Verena Altenberger
Acting
Born 1987-11-11
Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
54 credits
Nestroy Theatre Prize 1
Austrian Film Award 1
Awards
Won 1 Nestroy Theatre Prize Award
Nestroy Theatre Prize 1 won
- 2021 Nestroy Theatre Prize Won
Austrian Film Award 1 won
- 2018 Austrian Film Award Won
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Verena Altenberger is an Austrian actress born and raised in the federal state of Salzburg. She studied acting in Vienna after completing a degree in Communication Studies and graduated from the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna in 2015. Altenberger gained early stage experience at the Burgtheater and later appeared at major theaters such as the Volkstheater Vienna and the Salzburg Festival, where she played the role of the Buhlschaft in Jedermann in 2021 and 2022. She rose to international attention with her award-winning lead performance in Adrian Goiginger’s film The Best of All Worlds (2017), which earned her several acting awards. Altenberger is also widely known for her television work, including CopStories, Magda Makes It Work!, Polizeiruf 110, and numerous film and TV productions across Austria and Germany. Beyond acting, she has served as President of the Austrian Film Academy since 2021 and became a UN World Food Programme ambassador in 2025.
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Filmography
Acting
50 credits
Scene of the Crime
Polizeiruf 110
Abendschau
Murder in the Mountains
SOKO Köln
Vienna Crime Squad
Kölner Treff
Bavarian Film Awards
Murder by the Lake
Lena Lorenz
Shades of Guilt
Mozart/Mozart
Kafka
DENK mit KULTUR
CopStories
M - A City Hunts a Murderer
Above the World
Riesending - Jede Stunde zählt
Magda macht das schon!
Sheep
Wild Republic
The Dragon Maiden
Tödliches Spiel - Das Krimi-Dinner
Sturm kommt auf
Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be
Babystar
Cold Hell
Im Schleudergang
Schönes Schlamassel
The Best of All Worlds
Secret of the Midwife
First Snow of Summer
Hannes
No Beast. So Fierce.
Die Doppelte Frau
Bach - A Christmas Miracle
Commitment Phobia
Der Treue größter Akt
The Road to Nevermore
Therapy for a Vampire
Kästner and Little Tuesday
Shillings from Heaven
Ein Dorf wehrt sich
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
Rufmord
Shadows of the Past
Der Hafenpastor und das Blaue vom Himmel
ACHT
Me, We
The Makemakes in Hollywood - Auf den Spuren von Sound of Music
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