Imogen Kogge

Imogen Kogge is one of Germany’s most distinguished theatre and film actresses. After studying acting at the Berlin University of the Arts, she had engagements at a number of major German-speaking theatres (including Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Salzburger Festspiele, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Schauspielhaus Bochum and Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus). She has worked with directors such as Claus Peymann, Jérôme Savary, Augusto Fernandes, Peter Stein, Klaus Michael Grüber, Andrea Breth, Luc Bondy and Robert Wilson.

Since the mid-90s, she has also appeared in numerous film and television productions. She appeared, for example, in Nachtgestalten, Schande, Barfuß, Wer wenn nicht wir, Russendisko, Phoenix, Die Bluthochzeit, Requiem, The Zone of Interest and Die Theorie von allem. The Zone of Interest won the Oscar for Best Film in 2024. Among her numerous television roles, her portrayal of Inspector Johanna Herz in the ARD series Polizeiruf 110, for which she received the Adolf Grimme Award, is one of the most notable.

Imogen Kogge has also taught as a guest lecturer at the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Ernst Busch School in Berlin and the University of the Arts in Berlin. In the Netherlands, she staged Handel’s ‘Ariodante’ at the Nationale Reisopera in 2002 and ‘Madame Butterfly’ in 2004.