Constanze Becker
Constanze Becker (born May 16, 1978 in Lübeck ) is a German actress .
Life
Constanze Becker grew up in an old farmhouse near Lübeck. Her mother ran an antique shop, her father was a commercial artist. With her mother she often visited the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, including at least 40 times The Black Rider by Robert Wilson . At the age of 15 she got her first role in the youth theater project Fear of the Pogrom . She discovered her preference for tragic female roles, for which she later became known in German theaters.
Becker graduated from the Ernestinenschule in 1997 . She completed an acting degree at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art in Berlin . The film director Andres Veiel documented her training as well as that of three other drama students in his 2003 documentary Die Spielwütigen . After graduating, Becker was first a member of the ensemble at the Schauspiel Leipzig and then at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus . In Düsseldorf she worked for the first time with the director Jürgen Gosch .
In 2006 she moved to the Deutsche Theater Berlin , where she took on the first role of Clytaimnestra in the Oresty of Aeschylus , directed by Michael Thalheimer . In 2007 this production was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen . In the 2007/2008 season, Constanze Becker appeared in two other award-winning productions of the Deutsches Theater, in Gerhart Hauptmann's Die Ratten as Mrs. John again directed by Michael Thalheimer and in Uncle Wanja directed by Jürgen Gosch.
The production Die Ratten was awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize in 2008 and that of Uncle Vanya as “Production of the Year” by Theater heute ; both productions were invited to the 2008 Theatertreffen Berlin. In addition, Constanze Becker was nominated for the Faust Theater Prize in 2008 for her role as Mrs. John in Die Ratten .
In the 2009/10 season she moved to the Schauspiel Frankfurt . In 2013 she made her debut as a director there with Marieluise Fleißer's Purgatory in Ingolstadt . She has been part of the Berliner Ensemble since the 2017/2018 season .
Awards
- 2005 - Sponsorship award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists in the theater division
- 2008 - Actress of the year at Theater heute for her role as Jelena Andrejewna in Uncle Wanja ( Jens Harzer and Ulrich Matthes were also named Actors of the Year by the ensemble of the Uncle Wanja production .)
- 2012 - Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring for the role of Medea in Michael Thalheimer's production
- 2013 - German Theater Prize Der Faust in the category Actor Drama for her title role in Medea in the production by Michael Thalheimer
Stage plays (selection)
As an actress
- 2001: Demons - Lars Norén , director: Markus Dietz. Schauspielhaus Leipzig
- 2001: It's a shame she was a whore - John Ford (Annabella), director: Markus Dietz. Schauspielhaus Leipzig
- 2002: Maria Stuart - Friedrich Schiller (Elisabeth), director: Karin Henkel . Schauspielhaus Leipzig
- 2002: House and Garden - Alan Ayckbourn (Lucille Cadeau), directed by Wolfgang Engel . Schauspielhaus Leipzig
- 2002: Krach in Chiozza - Carlo Goldoni (Lucietta), director: Wolfgang Engel. Schauspielhaus Leipzig
- 2003: Shockheaded Peter ( Struwwelpeter ) - Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch, directed by Ulrich Hüni. Schauspielhaus Leipzig
- 2004: Summer Guests - Maxim Gorki (Warwara), director: Jürgen Gosch. Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
- 2005: The Cherry Orchard - Anton Chekhov (Varya), directed by Anna Badora . Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
- 2005: The cat on a hot tin roof - Tennessee Williams (Maggie), director: Burkhard C. Kosminski . Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
- 2005: Solaris - Stanislaw Lem (Harey), directed by Krystian Lupa . Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
- 2005: Orpheus Illegal - Jurij Andruchowytsch , director: Anna Badora. Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
- 2006: The Oresty - Aeschylus (Klytaimestra), directed by Michael Thalheimer. German Theater Berlin
- 2006: The trip to Bugulma - Jáchym Topol (Karla), director: Gustav Rueb . Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
