Katja Weitzenböck
Katja Weitzenböck (born June 10, 1967 in Tokyo ) is an Austrian actress living in Germany .
Life and accomplishments
Weitzenböck was born in Tokyo and the daughter of an engineer couple grew up in Erlangen . After graduating from high school, she actually wanted to earn money for her studies on a cattle farm in the Australian outback . Instead, she became an internationally sought-after model in New York , u. a. for Eileen Ford and Ford Models .
Weitzenböck then completed her acting training in Paris at the Franco-Américaine Cinéma et Théâtre (FACT) with Sarah Eigermann, Edwin Gerard and John Strasberg. From 1991 to 1993 she trained in dance with Karin Waehner at the Schola Cantorum Paris. Following her training, theater engagements in France (Paris) and Germany followed.
She played leading roles in, among others, Josef Rödl's Shalom, my love (ARD), Jean-Jacques Kahn's Chacun son Tour (FRANCE 2 Paris), Axel de Roches The Murderer in My House (SAT.1), Gabriel Barylli's Affair in Death ( SAT.1), Bernhard Stephans A Man for Certain Seconds (ZDF) and The Deception (ZDF).
Weitzenböck speaks English (2nd mother tongue) as well as French and Italian, and she also speaks the Franconian dialect.
She is also known to television viewers through appearances in commercials for Vorwerk . In it she played a housewife who presented herself with the words: "I run a very successful small family business."
Katja Weitzenböck was in a relationship with the author and director Torsten Schulz . She lives in Berlin with their two children.
Filmography
Television (selection)
- 1992: Le Bonheur est dans les Près, directed by J. Larmoyer
- 1994: Novacek - La Star de Babelsberg, director: P. Goedel
- 1995: Stockinger - Death in Bad Gastein, director: B. Fürneisen
- 1995–1997: Stadtklinik , directed by R. Klingenfuss, M. Novack
- 1996: Everything but Murder - Blondes Gift, directed by M. Rowitz
- 1996: Affair in Death, Director: G. Barylli
- 1997: The murderer in my house, directed by A. de Roche
- 1997: Chacun son Tour (F), director: J.-J. Boat
- 1997: Tatort - Blood Dogs , directed by P. Schulze-Rohr
- 1997: Shalom, my love (two-parter), director: J. Rödl
- 1998: Die Cleveren - Die Jagd, directed by A. de Roche
- 1998: Amor, directed by H. Barthel
- 1998: A man for a few seconds, directed by B.Stephan
- 1998: A man for all cases - a very common homicide, director: E. Keusch
- 1999: The murderer in you, director: P. Patzak
- 1999: The Bird of Paradise (two-part), director: P. Deutsch
- 1999: My Father's Castle, Director: K. Hattop
- 1999: Tatort - Curse of the Amber Room , Director: H.-W. Honors
- 1999–2001: SK Kölsch
- 2000: Alarm for Cobra 11 - rabbit and hedgehog
- 2000: Tattoo, directed by C. Faudon
- 2000: The Last Witness - Three Days and One Night, Director: B. Stephan
- 2000: Siska - Catwalk into Verderben, Director: V. Glowna
- 2000: The dream ship - New Zealand
- 2001: The Investigator - The Last Call, Director: P. Fratzscher
- 2001: Edel & Starck - A completely normal bull, role: Britta Martinek
- 2001: Club of Dreams - Yucatan, Director: B. Kürten
- 2002: Snowman seeks snow woman , director: M. Serafini
- 2002: Liebe zartbitter, director: M. Kreihsl
- 2003: Heiress with a heart, director: H. Barthel
- 2003: Voices II, directed by R. Matsutani
- 2003: The colors of love, directed by Z. Spirandelli
- 2003: The Albertis, directed by M. Tiefenbacher
- 2003: Amundsen the Penguin , directed by St. Manuel
- 2003: Tatort - Mietsache , director: D. Helfer
- 2003: Inspector role - death of a model, director: Z.Spirandelli
- 2004: The Last Witness - The Woman Without a Conscience, Director: B. Stephan
- 2004: The Albertis, directed by M. Tiefenbacher
- 2005: Siska - First comes fear
