Ursula Karven

Acting

Ursula Karven

Born

1964-09-17 (62)

Place of birth

Ulm, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

78 titles

Ursula Karven (born Ursula Ganzenmüller, 17 September 1964) is a German actress, writer, model and yoga instructor. In 2001, she made international headlines when her four year-old son, Daniel, drowned at a birthday party in the swimming pool of American musician Tommy Lee in Santa Monica.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 1 titles

2010s · 11 titles

Katie Fforde - An deiner Seite poster
6.8

New York lawyer Alicia Charles faces a challenge: to help penniless globetrotter Will in a custody battle over his godchild Linus. The nine-year-old Linus lost his parents in a car accident. Will wants custody of his godchild, although as a poor globetrotter he has little chance. He is not even related to the boy. He cannot present more than a snippet from a family video that identifies him as a godfather.

Katie Fforde - An deiner Seite

2014

Yoga Everyday poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yoga Everyday

2010

Katie Fforde - Das Weihnachtswunder von New York poster
4.1

In the second part of the "Katie Fforde" trilogy, Ursula Karven surprisingly finds an election family as Alicia Charles in Christmas New York. Alicia wants to start her skiing vacation when Will Hillinger, the guardian of the parentless Linus, ends up in prison: Will broke in with the singer Peggy Bloom. Alicia tries everything to save Linus Will from losing custody.

Katie Fforde - Das Weihnachtswunder von New York

2015

So einfach stirbt man nicht poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

So einfach stirbt man nicht

2019

Mein Herz in Malaysia poster
6.2

Art dealer Juliane Wenzel specializes in Asian antiques. But without her husband, who went missing after a boating accident, business is going badly. Now she has to fly to Malacca because of a strange break-in at her Asian branch. She comes across evidence that her husband was involved in illegal business. Juliane soon finds herself in great danger.

Mein Herz in Malaysia

2011

Der Weg nach San José poster
2.0

Hannah catches her husband Sebastian in flagrante delicto with her best friend. She impulsively leaves for Spain and meets Santiago on the plane, who takes her under his wing. At his hacienda, she encounters El Loco, a black stallion she wants to save from being slaughtered. With El Loco, Hannah embarks on a 200-kilometer ride through Andalusia to San José, near Almería, where a nature park offers the opportunity to release horses into the wild.

Der Weg nach San José

2014

Wer liebt, lässt los poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Wer liebt, lässt los

2013

Katie Fforde - Warum hab ich ja gesagt? poster
6.2

New York lawyer Alicia Charles is about to get married to smart John when her family of choices, consisting of musician Will and little Linus, thwart her plans. Alicia's mother Jackie appears unexpectedly, with whom Alicia never wanted to have anything to do again. Jackie is looking for reconciliation - and needs Alicia's help as a lawyer. With a motherly look, she realizes that Alicia's heart is not only beating for her fiancee John.

Katie Fforde - Warum hab ich ja gesagt?

2016

Hattinger und die kalte Hand poster
5.5

A summer's day on Lake Chiemsee: children discover the body of a man on a sailing boat. Inspector Hattinger and his colleagues from the Prien police start investigating. Shortly afterwards, a second body is found: The author Annette Kaufmann has been murdered in her vacation apartment. It is a serial murder, the perpetrator seems to know Inspector Hattinger personally and provokes him with bloody clues. There has been a fateful connection between the two murder victims for decades: Both are partly to blame for the death of a young girl who lost her life due to a doctor's blunder.

Hattinger und die kalte Hand

2013

Eine unbeliebte Frau poster
6.0

Little Marie Kerstner has disappeared after a daycare outing in the woods. Chief Inspector Oliver von Bodenstein and his colleague Pia Kirchhoff investigate and unexpectedly come across two bodies. First, senior public prosecutor Hardenbach is found dead, apparently shot with a load of buckshot from his own hunting rifle. Shortly afterwards, a dead young woman is discovered at the foot of a lookout tower. It turns out that the dead woman is Isabel Kerstner, the mother of the missing girl. Isabel had made many enemies in her short life and the suspects for her murder are queuing up. But what did the dead prosecutor have to do with Isabel and where is her daughter? Only gradually do von Bodenstein and Kirchhoff realize the true dimension of the case.

