Maria Weiss

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Maria Weiss

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I am a film actress and opera singer drawn to the lives of women whose stories echo across centuries. My work is rooted in historical worlds – from the early 17th century to the turmoil of the Second World War – where character, movement and music can flow into one another as naturally as breath.

My training in Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York, together with my cultural studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, has shaped an approach that seeks depth, precision and emotional truth. Every role becomes a space for research, intuition and transformation.

My background in early music, particularly Baroque repertoire, often finds its way into my screen work: in Blutgräfin (2026, dir. Ulrike Ottinger), where musical expression became part of my character’s inner world, or in Untitled (2017, dir. Michael Glawogger & Monika Willi), where I appear as the solo voice of the film music (Wolfgang Mitterer), weaving fragments of my first solo album into the film’s soundscape.

Having lived and studied in France, Italy, Spain and the USA, I work fluently in several languages (DE, EN, FR, IT, ES) and collaborate across European and international productions.

Wien (AT)
Genderfemale
Place of birthKärnten
NationalityAustrian
Main professionActor
Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27), Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland
SpecializationsModel, Facilitator, Musical actor, Puppeteer, Speaker
Driver's licensesB - Car
Eye colorblue
Hair colorstrawberry blond(e)
Height (cm)172
LanguagesGerman(native)EnglishFrenchItalianSpanish
DialectsAustrian(native dialect)Carinthian(native dialect)
AccentsAmericanEnglishFrenchItalian
InstrumentsKeyboard/SynthesizerPianoCastanetsHarmonicaHarpsichordOrganRecorder
SportFencing (stage)Horse ridingAlpine skiingArtistic gymnasticsAthleticsBalletDancesportFencing (sports)Floor exerciseGymnasticsGymnasticsIce skatingKarateRoller skatingShow jumpingSkateboardSwimmingSword fightingTable footballYoga
DanceBalletClassic danceConcert danceCourtly dancesFlamencoHistorical danceMinuetMusical theaterPop
PitchAlto, Mezzo-soprano
SingingA cappellaBel cantoChamber musicChansonChoirChoraleClassicEarly musicOperaOpera singingOperettaSongHip HopFolkImprovisationMusicalPopSprechgesangWienerliedfolk song
Special skillsBarmanCatwalk
Training
Primary professional training
Other professional training
Operngesang | Universität für Musik & Darstellende Kunst Graz
Operngesang | Conservatorio Statale Luigi Cherubini (Florenz, Italien)
MasterClass Association, Vereinigte Staaten Acting - Helena Mirren
Workshop, The Living Theatre, Vereinigte Staaten Judith Malina
Historischer Tanz (Fortbildung) | Margit Legler
Fondazione Benetton - Studi Ricerche, Italien Meisterklasse Dame Emma Kirkby - Gesang - Alte Musik
Teatro Real de Madrid, Spanien Stipendium & Meisterklasse Gesang (Oper & Spanisches Lied) Teresa Berganza
Fundación Eutherpe, Spanien Stipendium & Meisterklasse Gesang (Oper & Spanisches Lied) Teresa Berganza
ImPulsTanz, Österreich Ballett - Libby Farr
Flamenco u.a. bei Maria Serrano, Ana Pozo de Cordoba, Fatima Martinéz Sanchez, Muriel Garcias, Susana La Gitana Rubia und Escuela Carmen de las Cuevas (Granada)
Daphne's Studio, Österreich Stepptanz / Tap dance - Max Pollak
Klavier - Alberto Alinari (Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino)
Awards
2022
CD des Tages Radio Klassik Stephansdom (Opera)
2015
CD des Tages Radio Klassik Stephansdom
2015
Ö1 Pasticcio Preis (Opera)
Film
2026
Blutgräfin (Cinema film)
Dame im Rokkokokostüm (SUP)
Ulrike Ottinger Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu | Bady Minck Netflix Ulrike Ottinger, Elfriede Jelinek
2026
Die schöne Müllerin (Cinema film)
Die schöne Müllerin (LR)
Astrid Bscher
2016 – 2017
Untitled
Sängerin
Michael Glawogger, Monika Willi
2011 – 2012
Spanien
Prostituierte
Anja Salomonowitz Eva Roth
2010 – 2011
Antoine war nie in Wien
Frau
Sebastian Mayr
2010 – 2011
Unseen
Elizabeth (lead)
Phil Moran
2010
Anziehungen
Frau (lead)
Ronald Unterberger
Television
2025
Der große Knall - Österreich - Die ganze Geschichte (Documentary fiction)
Karoline von Perin Gradenstein (ELR)
Christian Papke ORF
2025
Tod in Tirol (TV movie)
AD-Sprecherin Sprecher / Erzähler (OTH)
Mirjam Unger ORF, ZDF, KGP Filmproduktion Sender/Verleih: ZDF
Commercial
Erste Bank
Ärztin
Martin Aamund
Austrian Airlines
Lead
Quadmo Quintero
Herold
Elegante Dame (lead)
Britta Krause
Mömax
Lead
Christopher Schlier
Wienerin
Business Mutter
George Moringer
Millionenshow
Lead
Markus Riedl
Zeit für Gerechtigkeit
Lead
Markus Riedl
Aera Award
Lead
Claus Krommer
Medical Clue
Lead
Christian Saupper
EU-Wahl
Sekretärin
Markus Riedl
Wien Energie
Elegante Frau
Andreas Hutter
Krebshilfe
Sozialarbeiterin
Markus Seilern
Uniqa
Mutter
Markus Seilern
Leiner
Schüchterne Frau (lead)
Joao Lancamorais
Vöslauer
Opernsängerin
Quadmo Quintero
A1
Sennerin
Sebastian Pfaffenpichler
Iglo
Mutter
Philip Kaiser
Holz
Sportlerin (lead)
Falko Maetzler
Fruchtzwerge
Kindergärtnerin
Marille Fröhlich