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Simone Bär(1965-2023)

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
  • Actress
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Simone Bär
Simone Bär was born on 1 May 1965 in Königs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany. She was a casting director and actress, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Babylon Berlin (2017) and Good Bye Lenin! (2003). She died on 16 January 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
BornMay 1, 1965
DiedJanuary 16, 2023(57)
BornMay 1, 1965
DiedJanuary 16, 2023(57)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 5 wins & 11 nominations total

Known for

Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds
8.4
  • Casting Department
  • 2009
Babylon Berlin (2017)
Babylon Berlin
8.4
TV Series
  • Casting Director
Daniel Brühl and Chulpan Khamatova in Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Good Bye Lenin!
7.7
  • Casting Director
  • 2003
Louis Hofmann in Dark (2017)
Dark
8.7
TV Series
  • Casting Director

Credits

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Casting Director

  • Franz (2025)
    Franz
    6.3
    • Casting Director
    • 2025
  • Ben Chaplin, Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, and Leonie Benesch in September 5 (2024)
    September 5
    7.1
    • Casting Director
    • 2024
  • Noomi Rapace in Constellation (2024)
    Constellation
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2024
  • WaPo Berlin (2020)
    WaPo Berlin
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2020–2024
  • In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte (2015)
    In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2015–2023
  • Laurids Schürmann and Lena Klenke in Flunkyball (2023)
    Flunkyball
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • The Zone of Interest (2023)
    The Zone of Interest
    7.3
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Paula Beer and Thomas Schubert in Afire (2023)
    Afire
    7.1
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Ronald Zehrfeld and Vicky Krieps in Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert (2023)
    Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert
    6.1
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Leonie Benesch in The Teachers' Lounge (2023)
    The Teachers' Lounge
    7.4
    • Casting Director
    • 2023
  • Babylon Berlin (2017)
    Babylon Berlin
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2017–2022
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir in Mortar - Hildur Guðnadóttir (2022)
    Mortar - Hildur Guðnadóttir
    Music Video
    • Casting Director
    • 2022
  • Yousef 'Joe' Sweid and Seyneb Saleh in Munich Games (2022)
    Munich Games
    6.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Casting Director
    • 2022
  • Felix Kammerer in All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
    All Quiet on the Western Front
    7.8
    • Casting Director
    • 2022
  • Cate Blanchett in Tár (2022)
    Tár
    7.4
    • Casting Director
    • 2022

Casting Department

  • Jason Schwartzman, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, Josh Rivera, Tom Blyth, and Hunter Schafer in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
    The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
    6.6
    • casting by: German
    • 2023
  • Sisi & I (2023)
    Sisi & I
    6.4
    • casting
    • 2023
  • Julia Garner in Inventing Anna (2022)
    Inventing Anna
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • location casting
    • 2022
  • Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
    The Matrix Resurrections
    5.6
    • location casting
    • 2021
  • Berlin Station (2016)
    Berlin Station
    7.6
    TV Series
    • casting: Germany
    • 2016–2019
  • Sylvia Hoeks and Claire Foy in The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
    The Girl in the Spider's Web
    6.1
    • european casting
    • 2018
  • Tom Schilling in Never Look Away (2018)
    Never Look Away
    7.7
    • casting
    • 2018
  • Gladbeck (2018)
    Gladbeck
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • casting
    • 2018
  • Franz Rogowski in Transit (2018)
    Transit
    6.9
    • casting
    • 2018
  • Bruno Ganz in In Times of Fading Light (2017)
    In Times of Fading Light
    6.2
    • casting
    • 2017
  • Der Bankraub (2015)
    Der Bankraub
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • casting
    • 2015
  • Claire Danes in Homeland (2011)
    Homeland
    8.3
    TV Series
    • casting: Berlin
    • 2015
  • Under the Radar (2015)
    Under the Radar
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • casting
    • 2015
  • Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, and Dave Franco in Unfinished Business (2015)
    Unfinished Business
    5.4
    • local casting
    • 2015
  • Vincent Cassel and Léa Seydoux in Beauty and the Beast (2014)
    Beauty and the Beast
    6.4
    • casting: Germany
    • 2014

Actress

  • A Fine Day (2001)
    A Fine Day
    6.3
    • Regiassistentin
    • 2001

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  • Alternative names
    • Simone Baer
  • Born
    • May 1, 1965
    • Königs Wusterhausen, Brandenburg, Germany
  • Died
    • January 16, 2023
    • Berlin, Germany

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