Liv Lisa Fries

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

41

Gender

Female

Birthday

1990-10-31 (34 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Liv Lisa Fries

Biography

Liv Lisa Fries is a German actress. In 2017, she gained an international following as the female lead Charlotte Ritter in the German TV series Babylon Berlin. She was raised in the Berlin borough of Pankow. Fries studied abroad as an exchange student in Beijing. After receiving her Abitur in 2010, she enrolled in university to study philosophy and literary science, but dropped out as her career as an actress progressed. Fries wanted to become an actress when she was fourteen years old after watching Léon: The Professional because she was impressed by Natalie Portman's performance. Her first film role was in Atomised (2005) (German: Elementarteilchen); however, her role was cut from the film. Her debut occurred in 2006 with an episode of Schimanski, in which she played the female lead role. She performed in the German made-for-television film Sie hat es verdient (2010) as an aggressive, frustrated teenager named Linda who tortures one of her peers. Fries said that during filming, she started feeling lonely and isolated, just like her character. In 2013, she starred in the German tragicomedy Zurich (original title Und morgen Mittag bin ich tot). She received wide critical acclaim for her performance as Lea, a young woman with cystic fibrosis. According to Fries, she prepared for the role by meeting with a patient with the disease, in addition to running up stairs while breathing through a straw. For her role, she was awarded the Bavarian Film Prize 2013, the Max Ophüls Prize, a German Film Critics Award, and the German Director’s Prize. Fries received her most prominent role to date when she was cast in 2016 as Charlotte Ritter in the German prestige television show Babylon Berlin. In Babylon Berlin, Fries stars as a police stenographer from a poor background who uses her resourcefulness and connections to investigate a series of crimes in Weimar Republic-era Berlin. The first two series of the show were filmed over eight months beginning in May of 2016 and released consecutively in Fall 2017. Babylon Berlin has been very popular in Germany as well as with international audiences and has elevated Fries to international prominence; Fries is considered one of Germany's upcoming stars and has been featured in many magazines. For her portrayal, Fries shares an Adolf Grimme Award with the Babylon Berlin team. The show went on a yearlong production hiatus during which Fries filmed two projects; she played a recurring role in both seasons of the 2017 American TV series Counterpart, and also co-starred in the film Prélude with Louis Hofmann. In late 2018, Fries began the six-month shoot for the third season of Babylon Berlin which will premiere in Germany in 2020. In addition to her native tongue German, she speaks English, French and Mandarin. As of 2020, Fries lives in a village in Brandenburg.

Known For

  • Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

  • Polizeiruf 110

    Polizeiruf 110

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Cologne P.D.

    Cologne P.D.

  • Babylon Berlin

    Babylon Berlin

  • Coast Guard

    Coast Guard

  • Grimme Award

    Grimme Award

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • Bavarian Film Awards

    Bavarian Film Awards

  • Bella Block

    Bella Block

  • Counterpart

    Counterpart

  • Kommissar Stolberg

    Kommissar Stolberg

  • Munich – The Edge of War

    Munich – The Edge of War

  • Donna Leon

    Donna Leon

  • Freud's Last Session

    Freud's Last Session

  • Kafka

    Kafka

  • Staudamm

    Staudamm

  • NSU German History X

    NSU German History X

  • Vater Mutter Mörder

    Vater Mutter Mörder

  • Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett

    Liebling, bring die Hühner ins Bett

  • Confessions of Felix Krull

    Confessions of Felix Krull

  • Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot

    Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot

  • Boy 7

    Boy 7

  • Women Who Made History

    Women Who Made History

  • Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

    Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free

  • Eine halbe Ewigkeit

    Eine halbe Ewigkeit

  • Prélude

    Prélude

  • Heil

    Heil

  • She Deserved It

    She Deserved It

  • Romeos

    Romeos

  • Hinterland

    Hinterland

  • Zwischen uns

    Zwischen uns

  • A Good Boy

    A Good Boy

  • Bis aufs Blut

    Bis aufs Blut

  • From Hilde, with Love

    From Hilde, with Love

  • Ich liebe den Mann meiner besten Freundin

    Ich liebe den Mann meiner besten Freundin

  • The Charlemagne Code

    The Charlemagne Code

  • The Presence

    The Presence

  • Liebling, weck die Hühner auf

    Liebling, weck die Hühner auf

  • Rocket Perelman

    Rocket Perelman

  • Zurich

    Zurich