Elisa Schlott

Actor

Elisa Schlott, born on February 7, 1994, in Berlin, is an award-winning German actress. As a teenager, she appeared in television productions such as Das Geheimnis von St. Ambrose (The Secret of St. Ambrose) and Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (The Woman from Checkpoint Charlie). In the 2009 cinema drama Draußen am See (Out by the Lake), she received the German Film Award for Best Young Actress. In 2015, she attracted considerable attention with her impressive portrayal of a drug-addicted young woman in the Kiel episode of Tatort, which earned her the Günter Strack Prize for Best Young Actress in 2015. In 2017, she took on the lead role in Fremde Tochter, which was awarded the Golden Beaver at the Biberach Film Festival. In the feature film GOLIATH96 (2019, directed by Marcus Richardt), Schlott plays Fiona. The film tells the story of a single mother who tries to reconnect with her son, who has been holed up in his room for two years, via an anonymous online forum. Schlott plays the son's former classmate, who acts as a link between mother and son – a central role in this sensitively directed family drama. Elisa Schlott has also appeared in other feature films such as Limbo (2019), Narcissus and Goldmund (2020) and The Tasters (2025). She made a name for herself on television in the ARD four-part series Unsere wunderbaren Jahre (2020, 2023), in which she played the role of factory owner's daughter Ulla Wolf. In the Netflix series Die Kaiserin (2022), she played the Bavarian princess Helene, followed in 2024 by the thriller miniseries Informant – Angst über der Stadt as BKA officer Holly Valentin. Elisa Schlott impresses with her sensitive acting, her choice of roles in multi-layered dramas, and her training at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater. She is considered one of the most promising talents on the young German film scene.

Films on Sooner

Goliath96

2018

109 mins

Drama

Kristin hasn't spoken to her son David in two years, even though they both live under the same roof.