Name |
Iris Berben |
Height |
|
Naionality |
German |
Date of Birth |
12-August-1950 |
Place of Birth |
Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
Famous for |
Acting |
Iris Berben is a German actress. She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant. 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 anti-semitism. She had a son, Oliver, in 1971, but never revealed the identity of the father. In 2010, together with Bruno Ganz she was elected president of the German Film Academy.