
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.
- February 23, 1995 (31)
- Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Actor
- 14 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Paula Beer's films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 12
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
Usually the Hero: 4 of 10 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Luzi in The Dark Valley (2014)
- Heroas Anna in Frantz (2016)
- Shapeshifteras Marie in Transit (2018)
- Heraldas Ellie Seeband in Never Look Away (2018)
- Heroas Undine Wibeau in Undine (2020)
- Tricksteras Undine Wibeau in Undine (2020)
- Allyas Nadja in Afire (2023)
- Heroas Stella Goldschlag in Stella: A Life (2023)
- Heroas ? in Miroirs No. 3 (2025)
- Shapeshifteras Julika in I'm Not Stiller (2025)
Moods and endings
- 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)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Miroirs No. 3(2025)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Stella: A Life(2023)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Afire(2023)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Your Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Undine(2020)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Wolf's Call(2019)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Never Look Away(2018)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Transit(2018)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Bad Banks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Amaro - Das Bittere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Deadly Leaks 2(2017)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Deadly Leaks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Frantz(2016)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
4 Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

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

Diplomacy(2014)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
The Dark Valley(2014)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
The Taste of Apple Seeds(2013)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Ludwig II(2012)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Poll Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Thirty Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

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

Biggest box office
The Wolf's Call (2019)

Highest rated
Never Look Away (2018)

Most popular right now
Afire (2023)
Film career
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.
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.
- Berlinale award, won · Best Actress
- 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.
- 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.
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
- Christian PetzoldShared titles: Miroirs No. 3 (2025), Afire (2023), Undine (2020), Transit (2018)See all 4 shared titles with Christian Petzold

Actors
- Enno TrebsShared titles: Miroirs No. 3 (2025), Afire (2023), Undine (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Enno Trebs

- Matthias BrandtShared titles: Miroirs No. 3 (2025), Afire (2023), Transit (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Matthias Brandt

- Barbara AuerShared titles: Miroirs No. 3 (2025), Transit (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Barbara Auer

- Katja RiemannShared titles: Stella: A Life (2023), Deadly Leaks 2 (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Katja Riemann

Cinematographers and editors
- Bettina BöhlerShared titles: Afire (2023), Undine (2020), Transit (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Bettina Böhler

- Hans FrommShared titles: Afire (2023), Undine (2020), Transit (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Hans Fromm
Producers
- Caroline von SendenShared titles: Afire (2023), Undine (2020), Transit (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Caroline von Senden
- Florian Koerner von GustorfShared titles: Afire (2023), Undine (2020), Transit (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Florian Koerner von Gustorf

- Andreas SchreitmüllerShared titles: Undine (2020), Never Look Away (2018), Transit (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Andreas Schreitmüller

- Olivier PèreShared titles: Undine (2020), Transit (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Olivier Père


