Verena Altenberger Explained

Verena Altenberger (born 11 November 1987[1] in Schwarzach im Pongau[2]) is an Austrian actress.

Early life

Verena Altenberger grew up in the Austrian state of Salzburg in Dorfgastein, Hallein and Oberalm[3] and spent part of her youth at Schloss Winkl, a former residence of nobility, where her mother was the principal of the Winklhof agricultural school.[4] [5] Aged 18, Altenberger went to Vienna to study acting, and initially auditioned at the Max Reinhardt Seminar, but was not accepted.[6] Consequently, she began to pursue a bachelor's degree in Mass Media and Communication Science at the University of Vienna, from which she successfully graduated.[7] [8] As of September 2011, she studied drama at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna and successfully graduated in June 2015.[9]

Theater

During the 2010/2011 season, Verena Altenberger was part of the Junge Burg Ensemble at the Vienna Burgtheater, where she performed the title role in Alice in Wonderland (“Alice im Wunderland”), Blanche Barrow in Bonny and Clyde, and Isolde Weißhand in Tricky Love – Tristan und Isolde, among several other roles. In the 2013/2014 season, she played the role of Lore in Puss in Boots (“Der gestiefelte Kater”) at the Burgtheater, and in 2015 she appeared on stage at the Vienna Volkstheater in Haben in the role of Rozí.[10]

In Jedermann (Everyman) at the 2021 Salzburg Festival, she took on the role of Paramour (Buhlschaft) alongside German actor Lars Eidinger in the title role.[11] [12] Both will be on stage together again at the 2022 revival of Jedermann in Salzburg.

Film and television

In the Austrian television series CopStories, Verena Altenberger portrayed the role of Chantal from 2013 to 2018. In she appeared in a scene as the assistant to the Director of the Vienna State Opera.[7] In 2016, Altenberger landed the title role in the German comedy series Magda macht das schon!, in which she plays a Polish geriatric nurse.[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

In 2017, she was nominated for the German Comedy Award for her portrayal of Magda in the category “Best Actress/Best Actor”.Altenberger was awarded the 2017 Diagonale Acting Award and Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Festival, the Bavarian movie award for best newcomer and the Austrian movie award for lead actress and many more for the lead role in The Best of All Worlds ("Die beste aller Welten"). In this film by Adrian Goiginger, she portrayed a woman addicted to heroin who tries to overcome her addiction and hide it from her son – portrayed by Jeremy Miliker – whom she loves more than anything and to whom she wants to be the best mother possible. The film premiered at the Berlinale 2017, where it was awarded the Compass-Perspektive-Award.In Climb Every Mountain: Sound of Music Revisited ("The Makemakes in Hollywood – Auf den Spuren von The Sound of Music", 2017), Verena Altenberger can be heard as narrator.[18] [19] In fall 2017, she was filming for the ORF/BR/ARTE drama Das Wunder von Wörgl in the role of Rosa Unterguggenberger alongside Austrian actor and film director Karl Markovics, which was directed by Swiss director Urs Egger. At the beginning of 2018, she shot under David Schalko for M – A City Hunts a Murderer (“M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder”), and in April 2018 she filmed for the historical drama Ein Dorf wehrt sich – Das Geheimnis von Altaussee, a co-production of ZDF, ORF and Arte.[20]

In 2018, Altenberger succeeded Matthias Brandt in the German crime series Polizeiruf 110 and took on the role of Munich investigator Elisabeth “Bessie” Eyckhoff in the episode Der Ort, von dem die Wolken kommen.[21] [22] In the third season of the crime series Shades of Guilt ("SCHULD nach Ferdinand von Schirach") she played the role of Sheryl.[23]

In September 2019, she filmed the documentary Virginia – The Unsolved Riddle of the Salzburg Mafia Bride ("Virginia – Das ungelöste Rätsel der Salzburger Mafiabraut Virginia Hill") about organized crime figure Virginia Hill alongside Michael Dangl as Hans Hauser for Servus TV, directed by Sascha Köllnreiter and produced by Adrian Goiginger and Peter Wildling.[24] [25] In the Arte television thriller Hunt for the Bosses ("Die Spur der Mörder", 2019), Altenberger played Interpol investigator Carla Orlando alongside Heino Ferch as chief investigator Ingo Thiel.[26] In late 2019, she was shooting for the ORF/BR comedy Schönes Schlamassel by Wolfgang Murnberger alongside Maxim Mehmet, in which she embodied Anne, a non-Jewish bookseller who is very passionate about Judaism.[27] In February 2019, Altenberger was a guest on Claudia Stöckl's program Frühstück bei mir on the Austrian radio station Ö3. In December 2019, Altenberger was a guest on the satirical late-night talk show Wir sind Kaiser.[28]

