Sabine Timoteo
Actor
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).
As Director
Filmography
The Collini Case
as Waffenexpertin 2019
Center of My World
as Glass 2016
The Wonders
as Cocò 2014
7 Minutes
as Micaela 2016
Sicilian Ghost Story
as Madre di Luna 2017
Brownian Movement
as Psychiatrist 2010
Those Who Work
as Valentine 2018
Futuro Beach
as Heiko's Wife 2014
A Friend of Mine
as Stelle 2006
The Free Will
as Nettie 2006
Meanwhile on Earth
as Sidonie 2024
Homevideo
as Vera 2011
The Girl and the Spider
as Karen 2021
Ghosts
as Toni 2005
The Black Brothers
as Giorgios Mutter 2014
Thunder
as La Mère 2022
Sarah Plays a Werewolf
as Drama Class Teacher 2017