Birgit Minichmayr

An Austrian Actress
Birgit Minichmayr
Biography

Birth date                April 3, 1977
Birth place              Linz, Austria.
Height                     5' 5¼" (1.66 m)
Studied drama         at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna.

Life and Career
2001: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.
Resides in Berlin and Vienna.
Grew up in Pasching, Upper Austria.
Graduated from the Max Reinhardt Seminary in Vienna.
Has been ensemble member at the Volksbühne,a theater in Berlin, since 2004.

Received the Nestroy Prize, an Austrian theater award, as "Best Young Talent" in 2000 and "Best Actress" in 2004.

In 1999 she made her debut at the Burgtheater in Vienna – where she is now a member of the ensemble -) as a prostitute in Arthur Schnitzler The Dance of Youth (#.
On the big screen, she was among others in Barbara Albert’s Fallen (2006), Doris Dörrie’s Cherry Blossoms – Hanami (2007) and see in The Downfall (2004), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel on. On television she starred in the crime scene ORF Bad Blood (2000, directed by Peter Sower) and was in the TV movie Daniel Käfer – The Villas of women Hürsch (2004, director: Julian Roman Pölsler ).

Birgit Minichmayr with NESTROY-Theater in 2000 for the Best Young
The dyer and his twin brother awarded at the Burgtheater. In 2003 she was awarded the Ulrich Wildgruber Prize for the promotion of young actors. In 2004, the price has been NESTROY went at it again, this time for Best Actress in the role of Medea in Grillparzer The Golden Fleece at the Burgtheater.
For her role in Maren Ade All Others Birgit Minichmayr awarded at the 2009 Berlinale’s Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Birgit had her first break with the Burgtheater in Vienna, where she appeared in numerous plays, including "Der Reigen" by A. Schnitzler (Director: S.E Bechtolf), "Troilus and Cressida" by William Shakespeare (Director:D. Donellan) and "Der Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder" by J. Nestroy (Director: K.H.Hackl).She made her cinema debut in 1999 as Barbara Brecht in Jan Schütte's "Abschied", playing alongside Sepp Bierbichler and Monika Bleibtreu. In 2000, Birgit Minichmayr appeared in Peter Sämann's television thriller (in the Tatort series), "Böses Blut". Birgit was awarded the Austrian Nestroy Prize for "Best Young Talent" in 2000. In 2006 she played Mizzi Kasper, one of the lovers from Crownprince Rudolf in the movie Kronprinz Rudolf.

1999 she made her debut at the Burgtheater in Vienna – where she is now a member of the ensemble -) as a prostitute in Arthur Schnitzler The Dance of Youth (#.
On the big screen, she was among others in Barbara Albert’s Fallen (2006), Doris Dörrie’s Cherry Blossoms – Hanami (2007) and see in The Downfall (2004), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel on. On television she starred in the crime scene ORF Bad Blood (2000, directed by Peter Sower) and was in the TV movie Daniel Käfer – The Villas of women Hürsch (2004, director: Julian Roman Pölsler ).

Birgit Minichmayr with NESTROY-Theater in 2000 for the Best Young
The dyer and his twin brother awarded at the Burgtheater. In 2003 she was awarded the Ulrich Wildgruber Prize for the promotion of young actors. In 2004, the price has been NESTROY went at it again, this time for Best Actress in the role of Medea in Grillparzer The Golden Fleece at the Burgtheater.
For her role in Maren Ade All Others Birgit Minichmayr awarded at the 2009 Berlinale’s Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Filmography – Birgit Minichmayr
2009
The White Band (directed by Michael Haneke)
(# ) 2008
All Other (Director: Maren Ade)
The Bone Man (directed by Wolfgang Murnberger)

2007
Cherry Blossoms – Hanami (directed by Doris Dorrie)

2006
Polizeiruf 110 – Kellerkind (TV) (Director: Titus Selge)
Midsummer Madness (Janu nakts) (TV) (director: Alexander Hahn)
The Perfume (Director: Tom Tykwer)
Fallen ( Director: Barbara Albert)

2004
Spiele Leben (TV) (directed by Antonin Svoboda)

2003
Hotel (Director: Jessica Hauser)
The Fall (directed Oliver Hirschbiegel)

If 2002
Learning (directed Handloegten Hendrik)

2001
game in the morning (TV) (Director: Gotz Spielmann)

2000
Taking Sides (Director: István Szabó)

1999
Farewell – Brecht’s Last Summer (directed by Jan Schütte)


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