Born 1947 in Düsseldorf
Austrian
Trained at the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum
Played at the following theatres:
Schauspielhaus Bochum, TAT Frankfurt, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf, Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Freie Volksbühne Berlin, Neumarkttheater Zürich
1983-2001 founding member of the bremer shakespeare company
Awards:
1988 Literaturf&oouml;rderpreis des Landes Bremen
1988 F&oouml;rderpreis der Akademie der Künste in Berlin
1999 Deutscher Kritikerpreis
2001 Sonderpreis der INTHEGA
2001 founder of SHAKESPEARE und PARTNER
Parts (a selection):
Elsie in "Sonntagskinder" by Gerlind Reinshagen, directed by Horst Siede (Theater heute: Actress of the Year 1977)
Emilia in "Emilia Galotti" by Lessing, directed by Andrea Breth
Katharina in "The Taming of the Shrew" by Shakespeare, directed by Norbert Kentrup (broadcast on tv/3sat)
Cleopatra in "Antony and Cleopatra" by Shakespeare, directed by Norbert Kentrup (Theater heute: Actress of the Year 1992)
Paula in "Ich, Paula, Paula Becker, Paula Becker-Modersohn" by Dagmar Papula, directed by Norbert Kentrup (broadcast on tv/3sat)
Karoline von Günderrode in "Wo ich die Welt anseh, m&oouml;cht ich sie umdrehen" by Dagmar Papula, directed by Norbert Kentrup
Apemantus in "Timon of Athens" by Shakespeare, directed by Vera Sturm
Malvolio in "Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare, directed by Vera Sturm
Bettina von Arnim in "Die Brüder Grimm" by Dagmar Papula, directed by Jürgen Kloth
Plays:
Ich, Paula, Paula Becker, Paula Becker-Modersohn (was translated into English, a film was based on it, was broadcast as a radio-play by several radio stations and was published as an audio-book, toured Austria, Belgium, Finland, Estonia etc.)
Kopfkrieg
Rochade
Wo ich die Welt anseh, m&oouml;cht ich sie umdrehen (Literaturf&oouml;rderpreis des Landes Bremen (literary award). Was translated into French)
Flussaufwärts
Unter dem Glück
Milena. Wie ich dich fand ist kein Wunder
Taru
Heinrich Heine, die Dame und der Tod (was translated into Italian, Swedish and Finnish. Toured Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia etc.)
Angel in the Train (was translated into English)
Die Brüder Grimm (toured Finland, Estonia, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Russia etc.. Invited to the Impulse Festival
Die Komikerin
1998/99 " writer in residence" in Toronto
A literary documentation about the Cree Indians Sieben Tage in Attawapiskat
The short story Eine blutflüssige Frau was broadcasted by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
Publishing Houses:
S.Fischer Verlag
Berliner Aufbau Verlag/Audio Verlag
Litag Verlag