- 2005: Beyond the Ocean, director: S. Bartmann
- 2005: In the Nets of Love, directed by J. Delbridge
- 2005: The Deception, Director: M. Steinke
- 2006: Stolberg , director: P. Keglevic
- 2006: Don't be afraid, directed by C. Balthasar
- 2006: The old man - murder is no solution, director: H. Griesmayer
- 2006: Robin Pilcher - Beyond the Ocean
- 2007: To Tuscany and Back, Director: Imogen Kimmel
- 2007: Love at third sight , director: Helmut Metzger
- 2007: Sommerwellen, director: Dieter Kehler
- 2007: The Flowers of Longing Direction: M. Karen
- 2008: In the valley of the wild roses - test of the heart
- 2008: Death from the Deep , Director: Hans Horn
- 2008: The time we call life , director: S. von Wietersheim
- 2009: Der Bergdoktor - series special, directed by Axel de Roche
- 2009: My crazy family, director: Christiane Balthasar
- 2009: Inga Lindström - Mia and her sisters
- 2010: My family is killing me! , Director: Christiane Balthasar
- 2010: Das Traumschiff - Panama, director: K. Meeder
- 2010: Rosamunde Pilcher - questions of the heart, director: Stefan Bartmann
- 2011: Wild waves - nothing remains hidden , director: Ulli Baumann
- 2011: Angel of Justice
- 2011: Rosamunde Pilcher - questions from the heart
- 2011: All the time in the world , director: Andrea Katzenberger
- 2012: The dream ship - Bali
- 2012: It's getting even bigger - the dance competition
- 2012: Angels of Justice - Brothers for Life
- 2013: Paul Kemp - No problem at all
- 2013: Angel of Justice - doctor botch
- 2013: Angel of Justice - Bounty
- 2014: Coast Guard - Curse of Truth
- 2015: Rosamunde Pilcher - One kiss
- 2015: Angel of Justice - Money or Life
- 2015: Our dream of Canada: everything at the beginning
- 2016: A case for two (2014) Episode: Glamourgirl
- 2016: A strong team - deadly message
- 2017: A summer in Prague
- 2017: Bella Block: Still Waters
- 2018: Under suspicion - classified
- 2018: Inga Lindström - The bride from the Götakanal
- 2019: SOKO Munich - fatal error
- 2019: Betty's diagnosis - by a hair's breadth
- 2019: Gipfelstürmer - Das Berginternat , film series, 4 episodes
- 2020: Room with stable - fire under the roof
Cinema (selection)
- 1992: Les Visiteurs (F), director: J.-M. Poiré
- 1992: Toxic Affair (F), directed by P. Esposito
- 1994: Un India dans la ville (F), director: H. Palud
- 1995: Der Steuermann (short film), director: S. Schneider
- 2001: Born, directed by R. Schindel, L. Stepanik
- 2004: Mutterseelenallein, director: B. Böhlich
Theater (selection)
- 1993: A la Vie (F), FACT Paris, directed by S. Eigermann
- 1993: On a secret mission, Little Comedy Nuremberg, director: M. Rassau
- 1994: Don Gil from the green pants, Heppenheim Festival , director: J. Nola
- 1995: The Imaginary Sick, Heppenheim Festival, director: J. Nola
- 1998: The Taming of the Shrew, Dreieichenhain Castle Festival, director: V. Schubert
- 2013: Pairings, comedy on Kurfürstendamm (Berlin) , director: Bettina Rehm
- 2015: Auf Messers Schneide (Cancun), Schloßpark-Theater (Berlin) , director: Folke Braband
Web links
- Katja Weitzenböck in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Katja Weitzenböck at filmportal.de
- Official website
- Agency profile at Management Goldschmidt, accessed on August 5, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Katja Weitzenböck - Commercials. (No longer available online.) In: "Katja Weitzenböck" (official website). 2009, archived from the original on December 31, 2010 ; Retrieved December 26, 2010 .
- ↑ "Modeling wasn't what I wanted" . In: Berliner Morgenpost . March 14, 2012, accessed April 9, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weitzenböck, Katja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo , Japan |