Jeanette Spassova
Jeanette Spassova ( Bulgarian Жанет Спасова , born January 27, 1962 in Plovdiv , Bulgaria ) is a German actress of Bulgarian- Armenian origin.
life and work
The daughter of actor and theater manager Vassil Spassov and his wife Teresa Azaryan, sister of director Krikor Azaryan, grew up in Sofia . There she graduated from the German-speaking Galabow-Gymnasium and studied acting at the National Academy for Theater and Film Arts "Krastjo Sarafow" . During her studies Spassova met the writer and director Ivan Stanev. She was one of the founding members of his first theater group and developed with him an independent theatrical language, which caused a lot of excitement at the censorship authority in the then Eastern Bloc state of Bulgaria and which temporarily banned Stanev from working.
In 1987 Spassova took up an engagement at the Sofia State Theater, where she made her debut in the role of Marie in Stanev's production, Die Wunde Woyzeck . In 1988, Heiner Müller invited the production to West Berlin . After the guest appearance at the Heiner-Müller factory show , Stanev did not return to Bulgaria. In 1989 he invited Spassova to Munich , where she took on the leading role in Stanev's collage Betrogen / Gestern after a sunny afternoon at the Munich studio theater .
In 1990 Jeanette Spassova moved to Berlin , founded a free international theater group with Stanev and first appeared in the Hebbel Theater and Podewil .
In 1996 she was engaged at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz and worked in numerous productions by Frank Castorf , Christoph Marthaler , Penelope Wehrli and others until 2000 . a. With. Spassova then worked as a freelance actress in Basel ( Theater Basel ), Munich ( Münchner Kammerspiele ), Salzburg ( Salzburg Festival ) and continued her collaboration with Ivan Stanev and his ensemble in Berlin and France.
In 2004 she returned to the Berliner Volksbühne, where she remained as a permanent member of the ensemble until 2017.
In addition to working at the theater, Spassova has appeared in many radio plays and audio books.
As a film actress, she was first seen in Tom Toelles Bismarck , in Stanev's Villa dei Misteri and Luxor Las Vegas, and in Castorf's Demons and The Idiot .
In 2012 Spassova took on the lead role in the Bulgarian film Az sum Ti (English I am You ) and has received several awards for her portrayal. In 2013 the film Az sum Ti was shown in competition at the 16th Shanghai Film Festival.
Theater works (selection)
- 1989: Cheated / Yesterday on a Sunny Afternoon by Pinter / Müller - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 1990: Guilt and Stage by Ivan Stanev - Directed by Ivan Stanev
- 1991: Hermaphroditus by Ivan Stanev - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 1992: Little Brother and Sister of Ivan Stanev - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 1993: The mother of Witkiewitch - Director: Peter Statesmann
- 1995: Chekhov's Seagull - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 1996: Sorokin's Honeymoon - Director: Frank Castorf
- 1996: Anne Sexton - Director: Penelope .Wehrli
- 1997: The Devil's General by Carl Zuckmayer - Director: Frank Castorf
- 1998: Speaking / Silence according to Ionesco, Wittgenstein - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 1998: Good night, Ladies after Shakespeare - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 1999: Don Juan in the Kumpelnest 2000 by Ivan Stanev - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 1999: Demons of Dostoevsky - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2000: Le Bleu du ciel by George Bataille - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 2001: Humiliated and Offended by Dostoyevsky - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2001: Macbeth from Shakespeare - Directed by Calixto Bieito
- 2001: Faith, Love, Hope by Horváth - Director: Albrecht Hirche
