Iris Artajo

Iris Martín-Artajo von Petersdorff Kwaśniewski (* 1962 ) is a German actress , director and author .

Life

Iris Artajo, daughter of the Spanish diplomat, anarchist and writer José Ignacio Martín-Artajo (son of the Spanish Foreign Minister Alberto Martín Artajo ) and the German psychoanalyst and author Christa von Petersdorff , grew up in different countries and languages. After completing the French Abitur in Paris, she completed an acting training at the Paris drama school Cours Simon as well as with Wolfgang Wermelskirch and Erika Dannhoff in Berlin. She received her vocal training from Hannelore Nargorsen in Paris and Gunther Wilhelms in Berlin. She made her state acting degree in 1986.

She then appeared at various Berlin theaters (including the Renaissance Theater, Theater am Kurfürstendamm, Tribune) and worked with directors such as Andrzej Wajda and Giorgio Strehler . Since 1991 she has directed various theater productions herself. In 1998 she founded the theater group Las Tres Lolas (later renamed Artres ), with which she appeared in Berlin and for guest performances throughout Germany.

Iris Artajo has voiced her voice as a voice actress, including Justina Machado , Rosalind Chao , Lauren Vélez , Stefania Sandrelli , Mira Sorvino , Juliette Binoche , Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz . She also works as a speaker for television and radio programs as well as radio plays and audio books.

As a lecturer in acting, she teaches at the Berlin musical school.

Her sons Nicolás and Maximilian Artajo are also active as actors and voice actors.

Theater productions since 1991 (selection)

• Eugene Ionesco's lesson
• Miss Julie by August Strindberg
• The Cassernower by Julie Schrader
• Las Tres Lolas in search of Federico Garcia Lorca
• Tales from the shadowy world by Edgar Allan Poe
• Indignant speeches, indignant women Christine Brückner
• Yevgeny Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
• Restlessness of the heart of Stefan Zweig
• Closed society of Jean Paul Sartre
• In his garden, Don Perlimplín loves Bellsa by Federico Garcia Lorca
• November fog, scary stories from France
• Delicacies from Maurice Renard
• Erlkönig's daughters, a musical and literary ballad
• Luz de Luna, tangos, boleros and coplas for moonstruck people, night owls and stranded people with texts by Jorge Luis Borges

Dubbing direction since 1995 (selection)

movie theater

• 2016: Tini: Violetta's Future
• 2014: Difret - The girl Hirut
• 2013: Friends from France
• 2011: Mad Circus (Balada Triste de Trompeta)

Feature films

• 2018: Shock waves: The Mathieu case (ARTE)
• 2018: Shock waves: Escape to the mountains (ARTE)
• 2018: Que baje dios y lo vea (Netflix)
• 2018: Four Seasons in Havana (4 Netflix films)
• 2016: The Swap (Disney)
• 2015: Return to Sender
• 2012: McKenna Shoots to the Stars
• 2011: Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
• 2011: Fertile Ground
• 2011: Rougin Z
• 2011: Timecrimes
• 2010: The Little Engine That Could
• 2010: Arctic Predator
• 2010: Hierro
• 2009: The Merry Gentleman
• 2008: Mostly Ghostly
• 2008: Frontieres
• 2007: Bad Cops
• 2007: Sid and Nancy
• 1995: Sid and Nancy

Series

• 2018: La Forêt - The Forest - (Netflix 6 episodes)
• 2016-2018: Once - Elf - (Disney 160 episodes)
• 2017: Signos (Amazon 12 episodes)
• 2014-2016: Violetta (Disney 240 episodes)
• 2011–2012: Chromium (13 episodes)
• 2011: Waybuloo (pilot)
• 2010: Le Monde de Pahé - Die Supererkumpel - (Super RTL 75 episodes)
• 2009–2012: Handy Manny (Spanish director; Disney)

Synchronous rollers (selection)

Movies

• 1992: For Donna Reed in The Skinny Man's Shadow as Molly
• 1996: For Juliette Binoche in A Couch in New York as Beatrice Saulnier
• 1996: For Salma Hayek in Fled - escape according to plan as Cora
• 2000: For Carmen Aguirre in Best in Show as a maid
• 2003: For Linda Ipanema in Once Upon a Time in America as Sister Thompson
• 2004: For Alanna Ubach in My Wife, Her In-Laws and I as Isabel Villalobos
• 2009: For Carla Jimenez in Miss March as Nurse Juanita
• 2010: For Christiane Amanpour in Iron Man 2 as Christiane Amanpour
• 2011: For Constance Marie in Puss in Boots as Imelda
• 2011: For Sofía Vergara in The Smurfs as Odile
• 2013: For Rosie Perez in The Counselor as Ruth
• 2020: For Marlene Forte in Knives Out - Murder is a family matter as Marta's mother

Series

• 1994–2000: For Rosalind Chao in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Keiko O'Brien
• 2004–2007: For Justina Machado in Six Feet Under - People always die as Vanessa Diaz
• 2004–2007: For Rosalind Chao in OC, California as Dr. Kim
• 2008-2013: For Lauren Vélez in Dexter as Lt. Maria Laguerta
• 2009: For Danay García in Prison Break as Sofia Lugo
• 2009, 2013: For Salma Hayek in 30 Rock as Elisa
• 2009-2013: For Claire Rushbrook in Whitechapel as Dr. Llewellyn
• 2012: For Justina Machado at Three Rivers Medical Center as Pam Acosta
• since 2013: For Elizabeth Rodriguez in Orange Is the New Black as Aleida Diaz

Web links

• Iris Artajo in the German synchronous file
• Iris Artajo in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Iris Artajo - Acting, role studies at ballettcentrum-berlin.de, accessed on February 8, 2013