
Also known as: Sabine Hagenbüchle
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).
Acting
March 25, 1975
51 years old
Bern, Switzerland
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Transamazonia
Denise

Chaos and Silence
Klara

The Courageous
Sandrine

Dinosaures

Electric Fields

Meanwhile on Earth
Sidonie

Karigula - Monster der Liebe
Karla

The Investigation
Zeugin 17

Violet
Nadja

Bodkin
Annika

Last Dance
Carole

Breakaway
Mère de Karine

Anxiety
Sofia

A Forgotten Man
Madame Bavaud

Ailleurs
Sibylle

The Gryphon
Petra

Thunder
La Mère

Human Factors
Nina

Zahorí

Riesending - Jede Stunde zählt
Raffaela Pardeller

The Girl and the Spider
Karen

Borowski und der gute Mensch
Teresa Weinberger

Echos
Magdalena Kaltbrunner

Cronofobia
Anna Martini

How I Taught Myself to Be a Child
Emma Silberstein

The Tears Thing
Sacha

Roll the Drum!
Marie-Thérèse

Sunburned
Sophie

The Collini Case
Waffenexpertin

My Brother’s Name Is Robert and He Is an Idiot
Co-Writer

Those Who Work
Valentine

The New End
Mutter

Cloud Whispers
Marion

Matti and Sami and the Three Biggest Mistakes in the Universe
Mother Annette

Das Ächzen der Asche

Bis ans Ende der Träume
Katharina von Arx

Don't Tell Me You Can't Sing
Director

Don't Tell Me You Can't Sing
Writer

Sarah Plays a Werewolf
Drama Class Teacher

Sicilian Ghost Story
Madre di Luna

Wildcats
Nathalie Roduit

Center of My World
Glass

Zen for Nothing
Herself

The Chronicles of Melanie
Melanie

7 Minutes
Micaela

Analysis Paralysis
Voice

Deadly Leaks
Clara Holthaus

Zen for Nothing
Writer

The Drift
Alice Keller

Exit Oerlikon
Ronja

Futuro Beach
Heiko's Wife

The Wonders
Cocò

The Black Brothers
Giorgios Mutter

Cyanide
Pénélope

Color of the Ocean
Nathalie

Formentera
Nina

Homevideo
Vera

Brownian Movement
Psychiatrist

180°
Petra Cipriano

Little Paradise
Annegret

Pepperminta
Edna

Flug in die Nacht - Das Unglück von Überlingen
Marita Lenders

Kill Daddy Good Night
Mimi

Robber Girls
Cindy

Nebenwirkungen
Claudia Keller

After Effect
Rena Yazka

Small Fish
Sandy Mischler

A Friend of Mine
Stelle

The Free Will
Nettie
Flanke ins All
Claudia

Ghosts
Toni

St. Francis Birds Tour
Dreamgirl
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Self

Sugar Orange
Lena

Irgendwas ist immer
Julia Liebermann

Friends of Friends
Billie
Mutants
Charlotte

The Days Between
Lynn

Love, Money, Love
Marie

Schimanski
Niki

Scene of the Crime
Teresa Weinberger
Grimme Award
Self
German Film Award
Self