Eine unbeliebte Frau

2013

Nicht mit mir, Liebling poster
5.7

Nina is married to the conservative mayor Robert von der Heyden. The lawyer finally wants to step out of Robert's shadow. Now she learns from the television that her husband is once again running as a top candidate against all agreements. Nina's disappointment is compounded when she catches her husband with his French PR consultant Jacqueline. Her old party friend Philipp awakens the ambition of the once active local politician. She challenges her husband.

Nicht mit mir, Liebling

2012

2000s · 12 titles

Before I Say Goodbye poster
5.9

Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with the help of a psychic, which could solve the mystery — or end her life.

Before I Say Goodbye

2003

Familie XXL poster
6.8

Simone, head of a catering company and mother of Timo and Nelly, separates from her unfaithful husband Stefan.

Familie XXL

2002

Con Express poster
3.9

A hotheaded Alaskan customs agent (Sean Patrick Flannery) unwillingly teams up with a coldhearted but beautiful Soviet agent (Ursula Karven) to capture a rogue Russian general (Arnold Vosloo), selling a shipment of deadly nerve gas. Tensions and passions spin out of control after two agents are left for dead and they must combine forces to survive. They have one chance laft to take out the General and destroy the "Apocalypse in a can" nerve agent, both speeding toward freedom on a runaway mountain train. Unexpected twists and terrifying turns along the way put everyone on a collision course for explosive action, pulse-pounding thrill and a devastating betrayal of trust.

Con Express

2002

Volcano poster
7.2

When a dormant volcano suddenly erupts into activity beneath Laach Lake in the Eiffel mountains, panic breaks out among the 500.000 residents.

Volcano

2009

No artwork available
6.0

Andrea is a teacher at a gymnasium in Lübeck. She prefers to convince her students with arguments rather than punishments. But it can also be very specific: For example, when it comes to averting the advances of her problem student Niklas. He has fallen in love with her, much to the grief of his girlfriend and classmate Lisa. On a school trip, the situation comes to a head, Andrea feels increasingly pressurized by Niklas. Her husband Michael is not much help in this situation - the dentist has just started a new job and only his research in mind. Jealous Lisa tells in school that they do have a relationship, which makes their marriage very much tested.

Stille Post

2008

Feindliche Schwestern - Wenn aus Liebe Hass wird poster
8.0

A woman who is setting up a glass factory in Mallorca while caring for her asthmatic son finds herself at the mercy of her sister's hatred, who had an affair with her husband. When the father of the two women dies in distant Germany and leaves his grandson a substantial inheritance, events come to a head.

Feindliche Schwestern - Wenn aus Liebe Hass wird

2000

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6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Autsch, du Fröhliche!

2000

No artwork available
3.7

No synopsis available yet.

Der Club der grünen Witwen

2001

Vater braucht eine Frau poster
5.7

His office is headed by the successful lawyer Dr. Frank new with left. Even his four teenage children appreciate her Daddy Cool, because as a single father he keeps the ball flat and does not cause any unnecessary stress. The four smart kids decide that it's really time for Papa to fall in love again. They start for the father an Internet contact action with chaotic resonance. How will Frank survive the gathering of widow-willing widows who, with a rose in their buttonholes, all together wait for the coveted lawyer in the senior café?

Vater braucht eine Frau

2002

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tote leben länger

2005

No artwork available
3.0

A woman and her son make a trip to Morocco alone, as her husband has had an emergency. There she is attracted by a tour guide who begins a passionate affair. One night, returning to the hotel, is waiting her husband.

Holiday Affair

2001

Power Yoga - Ursula Karven poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Power Yoga - Ursula Karven

2004

1990s · 8 titles

Fire, Ice and Dynamite poster
4.6

Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!

Fire, Ice and Dynamite

1990

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season poster
6.6

One of the final entries in the series of romantic suspense adventures takes Jennifer and Jonathan Hart off to Sydney, Australia, where they plan to purchase a wildlife reserve from Jennifer’s old flame, the handsome and mysterious Elliott Manning.Manning challenges Jonathan, and their old rivalry is rekindled, with Hart besting Manning every time. When Manning begins to behave strangely toward Jennifer, a series of disturbing events reveals that this rivalry is no longer so good-natured, and the Harts find themselves bait in a trap.

Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season

1996

No artwork available
3.7

As an architect Robert Cortin is self-confident, but his private life is shaky. His wife Vera, a gynecologist, cannot have children. They have tried to get adopt a child for some time. Now Robert learns that his lover Stefanie is pregnant.

Tödliches Leben

1995

Rosamunde Pilcher: Dornen im Tal der Blumen poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Rosamunde Pilcher: Dornen im Tal der Blumen

1998

Harold and the Ghosts poster
7.0

Harold Mortimer is the last of his clan. The old dilapidated castle is all he has left and he urgently needs money for renovation. Until now, he earned his living from tourists. But the ghosts, once helpful in scaring the numerous clientele, are staying away, because the whisky cellar is empty. Without ghosts, there are no tourists, no money, no renovation, no whishy, no ghosts.... a vicious circle. Enraged, he decides to get rid of the ghosts once and for all and chases them back to the graveyard where they once came from. There he meets the cemetery gardener Paolo. The two quickly become friends and decide to go to Spain together. Paaolo even owns a boat... But how will he make it to the sea? Can the enchanted fairy help them?

Harold and the Ghosts

1994

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

With Murder in Mind

1992

Liebe ist stärker als der Tod poster
9.0

Shortly before her wedding to her long-time boyfriend and colleague Marc, successful neurosurgeon Judith Weiß falls in love with musician Daniel. However, Daniel is seriously injured in a tragic accident and falls into a coma. All medical efforts fail, and Daniel dies. In order to preserve her love for him beyond death, Judith makes an unusual and momentous decision.

Liebe ist stärker als der Tod

1999

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ich schenk dir meinen Mann

1998

1980s · 5 titles

Beule oder Wie man einen Tresor knackt poster
7.0

Heinz Borbet, also known as "Beule" because of his dented car, finds a red safe hidden in the dung heap of an allotment garden: the two thieves Bruno and Fred have stored it there for the time being because they couldn't get the safe open. The safe is almost impossible to crack. Heinz is not the only one to feel this in the episode, who is delighted with his supposed, unexpected wealth, but also around a dozen other candidates. Then the police get involved in the form of Inspector Fleischhauer ...

Beule oder Wie man einen Tresor knackt

1987

Die Schokoladenschnüffler poster
6.3

A crime comedy directed by Jirí Menzel, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

Die Schokoladenschnüffler

1986

Wie treu ist Nik? poster
9.0

Female fans are flocking to pop star Nik's feet. But when he announces that he is madly in love with Sarah and wants to marry her, there is an outcry from his fans. In view of Nik's popularity rating, the record company fears a slump in sales. So they stage a "meet your star" contest in which three ladies want to do everything they can to get the superstar away from Sarah. Can Nik remain faithful...?

Wie treu ist Nik?

1986

Ein irres Feeling poster
3.9

Tina, Julie and Alfa simply turn the tables on love: they don't wait for the guys to come on, they throw themselves into the action when they meet the bowling clique around Tim, Freddy and Rolf. Although their goal is actually only the bowling competition in St. Tropez, they let the party go on. And then it turns out that Tina's father has a plane that might take the boys to St. Tropez...

Ein irres Feeling

1984

Die Küken kommen poster
9.0

Six young men are disturbed by their girlfriends while looking for adventures in Munich after their discharge from the Bundeswehr.

