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Emma Bading

Acting Born Mar 12, 1998 Monheim, Germany 39 credits

Biography

Emma Bading grew up in Berlin. Her parents are actors Thomas Bading and Claudia Geisler-Bading. As a teenager, she rose to fame in 2015 in the German crime series TATORT. This was followed by other television series and, since 2017, cinema productions. For the film "Play", she received a television award for best actress in 2019 and a television award for best up-and-coming actress in 2020. At the 2024 International "Hofer" Film Days, she received the jury's short film award as director of "Shut up and suffer." Her younger sister Bella Bading is also an actress who came out as bisexual in February 2021.

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Known for

Film

Berlin Syndrome

as Franka Hummels

Kommissarin Lucas

as Jessica Schwertz
Film

Young Frankenstein

as Johanna Michels
Film

Young Frankenstein

as Gina Grabitz

Frequent co-stars

Teresa Palmer 1 shared title
Max Riemelt 1 shared title
Matthias Habich 1 shared title
Elmira Bahrami 1 shared title
Christoph Franken 1 shared title
Lucie Aron 1 shared title
Nassim Avat 1 shared title
Thuso Lekwape 1 shared title
Lara Marie Müller 1 shared title
Elias Esser 1 shared title

Career timeline

House of Yang
AfterlikeAfterlike · Director
From Hilde, with LoveShut Up and Suffer · DirectorShut Up and Suffer · WriterFamilie is nichDomesticated · Director
Sebastian Fitzek's TherapySorry, Charlie · Makeup ArtistThe Man from Rome
Tabu La Rasa · DirectorKlabautermann
WestwallDear Thomas
Unerhört · Director
PlayWinterlicht - Der Usedom-Krimi
As Green As It GetsHow to Be Really BadDifferent Kinds of RainIn My RoomThem
Berlin SyndromeNebelwand - Der Usedom KrimiLucky LoserTrugspur - Der Usedom Krimi
Wir sind die RosinskisThe Last Pig
Schandfleck - Der Usedom-KrimiDie Kleinen und die Bösen
Helen DornThe Usedom Thriller: MörderhusWeiter als der Ozean
Everyday Objects
Kommissarin Lucas
Scene of the CrimeScene of the Crime

Full filmography

  • House of Yang (2026) as Elsa (young)
  • Afterlike (2025) as Lilly
  • Afterlike (2025) Director
  • From Hilde, with Love (2024) as Ina Ender-Lautenschläger
  • Shut Up and Suffer (2024) Director
  • Shut Up and Suffer (2024) Writer
  • Familie is nich (2024) as Julia
  • Domesticated (2024) Director
  • Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy (2023) as Anna Spiegel
  • Sorry, Charlie (2023) Makeup Artist
  • The Man from Rome (2023) as Térèse
  • Tabu La Rasa (2022) Director
  • Klabautermann (2022) as Mirinda
  • Westwall (2021) as Julia Gerloff
  • Dear Thomas (2021) as Silvia
  • Unerhört (2020) Director
  • Play (2019) as Jennifer Reitwein
  • Winterlicht - Der Usedom-Krimi (2019) as Sophie Thiel
  • As Green As It Gets (2018) as Philomena
  • How to Be Really Bad (2018) as Lilith
  • Different Kinds of Rain (2018) as Miri
  • In My Room (2018) as Rosa
  • Them (2018) as Marie
  • Berlin Syndrome (2017) as Franka Hummels
  • Nebelwand - Der Usedom Krimi (2017) as Sophie Thiel
  • Lucky Loser (2017) as Hannah
  • Trugspur - Der Usedom Krimi (2017) as Sophie Thiel
  • Wir sind die Rosinskis (2016) as Michelle Rosinski
  • The Last Pig (2016) as Julia
  • Schandfleck - Der Usedom-Krimi (2015) as Sophie Thiel
  • Die Kleinen und die Bösen (2015) as Jenny Blieske
  • Helen Dorn (2014) as Jasmin
  • The Usedom Thriller: Mörderhus (2014) as Sophie Thiel
  • Weiter als der Ozean (2014) as Nele
  • Everyday Objects (2013) as Emma
  • Kommissarin Lucas (2003) as Jessica Schwertz
  • Scene of the Crime (1970) as Johanna Michels
  • Scene of the Crime (1970) as Gina Grabitz
  • Superbusen as Giselas Schwester