In 2021, Verena Altenberger collaborated again with director Adrian Goiginger for the production Märzengrund, based on the play of the same name by Felix Mitterer.[29] Simultaneously, she filmed the series Wild Republic for MagentaTV in South Tyrol.[30] and went bald for her portrayal of a cancer patient in Chris Raiber's debut film Unter der Haut der Stadt.[31] [32] In the tragicomedy Me, We, which premiered at the Graz Diagonale in June 2021, she embodied the role of Marie, who sets off for Lesbos to provide initial care for refugees arriving at an NGO camp on the coast.[33]

Austrian Film Academy

In November 2021, Verena Altenberger took over the presidency of the Austrian Film Academy together with director and producer Arash T. Riahi from their longtime predecessor duo Stefan Ruzowitzky and Ursula Strauss.[34]

Awards and nominations

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HOME Verena Altenberger . 2022-06-03 . verenaaltenberger . de.
  2. https://www.castforward.de/members/profile/verena-altenberger castforward.de: Verena Altenberger
  3. https://www.sn.at/salzburg/kultur/der-beste-aller-karrierestarts-verena-macht-das-schon-17134450 Salzburger Nachrichten: Der beste aller Karrierestarts - Verena macht das schon
  4. https://kurier.at/kultur/verena-altenberger-scheitern-ist-nur-einen-schritt-entfernt/311.852.435 Kurier: Verena Altenberger: Scheitern ist nur einen Schritt entfernt
  5. , 17. Februar 2019, Ö3-Sendung Frühstück bei mir mit Claudia Stöckl.
  6. http://schaufenster.diepresse.com/home/mode/modenews/5277301/Verena-Altenberger_Aus-dem-Bauch-heraus diepresse.com: Verena Altenberger: Aus dem Bauch heraus
  7. https://www.news.at/a/mission-impossible-5-verena-altenberger-interview News: Keine "Mission Impossible" für die Karriere
  8. https://www.verena-altenberger.com/vita-german Verena Altenberger: Vita
  9. . Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  10. . Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  11. Web site: Eidinger und Altenberger neues "Jedermann"-Duo. ORF.at. 2020-12-04. 2020-12-04.
  12. Web site: Jedermann-Premiere am Samstag. ORF.at. 2021-07-18. 2021-07-17.
  13. http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/85930/verena-altenberger-raeumt-hauptrolle-in-rtl-sitcom-ab Verena Altenberger räumt Hauptrolle in RTL-Sitcom ab
  14. http://www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/magda-macht-das-schon-drehstart-fuer-neue-rtl-sitcom "Magda macht das schon": Drehstart für neue RTL-Sitcom
  15. . 18 August 2016, retrieved 20 August 2016.
  16. https://www.prisma.de/news/Magda-macht-das-schon-Staffel-2-der-RTL-Serie-in-Arbeit,14379252 "Magda macht das schon" geht in die zweite Staffel
  17. https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/66732/3_staffel_rtl_reduziert_magdafolgenzahl_leicht/ Dreharbeiten gestartet: 3. Staffel: RTL reduziert "Magda"-Folgenzahl leicht
  18. https://www.sn.at/salzburg/kultur/schauspielstar-verena-altenberger-besuchte-christkindlmarkt-21973018 Schauspielstar Verena Altenberger besuchte Christkindlmarkt
  19. https://presse.servustv.com/News_Detail.aspx?id=56162&menueid=11905 The Makemakes in Hollywood: Auf den Spuren von "The Sound of Music"
  20. http://www.kleinezeitung.at/kultur/medien/5415978/Trotz-schlechter-Quote_RTL_Magda-darf-weiter-nerven Kleine Zeitung: Trotz schlechter Quote: RTL: Magda darf weiter nerven
  21. https://derstandard.at/2000085212086/Verena-Altenberger-loest-Matthias-Brandt-bei-Polizeiruf-110-ab derStandard.at: Verena Altenberger löst Matthias Brandt bei "Polizeiruf 110" ab
  22. https://www.frankenpost.de/region/bayern/Muenchner-Polizeiruf-Verena-Altenberger-keine-Kommissarin;art2832,6636185 Münchner «Polizeiruf»: Verena Altenberger keine Kommissarin
  23. https://www.vip.de/cms/zdf-dreht-die-dritte-staffel-schuld-nach-ferdinand-von-schirach-4236596.html ZDF dreht die dritte Staffel "Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach"
  24. Web site: TV-Doku "Virginia": Verena Altenberger dreht im Salzburger Land. Kurier.at. 2019-09-14. 2019-09-11.
  25. Web site: Als die Mafia in Gestalt einer Frau nach Österreich kam. Weser Kurier. 2020-08-30. Maximilian Haase. 2020-08-30.
  26. Web site: Heino Ferch auf der "Spur der Mörder". goldenekamera.de. 2019-10-16.
  27. Web site: Verena Altenberger steht für neue Komödie vor der Kamera. Kurier.at. 2019-12-19. 2019-11-20.
  28. Web site: "Wir sind Kaiser" bittet zur Weihnachtsaudienz am 20. Dezember in ORF 1. 2019-12-21. 2019-12-19.
  29. Web site: SWR Kinokoproduktion "Märzengrund" im Dreh. presseportal.de. 2020-08-11. 2020-08-11.
  30. Web site: Zwei TV-Premieren für Verena Altenberger: Stress mit der Liebe und der Mafia. Kurier.at. 2020-09-02. Nina Oberbucher. 2020-09-01.
  31. Web site: Verena Altenberger im Porträt. Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2021-06-19. Claudia Tieschky. 2021-06-17.
  32. Web site: Festspiele: Buhlschaft mit Stoppelfrisur. ORF.at. 2021-06-19. 2021-06-18.
  33. Web site: "Me, We": Diagonale-Weltpremiere von Tragikomödie über Migration. film.at. 2021-06-19. Franco Schedl. 2021-05-28.
  34. Web site: Präsidentschaft. Österreichische Filmakademie.
  35. http://steiermark.orf.at/news/stories/2834538/ orf.at: Große Diagonale-Preise wurden verliehen
  36. http://salzburg.orf.at/news/stories/2852092/ orf.at: Großer Filmpreis für Salzburgerin in Moskau
  37. http://derstandard.at/2000067263227/Deutscher-Metropolis-Regiepreis-Goiginger-als-Mehrfachgewinner derStandard.at: Deutscher Metropolis-Regiepreis: Goiginger als Mehrfachgewinner
  38. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/kultur-das-sind-die-gewinner-des-bayerischen-filmpreises-1.3833773-5 Süddeutsche Zeitung: Die Gewinner des Bayerischen Filmpreises 2017
  39. https://kurier.at/kultur/oesterreichischer-filmpreis-alberts-licht-der-grosse-favorit/300.991.385 Kurier: Österreichischer Filmpreis: Alberts "Licht" der große Favorit
  40. http://www.oesterreichische-filmakademie.at/2018/preise.html Österreichischer Filmpreis 2018: Preisträger
  41. Web site: Riverside Film Festival - Winners 2018. 2020-03-04. en-US.
  42. Web site: Harlem International Film Festival » 2018 Awards. 2020-03-04.
  43. Web site: 2018 Remi Winners – Worldfest-Houston. 2020-03-04.
  44. Web site: The Best of all Worlds MIFF Awards. 2020-03-04.
  45. Web site: Winners 2018. Courage. 2020-03-04. 2018-10-29. en-GB.
  46. https://kurier.at/romy/romy-2018-wahl-zur-beliebtesten-schauspielerin-kino-tv-film-verena-altenberger/310.146.067 Kurier: Romy 2018 Wahl zur beliebtesten Schauspielerin Kino TV-Film Verena Altenberger
  47. . Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  48. . 12 September 2017, retrieved 13 September 2017.
  49. https://kurier.at/romy/romy-2019-wahl-zur-beliebtesten-schauspielerin-kino-tv-verena-altenberger/400401362 Kurier: Romy 2019: Verena Altenberger
  50. https://www.sn.at/panorama/oesterreich/von-salzburg-in-die-weite-welt-mozartstaedter-feierten-mit-viel-prominenz-in-wien-67284715 Von Salzburg in die weite Welt: Mozartstädter feierten mit viel Prominenz in Wien
  51. https://www.salzburg24.at/news/salzburg/verena-altenberger-ist-internationale-salzburgerin-des-jahres-67278619 SALZBURG24: Verena Altenberger ist Internationale Salzburgerin des Jahres
  52. Web site: Das sind die Nominierten für die KURIER ROMY 2020. Kurier.at. 2020-03-03. 2020-03-03.
  53. Web site: Das sind die Nominierten für die ROMY 2021. Kurier.at. 2021-03-07. Philipp Wilhelmer. 2021-03-07.
  54. Web site: Nestroy: Maertens und Beckmann prämiert. ORF.at. 2021-11-21. 2021-11-21.

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