Maria Hofstätter (born 30 March 1964) is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 1993.
Career
Hofstätter was born in
Upper Austria
Upper Austria ( ; ; ) is one of the nine States of Austria, states of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg (state), Salzbur ...
, on 30 March 1964. She did not attend acting school and first appeared on stage for a bet.
She has worked on films with directors such as
Michael Glawogger
Michael Glawogger (3 December 1959 – 23 April 2014) was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
From 1981 to 1982, Glawogger studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, and from 1983 to 1989 at the Filmacademy Vienna, Vie ...
,
Paul Harather,
Marc Rothemund
Marc Rothemund (born 26 August 1968) is a German film director. He is the son of the film director Sigi Rothemund and the brother of the actress Nina Rothemund. He began his career as an assistant for his father and then began to direct episode ...
,
Harald Sicheritz (''
Poppitz
''Poppitz'' is a 2002 Austrian comedy film directed by Harald Sicheritz.
Cast
* Roland Düringer - Gerry Schartl
* Marie Bäumer - Lena Schartl
* Nora Heschl - Patrizia Schartl
* Kai Wiesinger - Ben
* Alfred Dorfer - Bertram Klingelmeier
* R ...
'') and
Ulrich Seidl
Ulrich Maria Seidl (born 24 November 1952) is an Austrian film director, writer and producer. Among other awards, his film ''Dog Days'' won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in 2001.
His 2012 film '' Paradise: Love'' competed for the Palme d'Or at ...
.
Hofstätter played the hitchhiker in Seidl's first arthouse film, ''
Dog Days
The dog days or are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, ...
'' in 2001.
In 2012, she played the main role of Anna-Maria in the controversial second part of Seidl's ''
Paradise trilogy'', entitled ''
Paradise: Faith''.
The ''
Screen Daily
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The magazine is primarily aimed at those involv ...
'' review said that she "completely melts into the role, providing the backbone for the entire piece".
She has also performed roles on television series such as ''Braunschlag'' by
David Schalko and acted in the theatre.
Awards
Hofstätter won the
Diagonale
The Diagonale (Festival of Austrian Film) is a film festival that takes place every March in Graz, Austria.
The festival was initially held under the auspices of the Austrian Film Commission in Salzburg from 1993 to 1995 but moved to Graz in 19 ...
acting prize in 2013 and the in 2021.
She was awarded the
Österreichischer Filmpreis in 2014 for her role in ''Paradise: Faith''.
For her performance in ''Fuchs im Bau'', she won a
Romy
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People with the name include:
Men
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and another Österreichischer Filmpreis.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
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1964 births
Living people
Austrian film actresses
Actresses from Linz