Katharina Schmidt (actress)

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Katharina Schmidt (* 1982 in Alma Ata , Soviet Union ) is a German actress .

Life

She grew up in Hamburg. She completed her training from 2002 to 2006 at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig and at the Chemnitz Studio of the Chemnitz Theater . She had festive and guest engagements at the State Theater Stuttgart , the Theater Basel , the Theater Freiburg , the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, the Residenztheater Munich and the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus .

Her theater roles so far have included Luise Millerin in Friedrich Schiller's “ Kabale und Liebe ” directed by Caro Thum, Maria in Ödön von Horváth's “ Glaube Liebe Hoffnung ” directed by Hans Hollmann , and Abigail Williams in Arthur Millers " Hexenjagd " directed by Florentine Klepper, and the oracle in Tim Staffel's "Next Level Parzival" directed by Sebastian Nübling , at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg the Hilde Wangel in Henrik Ibsen's " Baumeister Solneß " directed by Martin Kušej , a nursing home resident in BS Johnson's “Silly Old Fools” directed by Marc von Hennigs, and several roles in Roland Schimmelpfennig's “Der goldene Drache” directed by Klaus Schumacher , Elfi in the premiere of Franz Xaver Kroetz 's “Du have wobbled. Requiem for a dear child ” directed by Anne Lenk , Pauline Piperkarcka in Gerhart Hauptmann's “ Die Weber ” directed by Yannis Houvardas and Barbara in the German premiere of Dennis Kelly's “ Die Götter Weinen ” directed by Dušan David Pařízek as well as Grete in Ernst Toller's “ Hinkemann ” in a production by Miloš Lolić at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in a co-production with the Salzburg Festival .

She also devoted herself to dance theater in PVC Tanz Freiburg Heidelberg at the Freiburg Theater and is a member of the Candlelight Dynamite theater group , with whom she appeared in 2013 at the Studiobühne Cologne in the play The Last Unicorn , directed by Cornelia Schäfer.

In addition to her theater work, she has appeared in supporting roles in television series such as Wilsberg (2008), Der Staatsanwalt (2012) and Unter Verdacht (2014) as well as in the short film "Bumpy Night" (2012).

For her portrayal of Annabella in Sascha Hawemann's production of John Ford's “It's a shame that she was a whore” at the Chemnitz studio, she and Till Wonka were awarded the Couple Prize at the 2005 theater meeting of German-speaking acting students in Frankfurt.

Filmography (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Grund: From Alma-Ata to the Elbe: Katharina Schmidt causes a sensation. Hamburg celebrates great acting talent. In: The world . December 5, 2009.
  2. ↑ Further roles are mentioned in a portrait of Schmidt on kulturserver.de .
  3. ^ Critique of Alfred Schlienger's production in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on December 29, 2007.
  4. ^ Critique of Alfred Schlienger's production in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on April 28, 2008.
  5. ^ Critique of Jürgen Reuss's production in the Badische Zeitung on February 23, 2009.
  6. ↑ Data on the staging on the Basel Theater website.
  7. ^ Critique of Werner Theurich's production (with photo by Schmidt) in Spiegel online from September 18, 2009.
  8. ^ Criticism of the production by Armgard Seegers in the Hamburger Abendblatt from September 27, 2010.
  9. ↑ Critique of the production on nachtkritik.de .
  10. ^ Critique of Ulrich Weinzierl's production in Die Welt from March 19, 2012.
  11. ↑ Data for the production on the website of the Residenztheater.
  12. ↑ Data for the production on the website of the Residenztheater.
  13. ^ Dates of the production on the website of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
  14. ^ Portrait of Schmidt on the Candlelight Dynamite website .
  15. ↑ Information about the piece on the Candlelight Dynamite website .
  16. ↑ Information on staging and awarding of prizes on the website of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater Leipzig.

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Katharina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Alma Ata