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Daniela Tolkien

  • Casting Director
  • Actress
  • Casting Department
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Daniela Tolkien was born in 1964 in Hamburg, Germany. She is a casting director and actress, known for The Empress (2022), Pagan Peak (2018) and More Beautiful (2025).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Devrim Lingnau in The Empress (2022)
    The Empress
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    Julia Jentsch and Nicholas Ofczarek in Pagan Peak (2018)
    Pagan Peak
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    More Beautiful (2025)
    More Beautiful
    6.9
    • Casting Director
    • 2025
    Cassandra (2025)
    Cassandra
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Casting Director

    Credits

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    Casting Director

    • Lügen über meine Mutter
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
      • 2026
    • The Empress
      • casting director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Love & Chaos (Arbeitstitel)
      • Casting Director (uncredited)
      • Filming
      • TV Series
    • Pferd am Stiel (2026)
      Pferd am Stiel
      7.6
      • casting director
      • 2026
    • Michael Herbig, Rick Kavanian, and Christian Tramitz in Manitou's Canoe (2025)
      Manitou's Canoe
      5.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Josef Hader in Sturm kommt auf (2025)
      Sturm kommt auf
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • More Beautiful (2025)
      More Beautiful
      6.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Cassandra (2025)
      Cassandra
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Devrim Lingnau in The Empress (2022)
      The Empress
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2022–2024
    • Jan Josef Liefers in Alter weißer Mann (2024)
      Alter weißer Mann
      6.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Hagen (2024)
      Hagen
      6.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Wir für immer (2024)
      Wir für immer
      6.1
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Everything's Fifty Fifty (2024)
      Everything's Fifty Fifty
      6.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Moritz Bleibtreu and Enzo Brumm in Viktor Bringt's (2024)
      Viktor Bringt's
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Karoline Herfurth and Tom Schilling in A Million Minutes (2024)
      A Million Minutes
      6.5
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Matthias Schweighöfer, Elan Ben Ali, and Tijan Njie in Girl You Know It's True (2023)
      Girl You Know It's True
      7.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Himmel, Herrgott, Sakrament (2023)
      Himmel, Herrgott, Sakrament
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Maren Kroymann, Heiner Lauterbach, Barbara Sukowa, Bruno Grüner, and Linus von Emhofen in Enkel für Fortgeschrittene (2023)
      Enkel für Fortgeschrittene
      6.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2023

    Actress

    • DoppelPack (2000)
      DoppelPack
      6.3
      • Verkäuferin Lederboutique
      • 2000
    • Vergiss Amerika (2000)
      Vergiss Amerika
      7.1
      • Frau Dietrich - Bankangestellte
      • 2000
    • Flanell No. 5
      8.0
      • 1998
    • In the Name of the Law (1994)
      In the Name of the Law
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Marion Kornberg
      • 1998
    • Anwalt Abel (1988)
      Anwalt Abel
      5.9
      TV Series
      • 1998
    • Kleiner Stürmer (1997)
      Kleiner Stürmer
      Short
      • Sarah
      • 1997
    • Jonathan Taylor Thomas in The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
      The Adventures of Pinocchio
      5.3
      • Lampwick's Mother
      • 1996
    • Eine mörderische Liebe (1995)
      Eine mörderische Liebe
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • 1995
    • Dietrich Siegl and Rosel Zech in Die indische Ärztin - Die Heimkehr (1994)
      Ärzte
      5.9
      TV Series
      • 1994
    • Howalds Fall (1990)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • 1994
    • Das Evangelium des Markus
      Short
      • 1992
    • For Good Reason
      Short
      • Andrea
      • 1991
    • Eins zu Eins
      Short
      • Susanne
      • 1991

    Casting Department

    • John Henshaw, Gary Lewis, David Kross, and Freya Mavor in The Keeper (2018)
      The Keeper
      7.3
      • casting: Germany
      • 2018
    • Karoline Schuch, Friedrich Mücke, and Tilman Döbler in Balloon (2018)
      Balloon
      7.5
      • casting
      • 2018
    • Rupert Everett and Colin Morgan in The Happy Prince (2018)
      The Happy Prince
      6.3
      • casting: Germany
      • 2018
    • Vorne ist verdammt weit weg (2007)
      Vorne ist verdammt weit weg
      6.7
      • casting
      • 2007

    Verified affiliations

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    Casting Society (CSA)

    Personal details

    • Born
      • 1964
      • Hamburg, Germany
    • Spouse
      • Jürgen Tonkel(divorced, 3 children)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Of no relation to writer J.R.R. Tolkien.

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