Sona MacDonald

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Sona MacDonald ( Nestroy Theater Prize 2016 )

Sona MacDonald (born May 11, 1961 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actress , singer and dancer.

Life

Sona MacDonald was born to the American pianist Robert MacLaurin MacDonald (born March 10, 1930 - September 7, 2013) and the singer Ingrid MacDonald. She completed her training in London ( London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ), Vienna and the USA . She has been working as a freelance artist since 1994. She has residences in Vienna and Berlin.

She played roles in musicals , including at the Berlin Theater des Westens . Engagements she had also at the Schiller Theater in Berlin and in the Residenz Theater in Munich . She also appeared in various film and television productions.

MacDonald is currently a member of the ensemble in the Theater in der Josefstadt in Vienna. With her son Skye MacDonald (* 1996) she played there in 2009 in the play Buddenbrooks . From 2013 to 2015 she appeared as Marlene Dietrich in Matthias Hartmann's production of Spatz and Engel at the Burgtheater . In 2015 she returned to the Salzburg Festival as Spelunkenjenny in Brecht / Weill's Threepenny Opera , where she made her debut in 1997 as Kascha in Peter Stein's production of Grillparzer Libussa .

Awards

Sona MacDonald with the Nestroy Theater Prize 2009

theatre

  • Bunbury, Volksbühne Berlin (under Peter Zadek )
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream , Schillertheater Berlin
  • Othello , Schillertheater Berlin
  • Minna von Barnhelm , Residenztheater Munich
  • Maria Stuart , Bad Hersfeld
  • Three lives of Yasmina Reza , Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
  • 2002–2004 Dinner with Friends at the Renaissance Theater Berlin
  • 2006: Marlene Dietrich in Mythos Marlene, Altes Schauspielhaus Stuttgart
  • 2008: Amarone, Kammerspiele Vienna
  • 2008: Next year - same time, Kammerspiele Vienna
  • 2008/09: Buddenbrooks, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna (joint appearance with their son Skye)
  • 2009: The Talisman, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna
  • 2009: Ber Blaue Engel, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna
  • 2010: Heldenplatz, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna
  • 2011: Eh Wurscht by Franz Wittenbrink, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna
  • 2012: Forever Young by Franz Wittenbrink, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna
  • 2012: Lady Windermere's Fächer, Theater in der Josefstadt, Vienna
  • 2012: Arkadina in "Die Möwe", Landestheater Salzburg
  • 2013: Marlene Dietrich in Spatz und Engel, Burgtheater Vienna
  • 2015: Spelunkenjenny in Mackie Messer , Salzburg Festival
  • 2015: Title role in Miss Julie , Theater in der Josefstadt
  • 2015: Title role in "Blue Moon", Kammerspiele Vienna

musical

Filmography

CD recordings (selection)

Web links

Commons : Sona MacDonald  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Parliamentary question regarding the award of Austrian professional titles .
  2. ↑ [1] .
personal data
SURNAME MacDonald, Sona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress, singer and dancer
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna