Valerie Pachner
Valerie Pachner (born June 26, 1987) is an Austrian actress.
Life and work
Valerie Pachner grew up in Bad Schallerbach, Austria, and studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna from 2009 to 2013. During that time she starred in plays at the Residenztheater in Munich, Germany and participated in the Vienna Burgtheater's Werkstatttage. Since 2013/14 she is part of the ensemble cast at the Residenztheater, under artistic director Martin Kušej.
Pachner starred as the female lead in the 2015 film Bad Luck (directed by Thomas Woschitz), which was nominated for the Max-Ophüls-Preis. After that she appeared in Elisabeth Scharangs Jack and Dieter Berners Egon Schiele: Tod und Mädchen (Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden). In Maria Schraders biopic of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, Vor der Morgenröte (Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe), Pachner played Zweigs stepdaughter; alongside Maria Schrader and Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig. Valerie Pachner lives and works in Munich and Vienna.
Filmography (selection)
- 2012: Tuppern (Short, directed by Vanessa Gräfingholt)
- 2013: Liebe.Macht (Short, directed by Dieter Berner)
- 2015: Bad Luck (directed by Thomas Woschitz)
- 2015: Jack (directed by Elisabeth Scharang)
- 2016: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (Original title in German: Vor der Morgenröte) (directed by Maria Schrader)
- 2016: Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (Original title in German: Egon Schiele: Tod und Mädchen) (directed by Dieter Berner)
Theatre (selection)
- 2010: The Shape of Things (Evelyn) - directed by Holle Münster
- 2011: Die Nibelungen (Kriemhild) - directed by Holle Münster
- 2012: The Brothers Karamazov (Gruschenka) - directed by Josua Rösing
- 2013: räuber. schuldengenital (Petra) - directed by Alexander Riemenschneider
- 2013: Orest (Chrysotemis, Hermione) - directed by David Bösch
- 2013: The Snow Queen (Robber Girl, Princess) - directed by Samuel Weiss
- 2014: Hoppla, We're Alive! (Eva Berg, Student) - directed by Anne Lenk
- 2015: Three Sisters (Irina) - directed by Tina Lanik
- 2015: Opening Night: Alles über Laura (Nancy/Hannah) - directed by Bernhard Mikeska
- 2016: The Crucible (Mary Warren) - directed by Tina Lanik
- 2016: Faith, Hope and Charity (Elisabeth) - Regie: David Bösch
Awards
- 2004: Best Performance by a Young Actress (YOUKI)
- 2016: Förderpreis der Freunde des Residenztheaters
- 2016: Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis for Performing Arts
External links
- Valerie Pachner at the Internet Movie Database
- Tanja Siefert (agency)
- Residenztheater
References
- Süddeutsche Zeitung: In Sehnsucht verbunden, Interview about Three Sisters at the Residenztheater in Munich. Retrieved March 24, 2015
- Münchner Merkur: Erstmal angekommen, Portrait about Valerie Pachner. Retrieved March 22, 2015
- Terrence Malick Announces Next Film ‘Radegund’, Based on the Life of Franz Jägerstätter The Film Stage. Retrieved June 22, 2016