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Simone Bär(1965-2023)

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
  • Actress
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Simone Bär was born on 1 May 1965 in Königs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany. She was a casting director and actress, known for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). She died on 16 January 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
BornMay 1, 1965
DiedJanuary 16, 2023(57)
BornMay 1, 1965
DiedJanuary 16, 2023(57)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 5 wins & 11 nominations total

Known for

Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
6.6
  • Casting Department
  • 2023
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
8.1
  • Casting Director
  • 2014
Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds
8.4
  • Casting Department
  • 2009
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
The Matrix Resurrections
5.6
  • Casting Department
  • 2021

Credits

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Casting Director

  • Franz (2025)
    Franz
    6.2
    • Casting Director
    • 2025
  • Ben Chaplin, Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, and Leonie Benesch in September 5 (2024)
    September 5
    7.1
    • Casting Director
    • 2024
  • Noomi Rapace in Constellation (2024)
    Constellation
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2024
  • WaPo Berlin (2020)
    WaPo Berlin
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2020–2024
  • Young Doctors (2015)
    Young Doctors
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2015–2023
  • Laurids Schürmann and Lena Klenke in Flunkyball (2023)
    Flunkyball
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • The Zone of Interest (2023)
    The Zone of Interest
    7.3
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Paula Beer and Thomas Schubert in Afire (2023)
    Afire
    7.0
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Ronald Zehrfeld and Vicky Krieps in Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert (2023)
    Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert
    6.1
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    The Teachers' Lounge
    7.4
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    Babylon Berlin
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2017–2022
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir in Mortar - Hildur Guðnadóttir (2022)
    Mortar - Hildur Guðnadóttir
    7.2
    Music Video
    • Casting Director
    • 2022
  • Yousef 'Joe' Sweid and Seyneb Saleh in Munich Games (2022)
    Munich Games
    6.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2022
  • Felix Kammerer in All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
    All Quiet on the Western Front
    7.8
    • Casting Director
    • 2022
  • Cate Blanchett in Tár (2022)
    Tár
    7.4
    • Casting Director
    • 2022

Casting Department

  • Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
    6.6
    • casting by: German
    • 2023
  • Sisi & I (2023)
    Sisi & I
    6.4
    • casting
    • 2023
  • Julia Garner in Inventing Anna (2022)
    Inventing Anna
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • location casting
    • 2022
  • Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
    The Matrix Resurrections
    5.6
    • location casting
    • 2021
  • Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff in War (2019)
    War
    6.6
    • casting director: worldwide unit
    • 2019
  • Berlin Station (2016)
    Berlin Station
    7.6
    TV Series
    • casting: Germany
    • 2016–2019
  • Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
    The Girl in the Spider's Web
    6.1
    • european casting
    • 2018
  • Gladbeck (2018)
    Gladbeck
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • casting
    • 2018
  • Franz Rogowski in Transit (2018)
    Transit
    6.9
    • casting
    • 2018
  • Bruno Ganz in In Times of Fading Light (2017)
    In Times of Fading Light
    6.2
    • casting
    • 2017
  • Der Bankraub (2015)
    Der Bankraub
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • casting
    • 2015
  • Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, and Dave Franco in Unfinished Business (2015)
    Unfinished Business
    5.4
    • local casting
    • 2015
  • Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux in Beauty and the Beast (2014)
    Beauty and the Beast
    6.4
    • casting: Germany
    • 2014
  • Willem Dafoe, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, and Rachel McAdams in A Most Wanted Man (2014)
    A Most Wanted Man
    6.7
    • casting: Europe (uncredited)
    • 2014
  • The Missionary (2013)
    The Missionary
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • casting: Germany
    • 2013

Actress

  • A Fine Day (2001)
    A Fine Day
    6.2
    • Regiassistentin
    • 2001

Personal details

  • Official site
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  • Alternative names
    • Simone Baer
  • Born
    • May 1, 1965
    • Königs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany
  • Died
    • January 16, 2023
    • Berlin, Germany

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