Birgit Minichmayr graduated from the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. In 1999 she made her debut at the Vienna Burgtheater in the role of the maid in Arthur Schnitzler‘s DER REIGEN. She has now become a member of the ensemble at the Burgtheater. Her performances in the cinema include roles in SPIELE LEBEN (2005) and the prize-winning Bernd Eichinger production DER UNTERGANG (2004), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Her television credits include an episode of the ORF series Tatort (BÖSES BLUT, 2000, Director: Peter Sämann) and the TV film DANIEL KÄFER UND DIE VILLEN DER FRAU HÜRSCH (2004, Director: Julian Roman Pölsler).
Birgit Minichmayr was awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize in 2000 for Best Young Actor for her performance in DER FÄRBER UND SEIN ZWILLINGSBRUDER at the Burgtheater. In 2003 she received the Ulrich Wildgruber Prize for Young Actor. In 2004 she was again awarded the Nestroy Theater Prize, this time for Best Leading Actress, for her performance in the part of Medea in Grillparzer‘s DAS GOLDENE VLIES at the Burgtheater. At present
Birgit Minichmayr can be seen at the Vienna Akademietheater in the role of Lady Macbeth.
| Filmography (Selection): |
| 2008 |
THE BONE MAN (Wolfgang Murnberger) |
| 2007 |
KIRSCHBLÜTEN – HANAMI (Doris Dörrie) |
| 2006 |
DAS PARFUM – DIE GESCHICHTE EINES MÖRDERS (Tom Tykwer)
FALLEN (Barbara Albert) |
| 2005 |
SPIELE LEBEN (Antonin Svoboda) |
| 2004 |
DER UNTERGANG (Oliver Hirschbiegel)
HOTEL (Jessica Hausner) |
| 2003 |
LIEGEN LERNEN (Hendrik Handloegten) |
| 2001 |
TAKING SIDES – Der Fall Furtwängler (István Szábo) |
| 2000 |
ABSCHIED – BRECHTS LETZTER SOMMER (Jan Schütte) |
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