Maria Weiss is a film actress and opera singer specialising in period drama, arthouse cinema and complex female characters of past centuries. She is particularly drawn to roles in which acting, movement and music merge into a single organic form of expression – ranging from early Baroque worlds of the 17th century to the early 20th century.

Her work is characterised by in-depth character research and a physically and emotionally driven approach. She trained in Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York and studied Cultural Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris (Diplôme de langue et civilisation française).

As a classically trained opera singer specialising in early and Baroque music – trained at the Conservatorio Statale Luigi Cherubini in Florence and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (Bachelor of Arts degree) – she regularly integrates her musical expertise into her screen work, most recently in The Blood Countess (2026, dir. Ulrike Ottinger) and Untitled (Glawogger / Willi), where she appears as the solo voice of the film score (composer: Wolfgang Mitterer).

She works fluently in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish in European and international film productions and as a singer in international opera productions.