Valerie Pachner

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Valerie Pachner
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Valerie Pachner in 2019
Born (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 37)
Wels, Austria
Nationality Austrian
OccupationActress
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)

Valerie Pachner (born 26 June 1987) is an Austrian actress.

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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. She was then part of the ensemble cast at the Residenztheater in Munich, under artistic director Martin Kušej until 2017. [1] Her work on stage was awarded twice in 2016.

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 Scharang's Jack and Maria Schrader's biopic of the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, Vor der Morgenröte (Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe), playing Zweig's stepdaughter alongside Barbara Sukowa and Josef Hader as Zweig.

For her portrayal of Egon Schiele's muse Wally Neuzil in Dieter Berner's Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden she was awarded the Austrian Film Award and the Romy.

In 2019 The Ground Beneath My Feet by Marie Kreutzer was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. Pachner's leading performance was critically acclaimed internationally [2] and earned her three awards, including the German Acting Award for Best Actress. [3] The film had a limited theatrical release in the U.S. and was named one of The 10 Best Movies of 2019 by Vanity Fair. [4]

The same year, Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life with Pachner playing the female lead, Franziska Jägerstätter, premiered in competition at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. [5] [6] It was also shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival and the Deauville American Film Festival. IndieWire called her performance as one of the best by an actress in 2019. [4]

In 2022, Pachner appeared as Henrietta Fischer in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2013TuppernCaroVanessa Gräfingholt Short film
LiebemachtNastija Dieter Berner
2015 Bad Luck Dagmar Thomas Woschitz
Jack Marlene Elisabeth Scharang
2016 Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe Alix Störk Maria Schrader
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden Wally Neuzil Dieter Berner
2019 The Ground Beneath My Feet Lola Wegenstein Marie Kreutzer
All My Loving Klara Edward Berger
A Hidden Life Franziska Jägerstätter Terrence Malick
2021Another Coin for the Merry-Go-RoundAnnaHannes Starz
The King's Man Mata Hari Matthew Vaughn
2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore Henrietta Fischer David Yates

Television

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2019Bauhaus - A New Era Gunta Stölzl Lars Kraume Main role; 6 episodes
2022 The English Martha Myers Hugo Blick Main role; 3 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRole(s)DirectorVenue
2010 The Shape of Things TBAHolle Münster Max Reinhardt Seminar
Mozart and Salieri TBAJosua Rösing
2011 Die Nibelungen Kriemhild Holle Münster
Anywhere but Here TBAHannan IshaySommerakademie Reichenau
2012 The Brothers Karamazov Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlova / "Grushenka"Josua RösingMax Reinhardt Seminar
2013 The Snow Queen The Princess / The Little Robber GirlSamuel Weiss Residence Theatre
Orestes Chrysothemis / Hermione David Bösch
Räuber.SchuldengenitalPetraAlex Riemenschneider
2015 Hoppla, We're Alive! Eva BergAnne Lenk
Three Sisters Irina Sergeyevna ProzorovaTina Lanik
Antony and Cleopatra IrasThomas Dannemann
Opening Night: Alles über LauraNancy / HannahBernhard Mikeska
2016 The Crucible Mary Warren Tina Lanik
Faith, Hope and CharityElisabethDavid Bösch
2017FoxfinderJudith CoveyMirjam Loibl

Awards

Valerie Pachner with the Austrian Film Award 2017 Osterreichischer Filmpreis 2017 Preisverleihung58 Egon Schiele Tod und Madchen Valerie Pachner.jpg
Valerie Pachner with the Austrian Film Award 2017

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