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Birgit Minichmayr | |
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 Minichmayr in 2025 | |
| Born | (1977-04-03)3 April 1977 (age 48) Linz, Austria |
Birgit Minichmayr (born 3 April 1977)[1] is an Austrian actress born inLinz, Austria. She studied drama at theMax Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.[2] For her work inMaren Ade's filmEveryone Else she wonSilver Bear for Best Actress at59th Berlin International Film Festival. She is the only Austrian actress to win this award in history of the festival and the first Austrian actress to win best actress award at a major European film festival (Cannes,Venice,Berlin) since 1956. She worked with several major European directors includingMichael Haneke,Tom Tykwer andJessica Hausner.
Minichmayr had her first break with theBurgtheater in Vienna, where she appeared in numerous plays, includingDer Reigen byArthur Schnitzler (staged bySven-Eric Bechtolf),Troilus and Cressida byWilliam Shakespeare (staging byDeclan Donnellan) andDer Färber und sein Zwillingsbruder byJohann Nestroy (staged byKarlheinz Hackl). She made her cinema debut in 2000 as Barbara Brecht inJan Schütte'sAbschied, playing alongsideJosef Bierbichler andMonica Bleibtreu. In 2000, Minichmayr appeared inPeter Sämann's television thriller (in theTatort series), "Böses Blut". She was awarded the AustrianNestroy Prize for "Best Young Talent" in 2000. In 2006 she playedMizzi Kasper, one of the lovers fromCrownprince Rudolf in the movieKronprinz Rudolfs letzte Liebe [de]. A year later, Minichmayr played the fool inLuc Bondy's acclaimed staging of Shakespeare'sKing Lear, always at the Burgtheater.
Minichmayr currently lives inMunich and Vienna. She speaks English and has acted in several international and English language productions. Among the directors she worked with wereIstván Szabó,Götz Spielmann,Tom Tykwer,Oliver Hirschbiegel,Robert Dornhelm, andDoris Dörrie. She is also an accomplished vocalist, and has been recorded several times, though she has always made acting her primary focus.
At the59th Berlin International Film Festival 2009 Minichmayr was awarded theSilver Bear for Best Actress for her performance inMaren Ade'sAlle Anderen (Everyone Else).
