Henriette F. Schmidt lives and works as a freelance actress, speaker, artist and lecturer in Munich. The Lübeck native studied at the Bavarian Theater Academy in Munich. During her studies she made her debut at the Munich Kammerspiele under director Luk Perceval and gained experience in film and television early on. She followed the call to the Nuremberg State Theater. In addition to her permanent engagement, she worked as a speaker and lecturer with the free artist collectives Fake(to)Pretend and 53°Nord and was able to continue to stand in front of the camera for film and television. She has been working as a freelancer in Munich since 2017, trains at universities and is a coach for language, body and voice. Her interest moves between psychological and anatomical analysis, the transfer between head and body. In addition to further training in her subject, she studied Japanese theater with Tatsushige Udaka at the International Noh Institute in Tokyo and Kyoto and attended workshops in Bhuto, including with Kudo Taketeru. In 2018 she received her 500h Advanced Yoga Teacher Certificate and has been teaching regularly ever since.

In 2020 she developed the literary radio play series Kopfkino. The series is funded by the City of Munich and the Performing Arts Fund, was invited to the 13th Radio Play Festival Berlin and the Munich Literature Festival 2022 and can be experienced both as a podcast and in live performances. In the meantime, 25 episodes have been created and can be viewed free of charge:

https://www.kopfkino-podcast.de/

In the 15th and 16th season of the ZDF series Der Bergdoktor Henriette F. Schmidt is known as Mrs. Dr. Tippner.