- 2002: The Idiot of Dostoevsky - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2002: Luxor Las Vegas by Ivan Stanev - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 2004: Cocaine by Pitigrilli - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2004: My Snow Queen by Andersen - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2004: Hollywood Forever by Ivan Stanev - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 2005: Dostoyevsky's Guilt and Atonement - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2006: In the Thicket of Cities by Brecht - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2007: De Frau - Director: Jonathan Meese
- 2008: Measure / Mauser by Brecht, Müller - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2008: Kean von Dumas - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2009: Murder in the Burgtheater by Ivan Stanev - Director: Ivan Stanev
- 2010: To Moscow, to Moscow by Chekhov - Director: Frank Castorf
- 2012: Fucking Liberty by Ulli Lommel - Director: Ulli Lommel
- 2014: "Please ring TOTLEBEN" - text, director: Ivan Stanev
- 2015: "Kaputt" by Malaparte - directed by Frank: Castorf
- 2015: "Incineration" by Wajdi Mouawad - Director: Carolin Mylord
- 2016: "Locus Solus" by Raymond Roussel - Director: Christof Garbaczewski
- 2017: "Die Reise nach Petuschki" by Wenedikt Jerofeev, Volksbühne Berlin - director: S.Klink
- 2017: "Scherzo di Follia", free theater production Berlin - text and direction: Ivan Stanev
- 2017: The Milieu of the Dead , voice, production: Mobile Academy, Theater der Welt
- 2018: Liberté , Volksbühne Berlin; Text, director: Albert Serra
- 2018: Place Fantôme , Capital Culture Fund Berlin; Text, director: Ivan Stanev
Radio plays and audio books
- "Solea" by Izzo - Director: Ulrich Gerhardt, DLR Kultur 2003
- "Two very serious ladies" by Bowles - director: Heike Tauch, DLR Kultur, 2005
- "Mosaik" by Beyer - Director: Klaus Buhlert, HR / DLF 2005, Radio Play of the Month November 2005, Radio Play of the Year 2005
- "Still life in a ditch" by Paradino - directed by Steffen Moratz, MDR, 2006
- "Urfaust" by Goethe - director: Leonhard Koppelmann, audio book Argon Verlag, 2007
- "A short history of the tractor in Ukrainian" by Levicka - Director: Oliver Sturm, MDR Figaro
- "Schöne Aussicht" by Röhrig - Director: Götz Fritsch, MDR 2008
- "A hero of our time" by Lermontow, directed by Oliver Sturm, HR / SWR / DLF 2008
- "The Man Without Qualities" by Robert Musil - Director: Klaus Buhlert, BR
- "Der Schlafwandler" by Hermann Broch - Director: Klaus Buhlert, BR
- "Der Process" by Franz Kafka - Director: Klaus Buhlert, BR 2011, radio play of the month December, 2010
- "Gala event" by David Mairowitz - directed by David Mairowitz, RBB 2016
- "The End of the Parades" by Ford Madox Ford - Director: Klaus Buhlert, BR 2017
Filmography (selection)
- Bismarck - Director: Tom Toelle
- "Villa dei Misteri" - book, director: Ivan Stanev
- "Luxor Las Vegas" - book, directed by Ivan Stanev
- "Demons" by Dostoevsky - Director: Frank Castorf, 2000
- "The Idiot" by Dostoevsky - Director: Frank Castorf, 2002
- "Az sum ti" ("I am You") - directed by Petar Popzlatev, 2012
- "Moghen Paris" - directed by Katharina Copony, 2016
- " Scouts of Peace " - Robert Thalheim, 2017
Awards
- Golden Rose (Zlatna Rosa), Varna 2012
- Bulgarian Film Academy, Best Actress 2012
Web links
- Jeanette Spassova in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kerstin Decker: A land where oranges bloomed , Der Tagesspiegel from April 23, 2005
- PLACE FANTÔME , La Castiglione: Jeanette Spassova. Written and Directed by Ivan Stanev
Individual evidence
- ^ "Theater heute, 9/88"
- ↑ Totentanz der Emotions , Münchner Abendzeitung, May 11, 1989
- ↑ Eastern European Sphynx , Münchner Merkur, 1989
- ↑ 16th Shanghai International Film Festival: Nominees ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Peter Laudenbach: Never Say Nile , Der Tagesspiegel, November 28, 2002
- ↑ The process in the DNB catalog
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spassova, Jeanette |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Спасова, Жанет (Bulgarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress of Bulgarian-Armenian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plovdiv , Bulgaria |