Bibiana Beglau

Bibiana Beglau

Bibiana Beglau (born 16 July 1971 in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony) is a German actress.

Life

Bibiana Beglau began appearing on the stages of German-speaking theater immediately upon graduating from the Hamburg Hochschule for Music and Theater. Since the beginning of her career, she has worked with the directors responsible for transforming contemporary German theater and cinema. She performed regularly under the direction of Christoph Marthaler, Einar Schleef, Frank Castorf and Luk Perceval before winning national and international acclaim for her leading role in Volker Schlöndorff’s feature film The Legend of Rita.

Bibiana Beglau has been the recipient of many awards and commended as an actress for her outstanding performances, including the Berlinale Silver Bear for best actress, the Ulrich Wildgruber Prize and the Adolf Grimme Prize. Alongside theatrical engagements at all of the important German-speaking theaters including the Vienna Burgtheater, Schauspielhaus Zurich, Schaubühne Berlin or the Thalia Theater Hamburg, Bibiana Beglau has performed in many film and television productions including The Murderer and His Child, The Ninth Day, 3 Degrees Colder and Under the Ice.

Filmography (Selection)

• 1995: Der Mörder und sein Kind (Director: Matti Geschonneck)
• 1996: 2 ½ Minuten (Director: Rolf Schübel)
• 1996: Absprung (Director: Hanno Brühl)
• 1997: Gegen den Strom (Director: Thorsten Näter)
• 1999: No Sex (Director: Josh Broecker)
• 1999: Die Stille nach dem Schuss | The Legend of Rita (Director: Volker Schlöndorff)
• 2000: Der Briefbomber (Director: Torsten C. Fischer)
• 2001: Birthday (Director: Stefan Jäger)
• 2001: Liebesschuld (Director: Ulrich Stark)
• 2002: Hamlet - This is your family (Director: Peter Kern)
• 2002: Nachtangst (Director: Michael Rowitz)
• 2002: Ten Minutes Older (Director: Volker Schlöndorff)
• 2003: Belmondo (Director: Annette Carle)
• 2003: Tatort: Gefährliches Schweigen (Director: Martin Eigler)
• 2003: Der Neunte Tag | The Ninth Day (Director: Volker Schlöndorff)
• 2003: Kammerflimmern | Off Beat (Director: Hendrik Hoelzemann)
• 2004: Tatort: Sechs zum Essen (Director: Fillipos Tsitos)
• 2004: 3° Grad kälter (Director: Florian Hoffmeister)
• 2005: Ricordare Anna (Director: Walter Deuber)
• 2005: Unter dem Eis (Director: Aelrun Goette)
• 2005: Der große Schlaf (Director: Mona Lenz)
• 2006: Das Leuchten (Director: Krystof Zlatnik)
• 2007: Il Pugno di Gesù | ‘Boxing Jesus’ (Director: Stefan Jäger)
• 2009: Was Du nicht siehst (Director: Wolfgang Fischer)
• 2010: Gier (Director: Dieter Wedel)
• 2010: Machtergreifung (Director: Bernd Fischauer)
• 2010: Tatort: Königskinder (Director: Thorsten Näter)
• 2010: Der letzte Angestellte (Director: Alexander Adolph)
• 2010: Tatort: Leben gegen Leben (Director: Nils Willbrandt)
• 2010: Stubbe - Von Fall zu Fall: Verräter (Director: Peter Kahane)
• 2011: Der kurze Ruhm des Alexander K. (Director: Manuel Fluryn Hendry)
• 2011: Die Konterrevolution (Director: Bernd Fischerauer)
• 2012: Die Machtergreifung (Director: Bernd Fischerauer)
• 2012: Der Alte (Episode: Es ist niemals vorbei; Director: Hartmut Griesmayr)
• 2012: Europas letzter Sommer (Director: Bernd Fischerauer)
• 2012: SOKO Köln (Episode: In tödlicher Beziehung; Director: Manuel Fluryn Hendry)
• 2012: Zappelphilipp (Director: Connie Walther)

Documentary Film

• Abgeschminkt: Bibiana Beglau. Documentary about Bibiana Beglau, Germany 2006 (Script and Director: Johanna Schickentanz)

Theater (Selection)

