Ulrike Folkerts, born on 14 May 1961 in Kassel, Hesse, Germany, is an actress known for playing police officer Lena Odenthal in the German crime television series Tatort, set in Ludwigshafen.
Folkerts is openly lesbian and competed in the Gay Games 2002 in Sydney, winning silver and bronze medals in the swimming relay and was disqualified in the single competition due to a false start. In July 2004, she won a bronze medal at the EuroGames in Munich. She was the first woman to play Death in Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival in 2005 and 2006. Folkerts lives with her partner Katharina Schnitzler in Berlin.
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