Cast & creator
Tanja Schleiff
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime
Tanja Schleiff (born in 1973 in Erfurt) is a German actress. The daughter of actors Renate Hundertmark and Klaus Schleiff, she trained in acting at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. She began her career on stage, performing notably at the Residenztheater in Munich and the Schauspielhaus in Düsseldorf. In cinema, she has appeared in several notable feature films, such as Oliver Hirschbiegel's Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004), Dominik Graf's The Red Cockatoo (Der rote Kakadu, 2006), and Ralf Westhoff's comedy Shoppen (2006). On television, she has featured in numerous series and television films, notably portraying Countess Esterházy in the historical series Sisi (2021–2024) and Edith in the drama series Charité (2017).
22
film credits
35
television credits
57
1970–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (57)
Showing 57 of 57 credits
Scene of the Crime
Sonja Polland
1970Scene of the Crime
Katja Braun
1970Scene of the Crime
Bianca Ambach
1970Scene of the Crime
Dörte Truss
1970Scene of the Crime
Laura Schott
1970Scene of the Crime
Susanne Peters
1970
The Old Fox
Sandra Lindner
1977
Polizeiruf 110
Nicole Seiffert
1971
SOKO Köln
Claudia Schöller
2003SOKO Köln
Wenke Grothuis
2003
Leipzig Homicide
Daniela Schneider
2001
SOKO Wismar
Sabine Friese
2004
Hamburg Dockland
Julia Schöne
2007
Bettys Diagnose
Marlies Albers
2015
Vienna Crime Squad
Doro Hohlfeld
2005
Ein starkes Team
Regine Heinssen
1994
Bella Block
Helen Niemann
1993
Sisi
Gräfin Esterhazy
2021
Nord Nord Mord
Regina Wels
2011
Der Lehrer
Vanessa Bohm
2009
Helen Dorn
Sibel Schipper
2014
Downfall
Russische Ärztin
2004
Homicide Hills
Jenny Jaschke
2008
Charité
Wärterin Edith
2017
Einstein
Sabine Kampmann
2017
Under Suspicion
Julia Danzas
2002
Unter anderen Umständen
Katharina Berg
2006
Kommissarin Heller
Iris Kuhn
2014
Heiter bis tödlich: Koslowski & Haferkamp
Erika Hauffmann
2014
Wäldern
Frau Caspari
2024
The Mountain's Whisper
Frau Lüders
2015
Ella Schön
2018
Neben der Spur
Silvia Fuchs
2015
Frier und Fünfzig - Am Ende meiner Tage
2025
Behringer und die Toten - Ein Bamberg-Krimi
OB Dorothee Staudt
2024
Klimawechsel
2010
Das Millionenschnitzel
Monique
2026
The Charlemagne Code
Frau Schwalm
2008
The Red Cockatoo
Rena
2006
The Fox - Traces of Coal Dust
Katja Mehring
2017
Vier Töchter
Hillevi
2006
Friends of Friends
Veronika
2002
Fast perfekte Frauen
Doris Ohlmeier
2026
Scheidung für Anfänger
Jana
2018
Merz gegen Merz - Hochzeiten
Ms. Steilmann
2023
Harter Brocken: Der Bankraub
Frau Lüders
2017
The Vow
Anna Katharina Emmerick
2007
Helene, die wahre Braut
Gertrud
2020
Schoßgebete
Verkäuferin im Sexshop
2014
So viel Zeit
Laura
2018
Der Tod und das Mädchen - Van Leeuwens dritter Fall
Vrouw Blom
2017
Almost Brothers
Jackie
2025
Mein Leben im Off
Lisa Krüger
2010
Shoppen
Katharina
2007
Selbstgespräche
Frau Erhardt
2008
Schattengrund
Trixi Urban
2018
Die Flaschenpostinsel
Carolin
2018