Birgit Unterweger
Birgit Unterweger (born August 2, 1976 in Linz , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian actress .
Life
Birgit Unterweger grew up as the daughter of an Austrian entrepreneur and a teacher in Linz. After graduating from high school, Unterweger completed an apprenticeship at the Mozarteum in Salzburg . She gained her first stage experience with a performance of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream as part of the Salzburg Festival . Her first engagement took place from 1997 to 2001 at the German National Theater in Weimar under the direction of Günther Beelitz . From 2000 to 2008 she was engaged at the Schauspiel Dortmund . In the 2007/08 season she was also a guest at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , where she took part in the plays Pornography ( Christoph Mehler ) and The bitter tears of Petra von Kant ( Philipp Preuss ). In summer 2008 she moved to the Schauspiel Leipzig under the direction of Sebastian Hartmann , where she stayed until 2013. In the 2013/14 season she was again a member of the ensemble at the German National Theater in Weimar. She has been a member of the Schauspiel Stuttgart ensemble since the 2014/15 season .
She worked u. a. with the directors Wolfgang Maria Bauer , Michael Gruner , Uwe Hergenröder , Jürgen Kruse , Amelie Niermeyer , Katja Paryla , Georg Schmiedleitner , Herrman Schmidt-Rahmer and Christopher Rüping .
Unterweger has two children and lives with the actor Manuel Harder .
Awards
- 2003 "Young Actress of the Year in North Rhine-Westphalia", for her portrayal of Simone in Che Walker's "Long ago"
Productions (selection)
- Hedda in Hedda Gabler (Ibsen), director: Philipp Preuss
- Title role in Nora (Ibsen), directed by Michael Gruner
- Stella in Stella (Goethe), director: Uwe Hergenröder
- nobody knows 2 or martin kippenberger is not dead (hangover), director: Philipp Preuss
- Lena in The Cold Child (Mayenburg), directed by Roland Schäfer
- You in We are not the end (Carsten Brandau), directed by Manuel Harder
- Simone in the German premiere Lange her (Walker), directed by Heinz Kreidl
- Luise in Kabale und Liebe (Schiller), directed by Matthias Gehrt
- in Peer Gynt (Ibsen), director: Christopher Rüping
Web links
- Birgit Unterweger. In: Schauspiel Stuttgart. Retrieved January 30, 2016 .
- Birgit Unterweger. In: Schauspiel Dortmund. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007 ; accessed on January 30, 2016 .
- Birgit Unterweger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Unterweger, Birgit |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1976 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz , Upper Austria , Austria |