Iris Renate Dorothea Berben (, born 12 August 1950) is a German actress.
Berben was born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia.
She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant.
1967
After the Six-Day War in 1967, she travelled to Israel, and afterwards became the partner of the Israeli singer Abi Ofarim.
Since then, she has been associated with the pro-Israel lobby and has campaigned against antisemitism.
1969
Berben has appeared in about 150 film and television productions since 1969.
1970
Until today, Berben plays leading roles in a large number of German television productions, including the sitcom Zwei himmlische Töchter in the 1970s and the comedy show Sketchup with Diether Krebs in the 1980s.
Among her film roles are Sergio Corbucci's western Compañeros (1970) with Franco Nero, the Thomas Mann film adaption Die Buddenbrooks (2008) and the barmaid Petra in the sport film Eddie the Eagle (2016).
1971
She had a son, Oliver, in 1971, but never revealed the identity of the father.
1994
One of her best-known roles is the title character, a no-nonsense police commissioner, in the long-running crime series Rosa Roth between 1994 and 2013.
2010
In 2010, together with Bruno Ganz, Berben was elected president of the German Film Academy.
2017
She served as a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.
