Barbara Sukowa is a German theatre and film actress, who is prominent for her work with legendary director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She made her acting debut with Fassbinder's Lola in 1981. Sukowa's other prominent acting credits include movies like The German Sisters (1981), Rosa Luxemburg (1986), L'africana (1990), Voyager (1991), Europa (1991), M. Butterfly (1993), Cradle Will Rock (1999), Urbania (2000), Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001), Veronika Decides to Die (2009), Vision (2009), Hannah Arendt (2012) and Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016). She also acted in TV shows like Fassbinder's masterpiece, Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980), Space (1985) and 12 Monkeys (2015- ). In 2017 she acted in director David Leitch's action-thriller, Atomic Blonde. The cast has Charlize Theron in the lead, with James McAvoy, John Goodman, Sofia Boutella, Eddie Marsan and Toby Jones playing supporting roles.