Luise Heyer

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| name = Luise Heyer

| image = MKr377387 Luise Heyer (In die Sonne schauen, Cannes 2025).jpg

| alt = Luise Heyer wearing a dark top with white dots on turned-down collar, looking directly at camera with a broad smile

| caption = Heyer in 2025

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|03|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2011–present

| known_for = Dark

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Luise Heyer (born 25 March 1985){{cite news|url=https://www.goldenekamera.de/tv/article214490949/Luise-Heyer.html|title=Star der Woche: Luise Heyer|work=Goldene Kamera|language=German|date=5 June 2018}} is a German actress.

Biography

Heyer grew up in Berlin. During her school years, she lived in Denmark for a year. From 2006 until 2010, she attended Rostock University of Music and Theatre in Mecklenburg, where she studied acting. In 2010, she joined the Dortmund Theatre, where she stayed for two years.{{cite web|title=Luise Heyer |url=https://www.hmt-rostock.de/partner-foerderer-alumni/unser-alumni-netzwerk/luise-heyer-schauspiel/ |website=hmt-rostock.de |date= |accessdate=27 May 2020 |language=de}} She was voted best actress in the 2012 season at the Dortmund Theatre.

In 2011, she played her first leading role in the feature film Westwind, portraying the East German rower Isabel, whose twin sister falls in love with a West German man during a stay in Hungary. In 2014, she played Sanna in Edward Berger's film Jack, which was part of the 2014 Berlinale. In 2015, she acted in Rosa von Praunheim's film Tough Love.

In 2016, she had a leading role in the film Fado.{{Cite web |url= https://www.interview.de/interviews/fado-interview-mit-luise-heyer/ |title=FADO Interview mit Luise Heyer | Interview Magazin |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180903182950/https://www.interview.de/interviews/fado-interview-mit-luise-heyer/ |archive-date=3 September 2018 |url-status=dead }} Since 2017, Heyer has appeared in the Netflix original series Dark as Doris Tiedemann.{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Kaitlin |title=How Everyone in Netflix's Dark Is Connected |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/dark-how-everything-connected-netflix/ |accessdate=27 May 2020 |work=TV Guide |date=22 June 2019}}

In 2019, Heyer was awarded the rare honor of a double nomination at the German Film Awards. She was noted both for the main role of a rape victim in The Most Beautiful Couple and for her supporting role in All About Me. For this, she received the 2019 German Film Award in the Best Female Supporting Role category. In the same year, she received the Bambi Award in the National Actress category for both roles.