Iris Berben

Iris Berben
Berben at Lit. Cologne Literature Festival (2007).
Born	(1950-08-12) 12 August 1950 (age 66) Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupation	actress
Years active	1968–present
Partner(s)	Gabriel Lewy (1974–2006) Heiko Kiesow (2007–present)

Iris Berben (born 12 August 1950) is a German actress.

Berben was born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia. She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant. After the Six-day War in 1967 she travelled to Israel, and afterwards became the partner of the Israeli singer Abi Ofarim. Since then she has been associated with the pro-Israel lobby and has campaigned against antisemitism. She had a son, Oliver, in 1971, but never revealed the identity of the father.

In 2010, together with Bruno Ganz, Berben was elected president of the German Film Academy. She served as a SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.