1988
Käthchen von Heilbronn
Takes an early major stage role in Basel.
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FRIEDRICH
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From German theatre to Summer in Berlin
German actor known for Sommer vorm Balkon, Zeit der Helden and Drive – The Pretenders.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
A stage career opens onto film
Inka Friedrich is a German actor whose work includes theatre, film and television.
Born in Freiburg, she studied acting in Berlin. Her stage career took her to Basel, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.
In Andreas Dresen’s Sommer vorm Balkon, she plays Katrin alongside Nadja Uhl. The two performers shared the best actress award at the Chicago International Film Festival, and Friedrich was nominated for a German Film Award.
Her television credits include Zeit der Helden, while her later film work includes Drive – The Pretenders, in which the FLM.RED catalogue credits her as Irene Jenkins.
The film links below come from the FLM.RED catalogue and do not represent a complete filmography.
Selected work
2005
Sommer vorm Balkon
Plays Katrin and shares the Chicago best actress award.
2013
Zeit der Helden
Appears in the television miniseries.
2026
Drive – The Pretenders
Appears as Irene.
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- filmportal.de — biography
- German Film Award — nominations
- filmportal.de — festival awards
- German Film Academy — credits
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.