• 1997: Ivanov by Anton Chekhov as Sascha at Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf (Director: Anna Badora)
• 1997: As you like it by William Shakespeare as Rosalinde at Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf (Director: Nikolai Sykosch)
• 1997 - 1998: Lulu by Frank Wedekind as Lulu at Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf (Director: Anna Badora)
• 1997 - 1998: Salomé by Oscar Wilde as Herodias at Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf (Director: Einar Schleef)
• 1998 - 2003: Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh as Pig at Hamburger Schauspielhaus, Deutschen Theater Berlin and Schaubühne Berlin (Director: Thomas Ostermeier)
• 1999 - 2001: Nothing Hurts by Anouk van Dijk and Falk Richter at Kampnagel, Hamburg (Directors: Anouk van Dijk and Falk Richter)
• 2000 - 2010: Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Döblin as Mietze at Volksbühne Berlin (Director: Frank Castorf)
• 2000 - 2001: Polaroids by Mark Ravenhills at Schauspielhaus Zürich (Director: Falk Richter)
• 2001 - 2012: 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane at Schaubühne Berlin (Director: Falk Richter)
• 2001 - 2002: Hamlet by William Shakespeare as Ophelia at Schauspielhaus Zürich (Director: Christoph Schlingensief)
• 2002: Synchron by Thomas Hürlimann as Sibylle at Schauspielhaus Zürich (Director: Christoph Marthaler)
• 2003: Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill as Lavinia at Schauspielhaus Zürich (Director: Frank Castorf)
• 2003 - 2004: 57 Minuten 38 Sekunden Ewigkeit - '57 Minutes and 38 Seconds of Eternity' as Verschollene by Bibiana Beglau and Stefan Jäger at Schauspielhaus Zürich (Director: Stefan Jäger)
• 2004: Attabambi-Pornoland by Christoph Schlingensief at Schauspielhaus Zürich (Director: Christoph Schlingensief)
• 2005 - 2006: Fatherless by Anton Chekhov as Anna Petrovna at Volksbühne Berlin (Director: Stefan Pucher)
• 2005 - 2007: Barebacklying by Simone Aughterlony at Gessnerallee, Zürich, Hebbel Theater, Berlin and Schauburg, Rotterdam (Director: Simone Aughterlony)
• 2005 - 2009: König Ottokars Glück und Ende - 'King Ottokar’s Happiness and End by Franz Grillparzer ass Queen Kunigunde at Burgtheater Wien and the Salzburger Festspielen (Director: Martin Kusej)
• 2006 - 2008: Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen as Mrs. Alving at Schaubühne Berlin (Director: Sebastian Nübling)
• 2007: The Ugly One by Marius von Mayenburg as Fanny at Schaubühne Berlin (Director: Benedict Andrews)
• 2007 - 2009: Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov as Mascha at Schaubühne Berlin (Director: Falk Richter)
• 2007 - 2010: Im Ausnahmezustand - 'In a State of Emergency' by Falk Richter as the Woman at Schaubühne Berlin (Director: Falk Richter)
• 2008: Macbeth by William Shakespeare as Lady Macbeth at Schauspielhaus Zürich (Director: Sebastian Nübling)
• 2008 - 2009: The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov as Mrs Ranewskaja at Schaubühne Berlin (Director: Falk Richter)
• 2009 - 2011: Oedipus, Tyrant by Friedrich Hölderlin by Heiner Müller as Creon, Tiresias and the Servant at Thalia Theater (Hamburg) (Director: Dimiter Gotscheff)
• 2009 - 2011: The truth about the Kennedys by Luk Perceval as Rose Kennedy at Thalia Theater (Hamburg) (Director: Luk Perceval)
• 2010 - 2011: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare as Olivia at Thalia Theater (Hamburg) (Director: Jan Bosse)
• 2011 - : Antigone by Bertolt Brecht as Guard, Tiresias and the Courier at Thalia Theater (Hamburg) (Director: Dimiter Gotscheff)
• 2011 – : Eyjafjallajökull-Tam-Tam by Helmut Krausser at Residenztheater Munich (Director: Robert Lehniger)
• 2011 - : Immer noch Sturm by Peter Handke as Ursula, at the Salzburger Festspielen, at Burgtheater Wien and at Thalia Theater (Hamburg) (Director: Dimiter Gotscheff)
• 2011– : Casimir and Caroline by Ödön von Horváth as Erna, Rosa und Schürzinger at Residenztheater Munich (Director: Frank Castorf)
• 2012– : The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder as Petra von Kant at Residenztheater Munich (Director: Martin Kusej)

Radio Play (Selection)

• 57 Minuten 38 Sekunden Ewigkeit’ - ‘57 Minutes and 38 Seconds of Eternity’ (Production: Theaterhörbuch Verlag)
• Der Verschollene - 'The Missing' by Franz Kafka (Produktion: SWR 2)
• Gott ist ein DJ - ‘God is a DJ by Falk Richter’ (Production: Theaterhörbuch Verlag)
• Liebeserklärungen einer Reisenden - ‘Love declarations of a traveler’ by Annemarie Schwarzenbach (Production: Kein und Aber Records)
• Wie ein Stein im Geröll - ‘Like a stone in the debris’ by Maria Barbal (Production: DAV)

Awards (Selection)

• 2000: Berlinale Silver Bear for dramatic performance in The Legend of Rita
• 2000: Riga Filmfestival Award for dramatic performance in The Legend of Rita
• 2000: European Actress of the Year (nomination) for dramatic performance in The Legend of Rita
• 2000: Ulrich Wildgruber Award for dramatic performance in The Legend of Rita
• 2007: Adolf-Grimme-Award for dramatic performance in Under the Ice
• 2008: Audience Award for outstanding performances at Zurich Schauspielhaus in Macbeth
• 2008: Kurt-Meisel-Award for outstanding performances in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Kasimir and Karoline

External links

• Bibiana Beglau at IMDb