Birgit Stauber

Birgit Stauber is an actress, writer and director. Born in Vienna/Austria, Birgit attends ballet school at an age of 4, has her stage debut at 5, directs and choreographs the musical Cats at 11 and leaves High School with an "Only A's" certificate. Her teenage years are highly competitive in sports and dance, Birgit is deeply inspired by Danny Kaye, the old MGM musical performers and musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar or Hair. She quits her medicine studies in favor to studying Musical Theater, one of her first roles is "Little Red Ridinghood" in Into The Woods by Stephen Sondheim, one of her all-time favorite composers. Birgit's TV debut is also her first leading role, the "Mariandl" in the remake Hofrat Geiger. 1998 she wins the German Rising Movie Talent Award and goes to Los Angeles to study film acting. Back to Vienna she finishes her studies in Directing Musical Theater at the University of Music and Performing Arts and moves to Berlin. On European Television she becomes widely known with her lead role "Rabe" (English: raven) in the Action Comedy "Wilde Engel". The film wins the Taurus Stunt Award in 2003, Birgit is nominated Shooting Star for the Austrian TV Award Romy and the TV Series "Wilde Engel" is sold to France, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Croatia and Hungary. Birgit enlarges her dance skills with studying Kathak (Classical North Indian Dance) and starts writing screenplays in 2005. In the last years Birgit Stauber has both acted in and directed different award-winning productions. She is member of Equity UK and the Austrian Film Academy, since winter 2018 she is Member of the Board of Pro Quote Film, Germany.