Verena Altenberger (born November 11, 1987) is an Austrian actress. She is known for having played the lead role in the 2017 film The Best of All Worlds (Die beste aller Welten).
Early life and education Verena Altenberger was born in 1987, and grew up in the Austrian state of Salzburg in Dorfgastein, Hallein and Oberalm.Salzburger Nachrichten: Der beste aller Karrierestarts - Verena macht das schon. 6 September 2017, retrieved 2 January 2017. She spent part of her youth at Schloss Winkl, a former residence of nobility, where her mother was the principal of the Winklhof agricultural school.Kurier: Verena Altenberger: Scheitern ist nur einen Schritt entfernt. 5 March 2018, retrieved 24 February 2019., 17. Februar 2019, Ö3-Sendung Frühstück bei mir mit Claudia Stöckl.
Aged 18, Altenberger went to Vienna to study acting, and initially auditioned at the Max Reinhardt Seminar, but was not accepted.diepresse.com: Verena Altenberger: Aus dem Bauch heraus . 30 August 2017, retrieved 24 October 2017. As a result, she began to pursue a bachelor's degree in Mass Media and Communication Science at the University of Vienna, from where she graduated.News: Keine "Mission Impossible" für die Karriere. 6 July 2015, retrieved 5 July 2016.Verena Altenberger: Vita. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
From September 2011, she studied drama at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna, graduating in June 2015.. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
Career Theatre 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.. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
In Jedermann (Everyman) at the Salzburg Festival of 2021 and of 2022, she took on the role of Paramour (Buhlschaft), alongside German actor Lars Eidinger in the title role.
Film and television In the Austrian television series CopStories, Altenberger portrayed the role of Chantal from 2013 to 2018. In Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation she appeared in a scene as the assistant to the director of the Vienna State Opera. In 2016, Altenberger landed the title role in the German comedy series Magda macht das schon!, in which she plays a Polish geriatric nurse.Verena Altenberger räumt Hauptrolle in RTL-Sitcom ab. 31 May 2016, retrieved 5 July 2016."Magda macht das schon": Drehstart für neue RTL-Sitcom. 31 May 2016, retrieved 5 Juli 2016.. 18 August 2016, retrieved 20 August 2016."Magda macht das schon" geht in die zweite Staffel. 20 June 2017, retrieved 20 June 2017.Dreharbeiten gestartet: 3. Staffel: RTL reduziert "Magda"-Folgenzahl leicht. 2 May 2018, retrieved 2 May 2018.
Altenberger played the lead role in The Best of All Worlds (Die beste aller Welten), directed by Adrian Goiginger. She portrays 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 2017 Berlinale.
In Climb Every Mountain: Sound of Music Revisited (The Makemakes in Hollywood – Auf den Spuren von The Sound of Music, 2017), Altenberger can be heard as narrator.Schauspielstar Verena Altenberger besuchte Christkindlmarkt. 20 December 2017, retrieved 20 December 2017.The Makemakes in Hollywood: Auf den Spuren von "The Sound of Music" . Retrieved 20 December 2017.
In fall 2017, she took part in the ORF/BR/ARTE drama 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 acted under David Schalko in M – A City Hunts a Murderer (M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder), and in April 2018 she appeared in the historical drama Ein Dorf wehrt sich – Das Geheimnis von Altaussee, a co-production of ZDF, ORF, and Arte.Kleine Zeitung: Trotz schlechter Quote: RTL: Magda darf weiter nerven. 2 May 2018, retrieved 2 May 2018.
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".derStandard.at: Verena Altenberger löst Matthias Brandt bei "Polizeiruf 110" ab. 12 August 2018, retrieved 12 August 2018.Münchner «Polizeiruf»: Verena Altenberger keine Kommissarin . 25 March 2019, retrieved 29 March 2019. In the third season of the crime series Shades of Guilt ("SCHULD nach Ferdinand von Schirach") she played the role of Sheryl.ZDF dreht die dritte Staffel "Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach" . 15 October 2018, retrieved 17 October 2018.
In September 2019, she appeared in 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. 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. In late 2019, she was shooting for the ORF/BR comedy Schönes Schlamassel by Wolfgang Murnberger alongside Maxim Mehmet, in which she portrayed Anne, a non-Jewish bookseller who is very passionate about Judaism.
