Countess Alicia von Rittberg (born 10 December 1993)[1] is a German actress. Following numerous roles in German films and television series, she came to attention outside Germany for her brief role as Emma in the 2014 film Fury. Rittberg starred as Ida Lenze in the lead role in the German TV series Charité for which she received the Bambi Award in 2017.[2] In 2022, she starred as Elizabeth Tudor in the historical drama Becoming Elizabeth.[3]

Alicia Gräfin von Rittberg
von Rittberg in 2018
Born (1993-12-10) 10 December 1993 (age 30)
NationalityGerman
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

Early life

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Alicia von Rittberg was born to the noble family of Rittberg [de] and grew up in Munich with three brothers.[1] She attended a humanities-oriented Gymnasium. [1] She studied[4] corporate management and economics at Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen, where she was due to complete her bachelor's degree thesis in June 2017.[1]

Career

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She began her film career while still a student in 2000.[1]

For her starring role as a foster child in the 2012 ZDF TV film And all were silent, she received the 2013 Young Artist Award at the Bavarian Television Award.[5]

In 2014, she co-starred as Emma alongside Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman and Shia LaBeouf in the American war film Fury, directed by David Ayer. She appeared in Our Kind of Traitor, a 2016 spy thriller film directed by Susanna White.[6] She played the lead role of Ida Lenze in season 1 of the German TV series Charité, for which she received the 2017 Bambi Award in the category of German actress.[1][2] In 2022, she starred as the young Elizabeth Tudor in the historical drama Becoming Elizabeth.[7]

Filmography

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Rittberg on 16 October 2009

Film

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Year Title Role
2011 Hot Line [de] Tina Brandner
2012 Barbara Angie
2014 Fury Emma
2016 Our Kind of Traitor Natasha
2017 Godless Youth [de] Nadesh
2018 Balloon Petra Wetzel
2019 Rate Your Date [de] Teresa
2020 Resistance Regine
Hello Again – Ein Tag für immer [de] Zazie
2022 Leave Hunter White

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006, 2011 The Old Fox Jasmin Carnap,

Leonie Wintzer

Episode 30x03 - "Tödliches Schweigen"

Episode 37x04 - "Zivilcourage"

2007 Die Lawine Jill Westermann Television film
2008 Die Sache mit dem Glück [de] Miriam Heitmann
2008–2009 Meine wunderbare Familie Lilly Sander 5 episodes
2009 Romy [de] Romy - 14 years old Television film
2010 Das Geheimnis der Wale Charlotte Waldmann
2011 Hindenburg: The Last Flight [de] Gisela Kerner
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder [de] Therese Ederer Television film
2012 Und alle haben geschwiegen [de] Luisa Jung
2013 Alles für meine Tochter [de] Clara Liebner
2014 Unterwegs mit Elsa [de] Clara Novak
The Midwife [de] Lotte
Die reichen Leichen. Ein Starnbergkrimi Sisi
2015 Das Romeo-Prinzip Annelie
2016 Die Hebamme 2 Lotte
2017 Charité Ida Lenze 6 episodes
Genius Anna Winteler 4 episodes
2019 Lotte am Bauhaus Lotte Brendel Television film
2022 Becoming Elizabeth Princess Elizabeth Tudor 8 episodes
2024 Bis in die Seele ist mir kalt [de] Ute Patterer Television film

Accolades

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Year Award Category Nominated Work Ref.
2013 Bavarian TV award Young Artist Award Und alle haben geschwiegen
Günter Rohrbach Film Award Price of Saarland Film GmbH And all were silent together with Leonard Carow
2014 New Faces Award Young Artist Award Die Hebamme
2017 Bambi Award German Actress Charité
2019 Seoul International Drama Awards Best Actress Lotte am Bauhaus

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Joachim Schmitz (18 March 2017). "Alicia von Rittberg: Zwischen Uni und Hollywood". Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b "BAMBI 2017 für Alicia von Rittberg (CHARITÉ) & Heino Ferch (ALLMEN)". UFA Fiction (in German). 16 November 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. ^ Lenker, Maureen Lee (21 April 2022). "See the trailer for the sexy new Starz Tudor drama all about a young Elizabeth I". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Alicia von Rittberg". Pioneer of the Month (in German). Zeppelin University. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2022. An der ZU studiert die 23-Jährige aktuell im siebten Semester den CME-Bachelorstudiengang.
  5. ^ Bayerische Staatskanzlei: "Der Blaue Panther – 25. Bayerischer Fernsehpreis: Ehrenpreis für Ruth Maria Kubitschek / Nachwuchsförderpreis an Alicia von Rittberg". IMDb. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Our Kind of Traitor". filmaffinity.com. FilmAffinity. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  7. ^ Lenker, Maureen Lee (21 April 2022). "See the trailer for the sexy new Starz Tudor drama all about a young Elizabeth I". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Der Blaue Panther – 25. Bayerischer Fernsehpreis: Ehrenpreis für Ruth Maria Kubitschek / Nachwuchsförderpreis an Alicia von Rittberg". Bayerische Staatskanzlei (in German). 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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