Martina Gedeck was born in Munich. After spending a year in the US, she studied drama at the prestigious Max-Reinhardt-Seminar at the Berlin University of the Arts. Martinas film career began while she was still at drama school. Her filmography covers practically all genres of film.Gedeck has won a total of 23 major cinema and TV awards. She was nominated as Europe's best actress on her role in "Mostly Martha", the film was later remade with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing her role.Her films were twice selected as Germany's entry to the Oscars. 2007 "The Lives of Others" with her in the lead role won the Oscar for foreign-language film. 2009 she has again the title role in German Oscar contender "The Baader Meinhof Complex", also nominated for the Golden Globes.Martina Gedeck resides in Berlin, Germany.