Sabine Timoteo
ActingSabine 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).
Known For
Filmography — Acting
The Collini Case
Waffenexpertin
Center of My World
Glass
The Wonders
Cocò
Futuro Beach
Heiko's Wife
Deadly Leaks
Clara Holthaus
Ghosts
Toni
A Friend of Mine
Stelle
Anxiety
Sofia
The Black Brothers
Giorgios Mutter
Brownian Movement
Psychiatrist
Cronofobia
Anna Martini
The Investigation
Zeugin 17
Meanwhile on Earth
Sidonie
Homevideo
Vera
Last Dance
Carole
7 Minutes
Micaela
The Chronicles of Melanie
Melanie
Sicilian Ghost Story
Madre di Luna
How I Taught Myself to Be a Child
Emma Silberstein
Friends of Friends
Billie
Color of the Ocean
Nathalie
Those Who Work
Valentine
The Girl and the Spider
Karen
Kill Daddy Good Night
Mimi
Breakaway
Mère de Karine
The Free Will
Nettie
Human Factors
Nina
Formentera
Nina
Cyanide
Pénélope
The New End
Mutter
Transamazonia
Denise
Robber Girls
Cindy
Sunburned
Sophie
Cloud Whispers
Marion
The Drift
Alice Keller
Mutants
Charlotte
A Forgotten Man
Madame Bavaud
Small Fish
Sandy Mischler
After Effect
Rena Yazka
180°
Petra Cipriano
The Days Between
Lynn
Love, Money, Love
Marie
Zen for Nothing
Herself
Irgendwas ist immer
Julia Liebermann
Little Paradise
Annegret
Flug in die Nacht - Das Unglück von Überlingen
Marita Lenders
Thunder
La Mère
Nebenwirkungen
Claudia Keller
Chaos and Silence
Klara
St. Francis Birds Tour
Dreamgirl
The Courageous
Sandrine
Roll the Drum!
Marie-Thérèse
Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe
Mother Annette
Wildcats
Nathalie Roduit
The Tears Thing
Sacha
Bis ans Ende der Träume
Katharina von Arx
Electric Fields
Zahorí
Exit Oerlikon
Ronja
Sarah Plays a Werewolf
Drama Class Teacher
Karigula - Monster der Liebe
Karla
Analysis Paralysis
Voice
Sugar Orange
Lena
Pepperminta
Edna
Das Ächzen der Asche
Dinosaures
Violet
Nadja
Ailleurs
Sibylle
Flanke ins All
Claudia
