Maria Happel

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Maria Happel and Dirk Nocker (2015)

Maria Happel (born October 16, 1962 in Elsenfeld im Spessart ) is a German actress and director .

Life

Maria Happel completed her acting training at the theater school stage studio with Hedi Höpfner in Hamburg. Her career began at the theaters in Bremen (where she also played the role of Édith Piaf ), Cologne and Hanover, before Claus Peymann brought her to the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1991 . In 2000 she followed Claus Peymann to the Berliner Ensemble before returning to the Burgtheater for the 2002/03 season. But she always remained connected to the Berliner Ensemble through regular guest appearances. Happel never allowed himself to be committed to a role subject. She plays both tragic and comic roles with great success.

In addition to acting, Maria Happel also discovered directing for herself. Initially mainly at the Reichenau Festival , later also at the Burgtheater, she staged a few plays herself - and also played some of them herself. Maria Happel is also an accomplished radio play speaker . In 2005 she was honored with the award "Actress of the Year" for her services in this field. Happel is also very well versed musically, she plays the organ and piano and is a trained mezzo-soprano . In 1995 she performed an Edith Piaf recital in the Akademietheater with great success. Since 2015 she can be seen in this role in "Spatz und Engel" in the Burgtheater. She was also seen twice in the “ Threepenny Opera ”: in 1996 as Polly Peachum under the direction of Paulus Manker and in 2006 as Spelunkenjenny under the direction of Klaus-Maria Brandauer .

Maria Happel with Nicholas Ofczarek and Michael Maertens in “ The Affair Rue de Lourcine ” at the Burgtheater , 2015

Happel's theatrical successes are also reflected in the prizes she has been awarded: In 1999 she was awarded the Kainz Medal of the City of Vienna (the predecessor of today's Nestroy Theater Prize) for her portrayal of Irmi in "The Indigenous" and for her interpretation of Franziska honored in " Minna von Barnhelm ". In 2003 she received the Nestroy Theater Prize for Best Actress for her role as Maria Planck in the play "The Life of the Plancks". In 2016 she received the Nestroy Audience Award

Maria Happel has essentially dedicated herself to the theater. In 2010 she starred in the ZDF series Climate Change, directed by Doris Dörrie . In 2018 the first episode of "Dennstein und Schwarz" ran on ORF and ARD

Maria Happel teaches role design at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. In May 2020 she was appointed director of the Reinhardt Seminar after taking over the interim artistic direction alongside Ulrike Sych in March 2020 . Annette Matzke became her deputy.

She is married to her colleague Dirk Nocker . The couple has two daughters and lives in Vienna. Happel is an actress at the Vienna Burgtheater. She was awarded the title of Chamber Actress in October 2016.

In 2013, Happel was at times one of the favorites for the artistic director of the Vienna Volkstheater . At the end of November 2013, however, Anna Badora was chosen as the Volkstheater director.

In 2018 Maria Happel was nominated for a Romy for the role as forensic doctor Franziska Beck in the ORF series SOKO Donau as the most popular actress series / series .

theatre

Burgtheater Vienna

Berlin Ensemble

Reichenau Festival

United Theaters Graz

  • 2000: Piaf by Pam Gems , directed by Maria Happel

Other

Radio plays

  • 1992: The Witch by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • 1996: The Battle of Vienna by Peter Turrini
  • 1996: Art of Love by Wilhelm Pevny
  • 1996: The mouth of the intimate by Peter Pessl
  • 1997: Jakov Lind's perfect partner
  • 1998: Pop-Corn by Tiziano Scarpa
  • 1998: Desert Blues by Bill Albert
  • 1998: Indigenous People - Threatened Peoples of Pechinka
  • 1999: Dawn by Irene Wonisch, Edmund Behrendt
  • 2001: Countess Cosel (Marschallin Bielinska) by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski - Director: Walter Niklaus (radio play (5 parts) - MDR)
  • 2002: Nono, David Grossmann's zigzag child
  • 2003: A letter from Hanny Porter from Thor Kunkel
  • 2003: Four Days in the Life of Dessie Banks by Edna Walsh
  • 2004: Don Schote and Rasinante by Birgit Schwaner
  • 2004: Inland by Peter Wagner
  • 2004: Monster water by Ernst Molden
  • 2004: Insectarium of Gert Jonke
  • 2005: Insectarium 2 by Gert Jonke
  • 2005: water level. A seascape to hear from Inge Fasan
  • 2005: Second violin by Dorothea Lachner
  • 2005: A summer, then by Don Haworth
  • 2007: Clinic under Almen by René Freund
  • 2008: Four Jews on Mount Parnassus by Carl Djerassi
  • 2012: Maria Happel: The Schnitzel has been changed - what happened so far ... (audio book), Mono Verlag , Vienna, ISBN 978-3-902727-20-6
  • 2013: Angelika Hager : Adieu, reproduction. How to really fail as a mother. (Audio book), Mono Verlag , Vienna, ISBN 978-3-902727-36-7
  • 2015: I am couscous crème fraiche from Iris Maria vom Hof

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Maria Happel  - Collection of Images

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maria Happel leads the Max Reinhardt Seminar. In: ORF.at . May 15, 2020, accessed May 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Maria Happel: "I'm a funny one". Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Barbara Petsch: Happel or Kaup-Hasler as the Volkstheater director? . In: diepresse.com , November 6, 2013, accessed on November 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ derStandard.at - Anna Badora becomes director of the Volkstheater . Article dated November 27, 2013, accessed November 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ orf.at - Maria Happel becomes a chamber actress . Article dated September 9, 2016, accessed September 9, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Happel, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and director
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Elsenfeld , Bavaria , Federal Republic of Germany