Antje Traue

Biography

Antje Traue (born 18 January 1981) is a German actress who has worked in film, television and theatre, both in German productions and in large international science fiction and superhero projects. Her career moves between European art-house and German-language cinema and studio or streaming work, which has given her visibility beyond Germany.

Born in Mittweida, in Saxony, in the former German Democratic Republic, Traue began performing on stage as a teenager, playing Joan of Arc in a school play. At sixteen she won the lead role in the first "Hip Hopera" staged by the International Munich Art Lab, the musical West End Opera, and toured with the production for four years across Germany, Europe and New York City. She then moved into screen work with films such as Kleinruppin Forever and Phantom Pain, along with several German television productions.

Her first major English-language role came in Pandorum (2009), a science fiction thriller directed by Christian Alvart and starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster. She later played the villainess Faora-Ul in Man of Steel (2013), directed by Zack Snyder, a character she reprised in The Flash (2023). Her work in Seventh Son (2014) and Cuando cae la nieve (2016) broadened her range toward fantasy and drama.

On television, her role as Agnes Nielsen in the Netflix series Dark, from 2017, brought her wider recognition. She remains active in German and international film and television, and her career is notable for moving easily between genre cinema and European fiction.

Key films

• Man of Steel (2013), as Faora-Ul
• Pandorum (2009), as the female lead
• Cuando cae la nieve (2016), German drama
• The Flash (2023), reprising Faora-Ul
• Dark (2017-2020), Netflix series as Agnes Nielsen