Eva Meckbach

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Eva Meckbach
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Born (1981-01-26) 26 January 1981 (age 43)
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  • Actress

Eva Meckbach (born 26 January 1981) is a German actress.

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Early life

Meckbach was born in Seeheim-Jugenheim [1] and grew up in Heidenheim an der Brenz.

Career

From 2000 to 2001, Meckbach took part in the Theaterprojekt Theater Total project in Bochum. From 2003 to 2006, She received her acting training at the Berlin University of the Arts. From 2006 to 2019, she was part of the permanent ensemble of Schaubühne. [1] In 2015, Meckbach and the ensemble for the play Tartuffe , staged by Michael Thalheimer, received the Golden Mask [2] and the Prix de critique de L'Association québécoise des critiques de théatre (Montreal 2015). [3]

In 2012, Meckbach starred in the drama film Home for the Weekend with Bernd Lange. In 2019, she took on one of the leading roles in the Netflix series Criminal: Germany . [4]

Other work

Meckbach also works regularly as an audio book speaker. In 2019, she was awarded the Deutscher Hörbuchpreis as best interpreter for the audio book of Deutsches Haus by the author Annette Hess. [5]

Personal life

On 5 February 2021, as part of the #ActOut initiative in SZ-Magazin, Meckbach came out as lesbian. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Schauspielerin Eva Meckbach verlässt ihre Komfortzone". 17 February 2019.
  2. "Berliner "Schaubühne" erhält "Goldene Maske" in Moskau". 20 April 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. "In der Kategorie Außerhalb von Quebec erhält Tartuffe von Molière, in einer Inszenierung von Michael Thalheimer, den Critics 'Award in Montreal". 3 February 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. "When is Criminal released on Netflix? Who's in the cast and what's it about?". Radio Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "Deutscher Hörbuchpreis 2019 - Beste Interpretin, wordpecker.de" . Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  6. «Wir sind schon da». in: SZ-Magazin, 4 February 2021.