Bibiana Beglau

Bibiana Beglau (* July 16, 1971 in Braunschweig ) is a German actress.

Life

Bibiana Beglau is the daughter of a customs officer and a nurse. After studying acting at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Hamburg, she worked with, among others, Einar Schleef, Christoph Schlingensief and Falk Richter.

She became known for The Legend of Rita, for which she won at the Berlin Film Festival in 2000 with the Silver Bear for Best Actress, and was nominated for the European Film Award through her ​​starring role in Volker Schlöndorff's film. Also in 2000, her Ulrich Wild Gruber Prize was awarded. 2004 Bibiana Beglau was seen again directed by Volker Schlöndorff on the side of Ulrich Matthes and August Diehl in The Ninth Day. For her dramatic performance as a mother who tries to hide a gruesome secret, Bibiana Beglau received in 2007 for Under the ice along with director Aelrun Goette and cinematographer Jens Hrant the Adolf Grimme Prize.

Since 1996 she played supporting roles over and over again in leading theaters in the German-speaking world. She worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Berlin theater, the Schauspielhaus Zurich, Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg and Berlin's Volksbühne. The performance of Nothing hurts at the Kampnagelfabrik 2000 was invited to the Berlin Theatre Meeting. In 2005, she played the role of Cunegonde in Martin Kušej staging of King Ottokar's Fortune and end at the Burgtheater, which was invited to the Salzburg Festival and the 2008 Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare 's production of Sebastian Nübling at the Schauspielhaus Zurich. She was from 2009 to 2011 member of the ensemble at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. There she has the Rose Kennedy in Luk Perceval The truth about the Kennedys and in Dimiter Gotscheff productions Antigone and Oedipus, bully played in each of the three roles Creon, Tiresias and the Messenger. Under Dimiter Gotscheff led premiered Peter Handke piece still rush to the Salzburg Festival. She was seen until 2012 at the theater and the Volksbühne Berlin, among other things, played in 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane or Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin. In both pieces they played over 10 years one of the female lead roles. Since 2011 she has been a member of the Munich Residenz Theater and also played three roles as Erna, pink and Schürzinger in Frank Castorf directed by Kasimir and Karoline by Odon von Horvath. In 2012 she won for her portrayal of Petra von Kant The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner Fassbinder at the Munich Residenz Theater under the direction of Martin Kusej the Kurt Meisel Award.

Bibiana Beglau is also active as an audiobook spokeswoman. She was among other things, in Falk Richter's God is a DJ with and lent repeated Hörbuchproduktionen about Annemarie Schwarzenbach her ​​voice.

Filmography (selection)

Documentary

• Abgeschminkt: Bibiana Beglau. Documentation, Germany 2006 ( written and directed by Johanna Schickentanz )

Theatrografie (selection)

Radio plays (selection)

• 57 minutes 38 seconds eternity of Bibiana Beglau and Stefan Jäger (production: Theater audio book publisher)
• The Man Who Disappeared by Franz Kafka ( Production: SWR 2)
• Dublin of James Joyce ( Production: BR)
• God is a DJ by Falk Richter (production: Theater audio book publisher)
• Declarations of love a traveler by Annemarie Schwarzenbach ( Production: No But and Records)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë with music by Anne Clark ( Production: The Hörverlag )
• Ulysses by James Joyce ( Production: Southwest Broadcasting, radio Germany )
• Like a stone in the rubble of Maria Barbal (production: DAV)

Awards (selection)

• 2000: Ulrich Wild Gruber Prize
• 2000: Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Legend of Rita
• 2000: Riga Film Festival, Grand Prize for outstanding performances in The Legend of Rita
• 2000: Nomination for the European Film Award for Best Actress for The Legend of Rita
• 2007: Adolf Grimme Award for Under the Ice
• 2008: Audience Award for outstanding performances from the Schauspielhaus Zurich in Macbeth
• 2012: Kurt Meisel Award for outstanding interpretive services in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and Kasimir and Karoline