Maresi Riegner

Maresi Riegner at the Viennale 2017

Maresi Riegner (* 1991 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actress .

Life

Maresi Riegner studied acting at the Conservatory Vienna Private University from 2013 (since November 2015 Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna ), she graduated in 2017.

Movie and TV

She made her film debut in 2012 in Endlich Weltendung by director Barbara Gräftner , and in 2013 she appeared in Bad Fucking by Harald Sicherheitsitz . In 2014 she played in Tatort and CopStories , and in the television film Eine Liebe für den Frieden she impersonated Marie von Suttner , the niece of Nobel Peace Prize winner Bertha von Suttner. She had her first leading role in the film drama Uns geht es gut by director Henri Steinmetz , which was released in German cinemas in January 2016. She had another leading role in Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden , where she played Gerti Schiele, Egon Schiele's younger sister. In 2016 she stood in front of the camera for Barbara Albert's film Licht .

In 2020 she was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for the best young actors for her role in Somewhere is also good (director: Christian Werner).

theatre

In October 2016 she played her first leading role at the theater as Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker by William Gibson at Theater im Zentrum , the second venue of the Theater der Jugend, directed by Sandra Cervik . In May 2017 she premiered at the Theater in der Josefstadt as Hedvig in Henrik Ibsen's Die Wildente . In 2018 she made her debut at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt as Cecily in Ernst ist das Leben (Bunbury) and at the Theater an der Wien as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten. In June and July 2018 she appeared again as Cecily Cardew in Ernst ist das Leben (Bunbury) by Elfriede Jelinek based on Oscar Wilde at the Perchtoldsdorf Summer Games, directed by Michael Sturminger .

At the Salzburg Festival she made her debut in 2017 in Kasimir and Karoline in a version by 600 HIGHWAYMEN , 2019, she starred in the summer guests of Maxim Gorky at the side of Marie-Lou Sellem as Marya Lvovna whose daughter Sonja. In October 2019 she made her debut in the Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz of the Vienna Burgtheater as Cissie in the world premiere of How do you hide an elephant? based on the novel The Great Elephant Chase by Gillian Cross .

Awards and nominations

• 2017: Austrian Film Award - nomination in the category Best Female Actress for Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
• 2017: Nestroy Theater Prize - Award in the Best Young Talent category - female for her portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker at the Theater der Jugend and Hedvig in Die Wildente am Theater in der Josefstadt
• 2018: Austrian Film Award - Award in the category Best Female Supporting Role for Light
• 2018: Outstanding Artist Award for Performing Arts
• 2020: Max Ophüls Prize for the best young actors for her role in Sometime is good too

Filmography (selection)

• 2012: The End of the World at Last (directed by Barbara Gräftner )
• 2013: Bad Fucking
• 2013: CopStories - Jössas!
• 2014: Crime scene: Paradise
• 2014: A Love for Peace - Bertha von Suttner and Alfred Nobel (TV film, director: Urs Egger )
• 2015: We are fine
• 2015: Vorstadtweiber (TV series, one episode)
• 2015: SOKO Vienna - Among Sharks
• 2016: Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden
• 2017: light
• 2019: A village is fighting back
• 2020: At some point is also good

Web links

Commons : Maresi Riegner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maresi Riegner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Maresi Riegner at filmportal.de
• Maresi Riegner agency profile
• Maresi Riegner on the website of the Salzburg Festival
• Maresi Riegner on the Burgtheater website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna: Maresi Riegner ( Memento from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 15, 2016.
2. ↑ Acting course at MUK: Graduates . Retrieved November 11, 2017.
3. ^ Newcomer to German-language film: Maresi Riegner ( Memento from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved September 15, 2016.
4. ↑ Noah Saavedra and Maresi Riegner play leading roles in "Egon Schiele" ( Memento from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Article dated August 21, 2015, accessed September 15, 2016.
5. ^ Vienna Film Fund - Light . Retrieved September 15, 2016.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Johannes Maria Schmit wins Max Ophüls Prize for "New Building". In: sr.de. January 25, 2020, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
7. ^ Theater der Jugend: The Miracle Worker ( Memento from February 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved October 13, 2016.
8. ↑ diepresse.com: Highlight: Maresi Riegner . Article dated April 26, 2017, accessed May 4, 2017.
9. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Curtain up for "Bunbury" in the city theater . Article dated February 8, 2018, accessed February 9, 2018.
10. ↑ Summer Games Perchtoldsdorf: Life is serious (Bunbury) ( Memento from June 23, 2018 in the web archive archive.today ). Retrieved June 23, 2018.
11. ↑ Summer guests. Retrieved August 1, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Maresi Riegner. Retrieved August 1, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Two orphans and an elephant on an adventurous escape. In: Kurier.at . October 21, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Nominations for the Austrian Film Prize 2017 . Retrieved December 14, 2016.
15. ^ Upper Austrian news: Nestroy prizes: Felix Hafner and Maresi Riegner best offspring . Article dated November 13, 2017, accessed November 13, 2017.
16. ^ Kurier: Austrian Film Prize: Albert's "Light" the big favorite . Article dated December 6, 2017, accessed December 6, 2017.
17. ↑ Austrian Film Prize 2018: Prize Winner . Accessed January 31, 2018.
18. ↑ Art Minister Gernot Blümel gives outstanding artist awards . OTS announcement of November 20, 2018, accessed November 20, 2018.