Friederike Becht

Friederike Becht is a German actress known for her work in theater, television, and film. She was born on October 14, 1986, in Bad Bergzabern, Germany. She pursued her formal training in acting at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Early in her stage career, Becht worked at several prominent venues, including the Ernst Deutsches Theater Hamburg, the Schauspielhaus Zürich, the Berliner Ensemble, and the Stadttheater Freiburg. Her major professional breakthrough came in 2007 when she played the role of Thekla in Peter Stein's production of Wallenstein at the Berliner Ensemble. This performance led to a nomination for Best Newcomer Actress from the magazine Theater heute.

From 2009 to 2010, Becht was part of the ensemble at the Schauspiel Essen. During her tenure there, her stage roles included Solveig in Peer Gynt, the title role in The Little Witch, and the lead role of Tanja in the world premiere of Lutz Hübner's Night History. She then moved to the Schauspielhaus Bochum alongside director Anselm Weber, becoming a permanent ensemble member. Her work in Bochum included playing Lyudmila in Wassa Schelesnowa, Cecily Cardew in Bunbury, Maria in What You Want, Vera Herbst in House by the Lake, and Maria in Yerma.

In addition to her theater career, Becht has appeared in various television and cinema projects. She secured a supporting role as Angela Berg in the 2008 German-American film The Reader. She went on to portray Gerda Reich in the 2009 television biography The Author of Himself: The Life of Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and featured in the 2011 film Westwind. In the 2012 feature film Hannah Arendt, she shared the titular role with Barbara Sukowa.

Becht continued her screen work with roles in the 2015 ARD biopic A Doll to Treasure, portraying Käthe Kruse, and in the 2019 project Brecht. In 2026, she starred as Lisa Konrad in the Netflix miniseries The Trap.

Throughout her career, Becht's stage and screen contributions have earned her industry recognition. In addition to her early nomination from Theater heute, she was awarded the Bochumer Theaterpreis in 2014 and received the Ulrich Wildgruber Prize in 2015. On a personal level, she lives in Bochum and has a son and a daughter with poetry slammer Sebastian Rabsahl.