Julia Stemberger (born 29 January 1965) is an Austrian actress.

Early life

Stemberger was born in Vienna, Austria to actress Christa Schwertsik and medical doctor Heinrich Stemberger. Her younger sister, Katharina Stemberger also became a renowned actress. Besides the acting classes with

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and

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she also learned singing ballet- and

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and playing

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s and the piano.

Career

Film and TV

Just after her Matura aged 19, Stemberger assumed the lead role in her first Film ''Herzklopfen'' in 1984. The film was very successful and yielded her a large public attention. She played in several German film productions for instance

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and also the TV Series ''

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'' and '' 11er Haus''

Theater

In theater, Stemberger's first success was as ''Paula'' in ''The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' at the

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(1986 to 1987). The following year, she played in Stephan Bruckmeiers (born 1962 year, Wien, Austria) adaption of Wolfgang Bauer's ''Magic Afternoon'' as well as ''The Youth'' in ''Der Bauer als Millionär'' by

Jürgen Flimm Jürgen Flimm (born 17 July 1941, in Gießen) is a German theater and opera director, and theater manager. After establishing himself as one of the exponents of Regietheater, Flimm was called to manage renowned theaters and festivals. His operatic ...

at the Salzburger Festspiele. She then played in several plays directed by Flimm and in Peter Zadek's adaption of '' The Merchant of Venice'' the first time at the

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of Vienna. She also starred in

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's adaption of ''

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'' and again in ''

Antony and Cleopatra ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (First Folio title: ''The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around ...

'' from Peter Stein at the Salzburger Festspiele as well as in '' My Fair Lady'' at the

Wiener Volksoper The Vienna Volksoper (''Volksoper'' or ''Vienna People's Opera'') is an opera house in Vienna, Austria. It produces three hundred performances of twenty-five German language productions of opera, operetta, musicals, and ballet, during an annual s ...

and other Theaters in Vienna, Hamburg and Munich. In addition to her work as a theater and film actress Stemberger performed together with the ensembles ''The Austrian Salonists'' and the ''String Quartet Sonare'' stage programs in which they mainly humorous from the works of writers such as Alfred Polgar, Karl Kraus,

Anton Kuh Anton Kuh (12 July 1890 in Vienna – 18 January 1941 in New York City) was an Austrian-Jewish journalist and essayist. Works * ''Juden und Deutsche'', Erich Reiss, Berlin 1921 Selected filmography * ''Never Trust a Woman'' (1930) * ''The L ...

, Isabel Allende, Vladimir Kaminer, Umberto Eco.

Personal life

In 1997, Stemberger married violinist

Christian Altenburger Christian Altenburger (born 7 September 1957) is an Austrian classical violinist. Life and career Born in Heidelberg, Altenburger, son of violinist Alfred Altenburger, studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna while still at ...

with whom she has a daughter,

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. From 1999 to 2005 they had the musical and artistic stewardship of the '' Mondseetage'' a festival for Kammermusik taking place in the Austrian Mondsee. In 2007 they were divorced.''Julia Stembergers Tochter kam als Frühchen zur Welt: „Der Anfang war nicht leicht für sie und für uns"''
18 May 2010.

References

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* * 1965 births Living people Actresses from Vienna Austrian stage actresses Austrian film actresses Austrian television actresses 20th-century Austrian actresses 21st-century Austrian actresses {{Austria-film-actor-stub