Maria Furtwängler Explained

Maria Furtwängler
Birth Date:13 September 1966
Birth Place:Munich, West Germany
Occupation:physician, actress
Children:2

Maria Furtwängler-Burda (short version: in German maˈʁiːa ˈfʊʁtvɛŋlɐ/; born 13 September 1966) is a German physician and television actress.

Early life

Maria Furtwängler-Burda is a daughter of architect Bernhard Furtwängler and actress Kathrin Ackermann, great-niece and step-granddaughter of conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, and granddaughter of politician Katharina von Kardorff-Oheimb. She has two older brothers, David and Felix. She was given her first movie role, for which she earned a bike, at the age of seven in Goodbye with Mums, produced by her uncle Florian Furtwängler. Her mother taught her acting and she later took acting classes in Germany and other countries.[1]

After leaving secondary school, Furtwängler studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, France, and graduated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. Afterwards she trained and worked as a medical doctor.

Personal life

On 8 November 1991, Furtwängler married billionaire publisher Hubert Burda (born 1940), the youngest son of publishers Franz Burda and Aenne Burda, and CEO of Hubert Burda Media, an international media group which publishes over 180 magazine titles, including many fashion magazines.[2] They have two children, Jakob (born 1990) and Elisabeth (born 1992).[3]

Career

Furtwängler began her acting career in the mid-1990s. Since then, she has acted in German television series and productions such as the Tatort series, as Hanover-based police detective Charlotte Lindholm since 2002, the successful television movies March of Millions, and Die Schicksalsjahre and cinema production (Das Wetter in geschlossenen Räumen).[4] For her work in Tatort and March of Millions, Furtwängler was honored with Germany's most important award in the field of acting. With the movie The Weather Inside she won best actress at the 2morrow festival in Moscow; she was shortlisted in the Deutscher Filmpreis (German film prize). The film opened at the 2016 German Film Festival in New York City.

In 2022, Furtwängler chaired an independent jury that selected Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front in the race for the 95th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.[5]

Activism

Since its inception in 2005, Furtwängler has been involved in the Burda-sponsored Digital Life Design (DLD) conference series. She annually hosts a joint Burda/DLD networking reception at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

In 2010 Furtwängler founded the MALISAhome in the Philippines. For the ONE Campaign, she became a goodwill ambassador for Women, Girls and Child Health. In 2015 she co-signed the ONE Campaign's open letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women. Also in 2015, she interviewed Merkel on development policy issues for the Chancellor's weekly podcast.[6]

In 2013, after a meeting with Eve Ensler in Berlin, Furtwängler became more involved campaigning to end violence against women and girls in Germany. She is particularly interested in the role of the media in perpetuating harmful gender stereotypes. She has been inspired by the Geena Davis Institute and by the Women's Media Center in the US.[7]

On International Women's Day 2016, Furtwängler supported the call of UN Women's German National Committee for a reform of the German legislation on sexual violence, based around the No Means No consent principle, which is currently not recognised in Germany. Also on International Women's Day 2016, she co-authored an op-ed with Manuela Schwesig, the German Minister for family, older people, women, and youth, highlighting the need for a stronger sexual violence law and for an end to stereotyping of women and men, particularly in the media.[8]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Awards

Filmography

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doc swaps black bag for crime kit. Kirschbaum. Erik. 19 March 2006. Variety. en. 9 August 2019.
  2. Peter Köpf: Die Burdas. Europa Verlag Berlin, Hamburg 2002,, p. 42.
  3. Web site: Kennen Sie schon die Tochter von Maria Furtwängler?. www.t-online.de. 5 February 2019 . de. 9 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Neustart für Maria Furtwängler: Der Beginn einer wunderbaren Feindschaft. 3 February 2019. stern.de. de. 9 August 2019.
  5. Patrick Frater, Anna Marie de la Fuente, Elsa Keslassy, Leo Barraclough, Nick Vivarelli, Mark Schilling, John Hopewell, Jennie Punter, Naman Ramachandran and Christopher Vourlias (31 October 2022), Oscars Race: China Selects Feelgood Hit ‘Nice View’ as Academy Awards Contender (EXCLUSIVE) Variety.
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGySTXYrnRE Bundesregierung: Merkel für ehrgeizige Entwicklungsziele, podcast of January 24, 2015
  7. Web site: Die Studie "Audiovisuelle Diversität" – Ist Maria Furtwängler Deutschlands Geena Davis?. 13 July 2017. Filmlöwin. de-DE. 9 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Furtwängler und Schwesig: "Sind noch nicht am Ziel". Uhr. 08 März 2016 10:23. Mittelbayerische Zeitung. de. 9 August 2019.
  9. https://www.felix-burda-stiftung.de/ueber-uns/organisation Council
  10. https://www.german-doctors.de/de/ueber-uns/menschen-und-strukturen/kuratorium Board of Trustees
  11. http://www.hubert-burda-stiftung.de/en/council/?cHash=4c9ef8ca81 Board of Trustees
  12. https://malisastiftung.org/en/aboutthefoundation/ About the Foundation

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