In 2021, Altenberger collaborated again with director Adrian Goiginger for the production Märzengrund, based on the play of the same name by Felix Mitterer. Simultaneously, she filmed the series Wild Republic for MagentaTV in South Tyrol. and went bald for her portrayal of a cancer patient in Chris Raiber's debut film Unter der Haut der Stadt.
In the tragicomedy Me, We, which premiered at the Graz Diagonale in June 2021, she played the role of Marie, who sets off for Lesbos to provide initial care for refugees arriving at an NGO camp on the coast.
Other appearances and activities 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.
In November 2021, Altenberger took over the presidency of the Austrian Film Academy with director and producer Arash T. Riahi, replacing the longtime predecessor duo of Stefan Ruzowitzky and Ursula Strauss.
Personal life Altenberger lives in Vienna. She speaks German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish, and Turkish.
Awards and nominations For The Best of All Worlds (Die beste aller Welten): 2017: Compass-Perspektive-Award at the Berlinale 2017: Diagonale – Awarded Best Actressorf.at: Große Diagonale-Preise wurden verliehen. 1 April 2017, retrieved 1 April 2017. 2017: Internationales Filmfestival Moskau – Awarded Best Actressorf.at: Großer Filmpreis für Salzburgerin in Moskau. 30 June 2016, retrieved 30 June 2017. 2017: Deutscher Regiepreis Metropolis – Awarded Best ActressderStandard.at: Deutscher Metropolis-Regiepreis: Goiginger als Mehrfachgewinner. 6 November 2017, retrieved 6 November 2017. 2018: Bayerischer Filmpreis 2017 – Awarded Best ActressSüddeutsche Zeitung: Die Gewinner des Bayerischen Filmpreises 2017. 19 January 2018, retrieved 19 January 2018. 2018: Österreichischer Filmpreis 2018 – Awarded Best Actress in a Leading RoleKurier: Österreichischer Filmpreis: Alberts "Licht" der große Favorit. 6 December 2017, retrieved 6 December 2017.Österreichischer Filmpreis 2018: Preisträger . Retrieved 31 January 2018. 2018: Riverside International Film Festival 2018 – Awarded Best Actress 2018: Harlem International Film Festival 2018 – Awarded Best Actress 2018: Worldfest Houston Independent International Film Festival 2018 – Awarded Best Actress 2018: Milan International Film Festival 2018 – Awarded Best Acting Performance 2018: Hell's Half Mile Film & Music Festival Bay City, Michigan – Awarded Best Lead Actress 2018: Meraki Film Festival 2018 – Awarded Best Actress 2018: Courage Film Festival 2018 – Awarded Best Actress 2018: Romyverleihung 2018 – Nominated in the category Most Popular Actress Cinema/TV-FilmKurier: Romy 2018 Wahl zur beliebtesten Schauspielerin Kino TV-Film Verena Altenberger. 26 February 2018, retrieved 26 February 2018. 2018: Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2018 – Nominated in the category Best Actress in a Leading Role. Retrieved 16 June 2018. Für Magda macht das schon! 2017: Deutscher Comedypreis – Nominated in the category Best Actress/Best Actor. 12 September 2017, retrieved 13 September 2017. Für : 2019: Romyverleihung 2019 – Nominated in the category Most Popular Actress Cinema/TV-FilmKurier: Romy 2019: Verena Altenberger. 25 February 2019, retrieved 25 February 2019. 2019: International Salzburg woman of the yearVon Salzburg in die weite Welt: Mozartstädter feierten mit viel Prominenz in Wien. 15 March 2019, retrieved 15 March 2019.SALZBURG24: Verena Altenberger ist Internationale Salzburgerin des Jahres. 15 March 2019, retrieved 15 March 2019. 2020: Romyverleihung 2020 – Nominated in the category Most Popular Actress 2021: Romyverleihung 2021 – Nominated in the category Most Popular Actress 2021: Nestroy-Theaterpreis 2021 – Nominated in the category Most Popular Actress TV-series 2022: Jupiter Award – Nominated in the category Best Actress (Cinema, TV, Streaming) (National) for Wild Republic
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