Andrea Clausen

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Andrea Clausen (born January 17, 1959 in Oldenburg) is a German stage actress, member of the Burgtheater ensemble.

Life and Theatre career

Born in Oldenburg, she first studied at the acting school of Etienne Decroux in Paris and then at the Folkwangschule in Essen. After her studies she made her debut as an actress in Oldenburg and in Cologne. In 1986 she changed to Bochum and began to work with Andrea Breth. In 1991 she went to the Burgtheater and worked as well with Claus Peymann, Hans Neuenfels and Wilfried Minks. 1994, she went to the Schaubühne Berlin, returning two years later to Vienna. She received a "Kainz-Medaille" for her acting in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Since 1996 she has worked with Matthias Hartmann, Luc Bondy, Karin Henkel , Paulus Manker, Theu Boermans and in many plays directed by Andrea Breth, such as "The Cherry Orchard", "Emilia Galotti", "Minna von Barnhelm", "Don Carlos", "Motortown". One of her more famous roles was as Ines Finidori in "Trois versions de la vie" of Yasmina Reza (2000), which was first played in Vienna, at the Akademietheater.

Andrea Clausen is married, and in 2003 she had twin-daughters named Maria and Jelena.

Since 2006 a large photography of Andrea Clausen, made by the Austrian photograph Ilse Haider, has been hanging in the Portrait Gallery of the Burgtheater.

Theatre roles

Schauspielhaus Bochum

* Angelina in "Sud" (Julien Green; D: A. Breth)
* Girl in "Summer" (Edward Bond; D: A. Breth)
* Minna in "Minna von Barnhelm" (Lessing, D: U. Troller)
* Lucile in "Dantons Tod" (Büchner; D: F. P.Steckel)
* Olivia in "Twelfth Night, or What You Will" (Shakespeare, D: A. Breth)

Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin

* Elektra in " Elektra" (Euripides, D: A. Breth)

Burgtheater and Akademietheater, Vienna

* Marie in "Clavigo" (Goethe, D: C. Peymann)
* Eve in "Der zerbrochne Krug" (Kleist, D: A. Breth)
* Honey in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Edward Albee; D: H. Neuenfels)
* Julie in "Liliom" (Molnar; D: P. Manker)
* Nora in "A Doll's House" (Ibsen; D: K. Henkel)
* Isabella in "Edward II" (C. Marlowe; D: C. Peymann)
* Irene in "Tochter der Luft" (Hans Magnus Enzensberger/Calderón de la Barca, D: Frank Castorf
*Ramona in "Viridiana "of Luis Buñuel (D: Dimiter Gotscheff)
* Ines in "Drei Mal Leben" (Reza; D: L. Bondy), Akademietheater
* Countess Orsina in "Emilia Galotti" (Lessing; D: A. Breth)
*Marchioness Mondecar in "Don Carlos" (Schiller, D: A. Breth) 2004
* Ranevskaya in "The Cherry Orchard" (Chekhov ; D: A. Breth) 2005
* A Mourning women in "Minna von Barnhelm" (Lessing, D: A. Breth) 2005
* Hippolyta and Titania in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Shakespeare, R: Theu Boermans) 2007
* Helen in "Motortown" (Simon Stephens, D: A. Breth) 2008

Movies

*2003: "Die Brüder" "(Brothers)", D: W Murnberger/ORF
*1994: "Kopf des Mohren" "(The Moor's Head)", D: Paulus Manker
*1983: "Fremdes Land", "(Strange Country)" D: Claus Peter Witt

Audio

* Speaker in the audio book "Geboren in Bagdad" Susanne Ayoub 2004, Hoffman und Campe Verlag (ISBN 3-455-30377-3)
* Speaker (Clelia) in the audio-drama "Unter Frauen" ("Tra donne sole") of Cesare Pavese, 2006 (D: Götz Fritsch, ORF)

Awards

*1987: "Best young actress" (theatre-magazine "Theater heute")
*1992: "Kainz-Medaille"
*2001, 2003 und 2005: nominated for the "Nestroy-Preis" (Vienna theatre-award) in the category "Best Actress"
*2007: ORF-Audio-Award (ORF-Hörspielpreis) "Actress of the Year 2006"

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