Stefanie Preissner | |
|---|---|
 Preissner in 2013 | |
| Born | 21 April 1987 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Alma mater | University College Cork |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Known for | Can't Cope, Won't Cope |
Stefanie Preissner (born 21 April 1987) is an Irish writer, actress, influencer, script supervisor, activist and columnist. [1] [2]
She is best known as the creator of comedy-drama Can't Cope, Won't Cope . [1] [2]
An only child born in Munich, Germany, Preissner moved to Mallow, County Cork with her mother, Bernie, from Dublin after she had separated from her husband, Stefanie's German father. [1] [3] [4] She gained a BA in Spanish and drama and theatre studies from University College Cork. [1] She attended the Garda Síochána College in Templemore, County Tipperary for a short period. [3] She attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2008. [1]
Preissner's first acting role was in Enda Walsh's Chatroom. [3]
Preissner wrote and starred in Our Father and Solpadeine is my Boyfriend a one-woman show for the Dublin Fringe Festival, and she toured it internationally. [1] [5] [6] The show was recreated for RTÉ Radio Drama on One. [1] The podcast of this version is the most downloaded of all podcasts from RTÉ. [1] Preissner created a series of documentaries entitled How To Adult for the RTÉ Player. [6] [3] [7]
Preissner's first book Why can't everything just stay the same? : and other things I shout when I can't cope is a collection of poetry and prose. [6] [3] [8] It was published in 2017. [8] [9] [10] Her second book Can I Say No?: One Woman's Battle with a Small Word was published in 2019. [11] [12]
In 2017, Preissner was developing a screenplay closerthanthis (sic) for Brooklyn producers Parallel Films. [6] [3] She was also developing a TV pilot with Channel 4. [6] [3]
In 2020, Preissner started a podcast called "Basically" from HeadStuff Podcast Network
Preissner created RTÉ2's Can't Cope, Won't Cope starring Seána Kerslake and Amy Huberman in 2016. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] The first season was picked up by BBC 3 in 2017 and Netflix in the US and UK in 2018. [15] [18] [19] A second series was commissioned in 2017. [3] [15] [20]
In October 2021, Preissner revealed that she was diagnosed with autism earlier in 2021. [21]
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