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Paula Beer

Paula Beer

Actor · Born February 23, 1995 (31) · Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Venice award winner · Berlinale award winner

Paula Beer is a German actress. She first became known as a teenager by her main role in Chris Kraus's 2010 film Poll. Her breakthrough was in 2016, when she starred in François Ozon's Frantz, for which she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award, for best young performer, at the Venice Film Festival. Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 23, 1995 (31)
From
Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Works as
Actor
Titles
14 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 17% in 30 days

What are Paula Beer's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 9

Grounded 8 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Gentle 0 · Charged 8 · Intense 4

Steady 6 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual 1 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 4

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 8

A split, not a type: Resolved 4 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

10 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 4 of 10 analyzed roles.

Hero
4 of 10
Ally
2 of 10
Shapeshifter
2 of 10
Herald
1 of 10
Trickster
1 of 10
Show the 10 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Melancholic
9
Dread
4
Contemplative
7
Bittersweet
4
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Paula Beer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 14 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Paula Beer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

23 credits, 14 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • I'm Not Stiller(2025)

    as Julika Stiller-Tschudy

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Miroirs No. 3(2025)

    as Laura

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Stella: A Life(2023)

    as Stella Goldschlag

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Afire(2023)

    as Nadja

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Your Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Arija

  • Undine(2020)

    as Undine

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • The Wolf's Call(2019)

    as Diana

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Never Look Away(2018)

    as Ellie

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Transit(2018)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Bad Banks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · as Jana Liekam

  • Amaro - Das Bittere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Katja

  • Deadly Leaks 2(2017)

    as Tessa Norgren

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Deadly Leaks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Tessa Norgren

  • Frantz(2016)

    as Anna

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • 4 Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Alex

  • Pampa Blues (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Lena

  • Diplomacy(2014)

    Thanks · as Ingrid (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • The Dark Valley(2014)

    as Luzi

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • The Taste of Apple Seeds(2013)

    as Rosmarie

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Ludwig II(2012)

    as Sophie in Bayern

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • The Poll Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Oda von Siering

  • Thirty Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Elisabeth Eichhorn

  • Trivial Of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Vera Sokolova

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles, 21 of them dated from 2010 to 2025; peak year 2019.

Film career

MilestoneAward win
20102025

Peak 2019 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2010Screen debut· The Poll Diaries
  • 2010First top-billed film· The Poll Diaries
  • 2016Venice award win· Frantz
  • 2020Career best· Undine
  • 2020Berlinale award win· Undine

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting23 of 23: 22 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score75thOther crew1 of 23: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew2020s6 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 33% of 12 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

2 major awards from 2 major nominations, 2016–2020.

  1. 2020
    • Berlinale award, won · Best Actress
  2. 2016
    • Venice award, won · Best Young Actor or Actress

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Paula Beer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

91stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 14 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4

Shape of the crowd

None of their 14 titles divides audiences: 8 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 56. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Paula Beer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles15–68 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 21 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 35 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Paula Beer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Paula Beer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christian Petzold shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers