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)

Max Reinhardt Seminar

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

Residenztheater (Munich)

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

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