Electric machine (10), in particular for adjusting movable parts in a motor vehicle, having a stator housing (22) which accommodates a stator (12) and a rotor (14), wherein the rotor (14) has a rotor shaft (16), and the stator housing (22) has an axial opening (24) through which the rotor shaft (16) projects out of the stator housing (22), wherein an electrically conductive shielding plate (29) is arranged transverse to the rotor shaft (16) and substantially covers the entire opening (24), and an electrically conductive sliding contact (77), which is electrically conductively connected to the shielding plate (29), is formed on the rotor shaft (16).