckar .

Reference :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Berben