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Katrin Cartlidge

Katrin Cartlidge was born on May 15th 1961 and sadly died on September 7th 2002 aged just 41.

She was a versatile actor who worked with directors such as Mike Leigh and Lars Von Trier.

Key films: Mike Leigh's 'Naked', Lars Von Trier's 'Breaking The Waves' and the little seen 'Claire Dolan', directed by Lodge Kerrigan.



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Katrin Cartlidge - what members say


  • Career Girls
  • Career Girls review by from Oxon
    Rated - 5 stars Oscarworthy 9 March 2005
    ...rs together in the end to recognise each other's value in wry celebration. Katrin Cartlidge's performance as Hannah swings from wild comedy to tragedy and back again, and ...  
  • Breaking The Waves
  • Breaking The Waves review by from LONDON
    Rated - 2 stars 11 January 2004
    ...h real human issues. The performances are strong, particularly Emily Watson and Katrin Cartlidge. The visual style is appropriate for the material; gritty and realistic through...  
  • Naked
  • Naked review by from Surrey, England
    Rated - 5 stars My all time favourite film 17 May 2007
    ...ey Sharp (calm, strong, and the only person who really understands Johnny), and Katrin Cartlidge (nervous, inferiority complex, needy), and even the sadistic loathsome landlord...  

Katrin Cartlidge - filmography


  • From Hell on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Heather Graham,  Ian Holm
    Director: Albert Hughes,  Allen Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 13,213 members
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  • The Weight Of The Water on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Catherine McCormack,  Sarah Polley,  Sean Penn
    Director: Kathryn Bigelow
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two stories unravel simultaneously in this dark and suspenseful film. The first story, set in the present day, concerns a photographer, Jean (Catherine McCormack). She is working on an article for a magazine about a pair of bloody murders that happened 200 years before on the Isle of Shoals, just ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 991 members
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  • The Lost Son (1999)
    Starring: Daniel Auteuil,  Nastassja Kinski,  Katrin Cartlidge
    Director: Chris Menges
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In THE LOST SON, disgraced former French policeman Xavier Lombard (French actor Daniel Auteuil of JEAN DE FLORETTE) is living in exile in London and working as a private investigator. When Lombard takes up the seemingly routine assignment of finding a rich family's missing drug-addicted son, the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 379 members
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  • Career Girls on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Katrin Cartlidge,  Lynda Steadman,  Kate Byers
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Mike Leigh follows up his Oscar-nominated SECRETS AND LIES with CAREER GIRLS, a bittersweet drama that deals with the passage of time between two friends. Annie (Lynda Steadman) and Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge) were college roommates in London. Six years later, Annie is taking the train back ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 1,951 member
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  • Before The Rain on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Katrin Cartlidge,  Rade Serbedzija,  Grégoire Colin
    Director: Milcho Manchevski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A three-part drama which alternates between London and Macedonia. In Part 1, 'Words', a young Macedonian monk protects a runaway Albanian girl. Part 2, 'Faces', focuses on a love affair in London. Part 3, 'Pictures' is set back in Macedonia where a bloody ethnic conflict is brewing. Academy Award ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 136 members
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  • Naked on DVD (1993)
    Starring: David Thewlis,  Lesley Sharp,  Katrin Cartlidge
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    David Thewlis is Johnny the ultimate anti-hero of the nineties - cold, cynical and immoral, yet at times both caring and passionate. His complex existence is sketched with the hand of a master, as violence and gentleness, comedy and tragedy go hand in hand through a landscape inhabited by the sort ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 4,215 members
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Katrin Cartlidge - watch online


  • Before the Rain to Watch Now (1994)
    Starring: Katrin Cartlidge,  Rade Serbedzija,  Grégoire Colin
    Director: Milcho Manchevski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 92 minutes
    "The circle is not round." "Before the Rain" unravels within an unstable and hostile climate where ingrained anxiety and fears of the past, present and political unrest lead to hate and violence. Comprising three stories, Words, Faces and Pictures. Each focus on a conflicted love haunted by a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 8 members
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Katrin Cartlidge facts

5 most recent films

Searching For Debra Winger - 3.5 stars
From Hell - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
From Hell - 3.0 stars
No Man's Land - 3.5 stars
The Weight Of The Water - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Before The Rain - 3.5 stars
No Man's Land - 3.5 stars
Breaking The Waves - 3.5 stars
Naked - 3.5 stars
From Hell - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Cherry Orchard - 2.0 stars
Claire Dolan - 3.0 stars
Searching For Debra Winger - 3.5 stars
The Weight Of The Water - 2.5 stars
The Lost Son - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lesley Sharp - 5 times - show films
Paul Rhys - 4 times - show films
Ian Richardson - 4 times - show films
Terence Harvey - 4 times - show films
Robbie Coltrane - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Albert Hughes - 4 times - show films
Mike Leigh - 2 times - show films
Milcho Manchevski - 2 times - show films
Kathryn Bigelow - 1 times - show films
Chris Menges - 1 times - show films