- 2007: Don Karlos - Friedrich Schiller (Princess of Eboli), director: Nicolas Stemann . German Theater Berlin
- 2007: The Rats - Gerhart Hauptmann (Mrs. John); Director: Michael Thalheimer. German Theater Berlin
- 2007: The Man Without Qualities - Robert Musil (Clarisse); Director: Oliver Reese . German Theater Berlin
- 2008: Uncle Wanja - Anton Chekhov (Jelena Andrejewna), director: Jürgen Gosch. German Theater Berlin
- 2008: Mirandolina - Carlo Goldoni (Mirandolina), director: Ernst Stötzner . German Theater Berlin
- 2008: Pornography - Simon Stephens , director: Christoph Mehler . German Theater Berlin
- 2008: Ritter, Dene, Voss - Thomas Bernhard (Ritter), director: Oliver Reese. German Theater Berlin
- 2009: Dangerous Liaisons - Christopher Hampton (Marquise de Merteuil), directed by Karin Henkel . German Theater Berlin
- 2009: Hedda Gabler - Henrik Ibsen (Hedda), director: Alice Buddeberg , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2009: Oedipus / Antigone - Sophocles , director: Michael Thalheimer, Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2009: Stories from the Vienna Woods - Ödön von Horváth (Valerie), director: Günter Krämer , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2010: Lulu - Frank Wedekind (Countess von Geschwitz), director: Stephan Kimmig , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2010: King Lear - William Shakespeare (Cordelia / Narr), director: Günter Krämer, Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2011: Socialist actors are more difficult to convince of the idea of a director, director: René Pollesch , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2012: Liebesspiel - Lars Norén, director: Alexander Frank , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2012: Medea - Euripides , director: Michael Thalheimer, Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2012: Faust II - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( Mephisto ), director: Günter Krämer , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2012: We love and know nothing - Moritz Rinke (Magdalena Hansen), director: Oliver Reese , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2013: The Nibelungs - Friedrich Hebbel (Brunhilde), director: Jorinde Dröse , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2013: Die Geierwally - based on Wilhelmine von Hillern (Geierwally), director: Johanna Wehner , Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2014: Angst - based on Stefan Zweig , directed by Johanna Wehner, Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2014: Silent Noise - A project about Sylvia Plath by Laura Linnenbaum, director: Laura Linnenbaum, Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2015: TWO PM - Falk Richter , Director: Falk Richter, Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2015: Macbeth - William Shakespeare , director: Dave St-Pierre, Schauspiel Frankfurt
- 2016: Safe Places , director: Falk Richter, Schauspiel Frankfurt
As a director
- 2013: Purgatory in Ingolstadt - Marieluise Fleißer, Schauspiel Frankfurt
Movie and TV
- 2004: Die Spielwütigen (documentary), director: Andres Veiel
- 2007: A late girl (TV film), director: Hendrik Handloegten
- 2009: Same Same But Different , director: Detlev Buck
- 2011: Lisas Fluch (TV thriller), director: Petra K. Wagner
Radio plays
- 2012: Urs Widmer : The End of Money - Director: Ulrich Lampen (radio play - HR )
Web links
- Profile at her acting agency
- Constanze Becker has become obsessed with gambling. Interview with rp online, May 28, 2004
- Between everyday life and the abyss. Portrait on Deutschlandradio Kultur, May 15, 2007
- The icequeen. Stuttgarter Nachrichten of August 29, 2008
- Mother's love flash frozen. Der Spiegel, April 11, 2012, on Medea and Constanze Becker
Individual evidence
- ↑ Verena Mayer: Constanze Becker. Retrieved August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Jutta Kähler: From Lübeck into the world: Constanze Becker. In: Lübeckische Blätter 183 (2018), p. 128f ( digitized version )
- ↑ buhnenverein.de
- ↑ Constanze Becker at the Schauspiel Frankfurt ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 24, 2012
- ↑ Constanze Becker | berlin ensemble. Retrieved August 8, 2020 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Becker, Constanze |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |