Katja Jung

Katja Jung (* 1968 in Bonn ) is a German theater actress .

Life

Katja Jung completed an acting degree at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . During her studies she performed guest roles a. a. at the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, the Theater Potsdam and the Hebbel Theater in Berlin. From 1996 to 2006 she had an engagement at the Theater Basel , where she a. a. in the plays Life a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca , Three Times the Life of Yasmina Reza and Whole Days, Whole Nights by Xavier Durringer .

At the Salzburg Festival 2006 she played in VIKTOR! Happiness is a warm gun based on Roger Vitrac, directed by Barbara Weber. For her role in Jonas Hassen Khemiri's Invasion! Katja Jung was nominated for the Nestroy Theater Prize as best actress in 2009 . Since the 2007/08 season she has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Schauspielhaus Wien .

Theater roles

• 1998: Life a dream / Pedro Calderón de la Barca ( Theater Basel / director: Jürgen Gosch )
• 2000: The Robbers / Friedrich Schiller (Theater Basel / Director: Lars-Ole Walburg)
• 2002: Be nice to Mr. Sloan / Joe Orton (Theater Basel / Director: Michael Thalheimer )
• 2002: Three times life / Yasmina Reza (Theater Basel / director: Barbara Frey )
• 2004: Unobstructed view of the Mediterranean , a stretch of the road through Basel (Director: Dani Levy )
• 2006: Whole days, whole nights / Xavier Durringer (Theater Basel / director: Barbara Bürk)
• 2015: Children of the Sun / Maxim Gorki (Theater Basel / Director: Nora Schlocker )
• 2016: Die Bacchen / Euripides (Theater Basel / director: Robert Borgmann )
• 2016 Locusts / Biljana Srbljanović (Theater Basel / Director: Miloš Lolić)
• 2018 Romulus the Great / Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Theater Basel / Director: Franz-Xaver Mayr)
• 2018 Tartuffe or the Wise Men’s Pig / PeterLicht based on Molière (Theater Basel / Director: Claudia Bauer )
• 2019 Witches Hunt / Arthur Miller (Theater Basel / Director: Robert Icke)

Web links

• Short biography at Theater Basel (accessed May 8, 2019)