Angela Roy

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Angela Roy (2006)

Angela Roy (born June 24, 1957 in Hamburg ; bourgeois Angela Giesen ) is a German actress and director .

life and career

Angela Roy comes from a family of artists. Her parents were throwing acrobats and traveled the world with a third partner as the Iris Roy Trio . This is why the daughter also kept changing places of residence and residence until she was eleven. According to her own statements, she has a great gift for languages ​​and learned various European languages ​​(including three Scandinavian), of which she still speaks English , French , Italian and Spanish .

Angela Roy graduated from high school in Hamburg . Then she studied ballet , singing and choreography . She completed her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London . She also has a degree as a state-certified translator for English / German. She financed her studies u. a. as a choreographer for Pia Zadora .

As a theater actress, Angela Roy worked first in London and then at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel , the Volkstheater Munich and the Hamburger Kammerspiele . In 1998 she realized the play Play it Again Brecht with her colleague and long-term partner Erich Hallhuber at the Cuvilliés Theater in Munich, their first joint directorial work. Her television career began with roles in the series Two Brothers and Out of the Blue . In 2004, she starred in the, with the German Television Award winning, telefilm Cold Spring by Dominik Graf . From November 2006 to October 2007 she was in the telenovela Rote Rosen in the female lead role of the first season as Petra Jansen . From July to December 2009 she played one of the leading roles in the ARD series Geld.Macht.Liebe , Mona Sailer .

She has a daughter and has lived in her native Hamburg ( Rotherbaum district ) again since 2002 . She is a member of the German Film Academy and of the Federal Association of Film and TV Actors .

Filmography (selection)

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movie theater

  • 1991: L'Ange déchu
  • 1996: forever and ever
  • 2000: Grooved fever
  • 2004: The Invisible One (short film)
  • 2004: Maria to Callas
  • 2005: Carrick Mor (short film)
  • 2020: The wedding

Theater engagements (selection)

Theater programs

  • 1997–2002: Ragout Fin de Siècle - An Erich Kästner evening for adults
  • 2000: When I wrap myself in your voice - A Lotte Lenya / Kurt Weill evening
  • 2001: I belong only to myself - a Marlene Dietrich evening
  • 2009: Barefoot in the Rain - Theater an der Kö
  • 2012: The Harry Belafonte Story - Theater Tour

Directorial work

  • 1998: Play it again Brecht - Cuvilliés-Theater Munich

Web links

Individual evidence

  • Besides those mentioned under web links: Hard work for light fare . Interview in: verde (customer magazine of the drugstore chain Budnikowsky , Ed .: Iwan Budnikowsky GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, June 2007, p. 6f).
personal data
SURNAME Roy, Angela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giesen, Angela (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg