Portrait of Petra Kelling

Acting

Petra Kelling

Career

Active from 1966 to 2025, busiest in 2006 and 2012 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Homevideo
Homevideo
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Petra Kelling Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Absurdist Humor
    0.7, average 2.0
  • Wonder
    2.1, average 3.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • German Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles
Weihnachtsüberraschungen
Weihnachtsüberraschungen (2025)

as Lore Farmsen

Kaiserspiel
Kaiserspiel (2021)

as Luise von Baden

Doktor Ballouz
Doktor Ballouz (2021)

TV show · as Emmi Hansen

2010s

31 titles · average score 63
Praxis mit Meerblick
Praxis mit Meerblick (2017)

TV show · as Roswitha Wing

Keine Ehe ohne Pause
Keine Ehe ohne Pause (2016)

as Greta Thielke

Arman's Secret
Arman's Secret (2015)

TV show · as Rona

Einfach Rosa - Die Hochzeitsplanerin
Einfach Rosa - Die Hochzeitsplanerin (2015)

as Rosas Mutter

No Time for Dreaming
No Time for Dreaming (2014)

as Hedy

Wie Tag und Nacht
Wie Tag und Nacht (2013)

as Elisabeth Maibach

Murder in the North
Murder in the North (2012)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Toni Kiesewetter

Balthasar Berg - Sylt sehen und sterben
Balthasar Berg - Sylt sehen und sterben (2012)

as Hermine Kanefly

Liebe am Fjord - Abschied von Hannah
Liebe am Fjord - Abschied von Hannah (2012)

as Frau Bornedahl

Shades of Happiness
Shades of Happiness (2011)

TV show · as Anni

Homevideo
Homevideo (2011)
GoodWatch score 70

as Gertrud Moormann

Katie Fforde - Glücksboten
Katie Fforde - Glücksboten (2010)

as Kitty Anson

2000s

39 titles · average score 59
Die Gänsemagd
Die Gänsemagd (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

as Königin Dorothea

SOKO Stuttgart
SOKO Stuttgart (2009)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Isolde Beyer

Im Meer der Lügen
Im Meer der Lügen (2008)

TV show · as Oma Käthe

Hamburg Dockland
Hamburg Dockland (2007)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Rieke Buttfanger

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger!
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger! (2006)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Elisabeth Möller

Zwei Millionen suchen einen Vater
Zwei Millionen suchen einen Vater (2006)

as Edda Krüger

Die Frau im roten Kleid
Die Frau im roten Kleid (2006)

as Marita

Zores
Zores (2006)

as Rebecca Rosen

SOKO Wismar
SOKO Wismar (2004)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Inge Lojewski / Grete Wittmeier

SOKO Köln
SOKO Köln (2003)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Helga Böhme / Helga Baltus

Liebesau - Die andere Heimat
Liebesau - Die andere Heimat (2002)

TV show · as Gerlinde

Leipzig Homicide
Leipzig Homicide (2001)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Dorothea Hempel

1990s

18 titles · average score 60
The Peppercorns
The Peppercorns (1999)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Rosa von Holdenstede

Liebe ist stärker als der Tod
Liebe ist stärker als der Tod (1999)

as Dorothea

Der letzte Zeuge
Der letzte Zeuge (1998)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Ms. Schubert

Küstenwache
Küstenwache (1997)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Gabriele Wiechmann

Kurklinik Rosenau
Kurklinik Rosenau (1996)

TV show · as Oberschwester Kathi Gutschke / Oberschwester Kathi

Für alle Fälle Stefanie
Für alle Fälle Stefanie (1995)

TV show · as Hanni Rüsch / Nina Tolski

Ein starkes Team
Ein starkes Team (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Renate Keller

Im Namen des Gesetzes
Im Namen des Gesetzes (1994)

TV show · as Iris Maybach

Karl May
Karl May (1992)

TV show · as Christiane Wilhelminem (Mutter)

Silent Country
Silent Country (1992)
GoodWatch score 62

as Uschi

Heimatgeschichten
Heimatgeschichten (1992)

TV show · as Helene

Letzte Liebe
Letzte Liebe (1991)

as Bettina Amelung

1980s

7 titles
Jonny Comes
Jonny Comes (1988)

as Johanna

Jahreswechsel - Zeitenwechsel
Jahreswechsel - Zeitenwechsel (1988)

as Rosa Luxemburg

Der Landarzt
Der Landarzt (1987)

TV show · as Carmen Lutz

Interrogating the Witnesses
Interrogating the Witnesses (1987)

as Frau Gebhard

Der Vogelkopp
Der Vogelkopp (1986)

as Königin

White Cloud Carolin
White Cloud Carolin (1985)

as Mutter

Der Mann und sein Name
Der Mann und sein Name (1983)

as Frau Lohmer

1970s

7 titles · average score 64
Schach von Wuthenow
Schach von Wuthenow (1977)

as Victoire von Carayon

Phillip the Small
Phillip the Small (1976)

as Verkehrspolizistin

Hallo, Taxi!
Hallo, Taxi! (1974)

as Gaby Schneller

Meine Schwester Tilli
Meine Schwester Tilli (1972)

as Tanja

Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110 (1971)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show · as Christiane Werner / Hanna Sendler

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1970)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Berta Mommsen / Helene Bürger

We Buy a Fire Truck
We Buy a Fire Truck (1970)

as Mattis Mutter

1960s

5 titles · average score 64
Geheimkommando Ciupaga
Geheimkommando Ciupaga (1968)

TV show · as Hanka

Hannes Scharf
Hannes Scharf (1967)

TV show

The Journey to Sundevit
The Journey to Sundevit (1966)

as Elisa

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort (1965)

TV show · as Frau Brinkmann / Karin Golz

Divided Heaven
Divided Heaven (1964)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sigrid