Biografia
Isabelle Mann is a passionate and versatile film and theatre actress. She was born a teachers' daughter in Göttingen, Germany, to Friedlinde (Helweg) and Karlotto Mann. She spent her early years in Wiesbaden, Germany, and was later raised bilingually speaking English and German in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
She studied acting at 'Reduta Acting and Drama School' in Berlin, and graduated in 2002. Her post-graduation career began on stage in Berlin and Bremen, and she has always retained her association with the theatre.
She had her film debut as the lead actress in the horror movie Der Kali Prozess (2003), in which she worked with award-winning film-maker Andreas Marschall.
Isabelle Mann moved to Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2006 where she worked in several theatre productions at the Jewish Arab Theatre and the Susan Dellal Theatre. She worked with Robert Castle at the International Theatre New York from 2009 until 2011, and again in 2024 and 2025.
She was nominated for 'Best Supporting Actress' at the 2015 Maverick Movie Awards, USA, for the multi-award-winning motion picture 37 (2016), in which she worked with the talented director Chris Brügge.
She has starred in the international feature film Hello Au Revoir (2021), directed by Jason Croot, and alongside Tanja Wedhorn in the ARD prime time series Praxis mit Meerblick (2017), directed by Joseph Orr.
In 2021, Isabelle Mann was cast for Germany's most successful long-running series Good Times, Bad Times (1992).
The critically acclaimed arthouse film The Food on the Table (2023), directed by Ismene Daskarolis and featuring Isabelle Mann in the lead role, was screened in 2024 at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival, popularly known as the 'Berlinale'.
In 2024, she played the lead in the short film The Cross, written and produced by Katia Massa. One of the three student scripts chosen to be developed within a film directing short workshop supervised by award-winning filmmaker Tomisin Adepeju, the project concluded with a private crew and student-only screening of the first draft of the movie at London's Close-Up Cinema. Short concluded in may 2026.
Isabelle Mann has studied acting and American acting techniques with some of the most renowned acting coaches of our time, Robert Castle, also known as Rob Berger, and Susan Batson. She continues to broaden her skill set by regularly working with Robert Castle.
Isabelle Mann commutes between London and Berlin.