Die Küken kommen

1985

Series credits

DAS! poster
4.7

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

DAS!

1991

No artwork available
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Volle Kanne

1999

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Scene of the Crime poster
6.2

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Scene of the Crime

1970

Die Harald Schmidt Show poster
7.4

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

MDR um 4 poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

MDR um 4

2014

Abendschau poster
4.3

The Berliner Abendschau is the news magazine for Berlin.

Abendschau

2000

Kölner Treff poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kölner Treff

1976

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

Derrick poster
6.0

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

Derrick

1974

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

1998

Leipzig Homicide poster
5.9

SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.

Leipzig Homicide

2001

Wer weiß denn sowas? poster
7.4

No synopsis available yet.

Wer weiß denn sowas?

2015

A Case For Two poster
5.7

Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.

A Case For Two

1981

Riverboat poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Riverboat

1992

Zimmer frei! poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Zimmer frei!

1996

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

3 nach 9

1974

Nachtcafé poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtcafé

1987

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen bei Maischberger

2003

SOKO Stuttgart poster
6.0

The SOKO Stuttgart team investigates analytically and with sensitivity in the likeable state capital. The exciting cases of the series lead them to bizarre crime scenes and to different milieus.

SOKO Stuttgart

2009

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

ZDF-Mittagsmagazin

1989

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen der Woche

2000

Wetten, dass..? poster
5.6

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?.

Wetten, dass..?

1981

Dalli Dalli poster
9.3

No synopsis available yet.

Dalli Dalli

1971

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tietjen und Bommes

1997

Der Fahnder poster
7.3

Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.

Der Fahnder

1984

Ein starkes Team poster
5.0

The unlikely police pair Verena Berthold and Otto Garber are part of a special task force investigating organized crime in Berlin. He comes from the east, she from the west of Berlin. He's a redneck, she's from a better background. This causes conflict. Over time, things start to sizzle between the two. Their team includes the agile German-Turkish Yücsel and the sluggish Georg, who, like Verena and Otto, are constantly bickering. The department manager is Lothar Reddemann. Sputnik is a former colleague of Otto's from the People's Police and is constantly coming up with new business ideas for stores and pubs where the team meets.

Ein starkes Team

1994

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!

2006

Boulevard Bio poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Boulevard Bio

1991

No artwork available
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Die Pyramide

1979

Balko poster
6.2

Balko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko and his colleague Klaus Krapp. Balko's main characteristics are his coolness and his consistently laid-back appearance, whereas “Krappi” is a typical mama’s boy and very clumsy. The series started in 1995 and has won several television awards.

Balko

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Studio 3 - Live aus Babelsberg

2022

Die Kommissarin poster
8.0

Die Kommissarin is a German police TV series which aired on Das Erste. Its 66 episodes ran from 1994 till 2006. The series, which takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is notable as being the first, and as yet one of the few commercially successful, German detective series to have a female lead character. The main character is Inspector Lea Sommer, played by Hannelore Elsner. Sommer is divorced with custody of her teenage son, Daniel. She is looking forward to a new relationship with her new boyfriend, Jonathan. Although Lea and Jonathan telephone each other frequently, he has never actually been seen or heard on screen. Sommer was originally paired with Nick Siegel, but in a 1996 episode, Siegel was shot to death by an escaping criminal. His last words were "Lea, ich fühle mich so kalt". Sommer's current partner officer is Jan Orlop. Die Kommissarin airs on the German Language channel German Kino Plus in the United States. In Finland it airs on YLE TV2 under the title Etsivä Lea Sommer.

Die Kommissarin

1994

Unter anderen Umständen poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Unter anderen Umständen

2006

Ein Herz für Kinder poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ein Herz für Kinder

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Die Kocharena

2007

Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen poster
1.0

Dr. Stefan Frank – Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen is a German television series.

Dr. Stefan Frank - Der Arzt, dem die Frauen vertrauen

1995

Behind the camera