Sabine Timoteo
Acting • Born 1975-03-25
Biography
Sabine Timoteo, born Sabine Hagenbüchle on 25 March 1975 in Bern, is a Swiss actress and former dancer. She fluently speaks German, French, English, Italian and Spanish. She studied dance and won the Prix de Lausanne for "best young dancer". Her film debut was in Philip Gröning's L'Amour, l'Argent, l'Amour, which was shot in 1996 but released in 2000. For this role, she won the Swiss Film Award for Best Actress. Between 1997 and 2000, before fully embarking on her acting career, she trained as a professional cook in Bern. After marrying a man, she took the name Sabine Timoteo, under which she built the majority of her film career. She continued to gain acclaim with major roles in films such as Ghosts (2005), The Free Will (2006), Color of the Ocean (2012), Cyanide (2013), Futuro Beach (2014), The Wonders (2014) and Center of My World (2016). In more recent years she has worked in several notable projects, including Meanwhile on Earth (2024), Chaos & Silence (2025) and Transamazonia (2025).
Filmography
81 credits
Ghosts
Movie • 2005
Toni
A Friend of Mine
Movie • 2006
Stelle
Nebenwirkungen
Movie • 2007
Claudia Keller
Love, Money, Love
Movie • 2000
Marie
The Free Will
Movie • 2006
Nettie
The Days Between
Movie • 2001
Lynn
Electric Fields
Movie • 2024
Brownian Movement
Movie • 2010
Psychiatrist
Friends of Friends
Movie • 2002
Billie
Last Dance
Movie • 2023
Carole
Breakaway
Movie • 2023
Mère de Karine
Anxiety
Movie • 2023
Sofia
Color of the Ocean
Movie • 2012
Nathalie
Formentera
Movie • 2012
Nina
Cyanide
Movie • 2013
Pénélope
Transamazonia
Movie • 2025
Denise
Futuro Beach
Movie • 2014
Heiko's Wife
Pepperminta
Movie • 2009
Edna
The Wonders
Movie • 2014
Cocò
Sugar Orange
Movie • 2004
Lena
Thunder
Movie • 2022
La Mère
Those Who Work
Movie • 2018
Valentine
Mutants
Movie • 2002
Charlotte
Irgendwas ist immer
Movie • 2003
Julia Liebermann
A Forgotten Man
Movie • 2023
Madame Bavaud
Meanwhile on Earth
Movie • 2024
Sidonie
St. Francis Birds Tour
Movie • 2005
Dreamgirl
The Drift
Movie • 2015
Alice Keller
After Effect
Movie • 2007
Rena Yazka
Chaos and Silence
Movie • 2025
Klara
Flanke ins All
Movie • 2006
Claudia
Center of My World
Movie • 2016
Glass
Karigula - Monster der Liebe
Movie • 2024
Karla
180°
Movie • 2010
Petra Cipriano
Flug in die Nacht - Das Unglück von Überlingen
Movie • 2009
Marita Lenders
Zen for Nothing
Movie • 2016
Herself
The Investigation
Movie • 2024
Zeugin 17
The Chronicles of Melanie
Movie • 2016
Melanie
7 Minutes
Movie • 2016
Micaela
Kill Daddy Good Night
Movie • 2009
Mimi
Analysis Paralysis
Movie • 2016
Voice
Sarah Plays a Werewolf
Movie • 2017
Drama Class Teacher
Deadly Leaks
Movie • 2016
Clara Holthaus
Sicilian Ghost Story
Movie • 2017
Madre di Luna
The New End
Movie • 2018
Mutter
Wildcats
Movie • 2017
Nathalie Roduit
Homevideo
Movie • 2011
Vera
Cloud Whispers
Movie • 2018
Marion
Small Fish
Movie • 2007
Sandy Mischler
Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe
Movie • 2018
Mother Annette
Das Ächzen der Asche
Movie • 2018
Bis ans Ende der Träume
Movie • 2018
Katharina von Arx
Cronofobia
Movie • 2019
Anna Martini
The Black Brothers
Movie • 2014
Giorgios Mutter
How I Taught Myself to Be a Child
Movie • 2019
Emma Silberstein
The Tears Thing
Movie • 2019
Sacha
Little Paradise
Movie • 2010
Annegret
Roll the Drum!
Movie • 2019
Marie-Thérèse
Sunburned
Movie • 2019
Sophie
Exit Oerlikon
Movie • 2015
Ronja
Human Factors
Movie • 2022
Nina
The Collini Case
Movie • 2019
Waffenexpertin
The Girl and the Spider
Movie • 2021
Karen
Robber Girls
Movie • 2009
Cindy
Zahorí
Movie • 2022
Violet
Movie • 2024
Nadja
The Courageous
Movie • 2025
Sandrine
Dinosaures
Movie • 2025
Echos
TV • 2021
Magdalena Kaltbrunner
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Teresa Weinberger
The Gryphon
TV • 2023
Petra
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Gabi Kunz
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Manon
Riesending - Jede Stunde zählt
TV • 2022
Raffaela Pardeller
Grimme Award
TV • 1964
Self
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Bodkin
TV • 2024
Annika
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
TV • 2005
Self
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Sabine Timoteo
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Béatrice Radek
Schimanski
TV • 1997
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