Barbara Maria Messner

Actress & Coach

At the age of 10 I played Jesus and saw what kind of room was opening up, at 14 my ballet teacher said: You are a born dancer and thus expressed my most secret dreams. Since then I've been on a voyage of discovery.
Pantomime in Paris, qualified dancer and dance teacher at the Rotterdam Dance Academy, now Codarts.
My acting skills i developed in the Netherlands, France and Germany.

My first encounter with film was stunning in the truest sense of the word. With Peter Greenaway. My role was a crazy one.
During the long wait, I learned my colleagues to stand and fall and experience epileptic convulsions. We came to the set as a strong group. And I noticed that all the didactics and supervision lessons at the dance academy, against which I had so much resistance, had a point after all.

My own pieces, projects of all kinds, curiosity about other cultures and perspectives made me travel.
With 7 languages ​​in my luggage, I landed back in Munich at the end of the last century. The director Franz Xaver Bogner cast me for the main cast of his series: The Kaiser von Schexing as Centa Spitzauer and the Bavarian soul looked mischievously out the window.

see also Highlights.

Basics

Field of activity

Actress, Dancer, Coach
Director/Choreographer, Speaker, Teacher,
Presenter, Painter, Writer

Based in

Munich, Germany

Playing range

39 - 55

Height

160 cm / 5'3"

Hair

dark blond

Eyes

green

Native Language

German

Foreign Languages

English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish (all fluent)

Dialects

Bavarian, Austrian

Skills

Improvisation, Accordion,
Modern Dance, Expressiv Dance, Tango, Salsa,
Swing ( Balboa, Lindy Hop )
Yoga, Tai-Chi, Archery, Painting

Training

Mime

with Ella Jaroscewicz, Studio Magenia, Paris
Subjects: Mime, Acrobatics, Fencing

Dance

at Rotterdam Dance Academy, Codarts, The Netherlands
Emphasis: Modern Dance and Improvisation
Degree: Dance, Dance Teacher

Acting

with Marianne van der Velde, Rotterdam
with Jean-Paul Denizon, Paris

Camera / Acting

since 2020 certified SourceTuning Coach ( Jens Roth - Rothcoaching Berlin )
Prof. Dieter Wardetzky
Nancy Bishop, Cedric Klapisch, Mel Churcher
Mark Travis
Tim Garde, Ivana Chubbuk, Elisabet Sevholt ( Chubbuck )

Voice

with Matthias Heiling; Anna Kurek, Otto-Falckenberg School, Munich
Linklater Training with Kristin Linklater, Thomas Buts, Sylvie Polz

Performance

Saburo Teshigawara, Nico and the Navigators, Julyen Hamilton,
Simon Edwards and Marian Masoliver (Lecoq Technique)
Andrew Morrish (Improvisation)

Film

2023

Rosenheimcops / Rosi Irlbacher / Laura Thies / ZDF

Flügge / Anne-Marie / D.R.Cortes + L.Schraudolph / Willitgrain

2021

Keep Cool / Business woman / Michael Baumann / Werbung
Vorsicht, Betrug / Ines / Rudolf Schweiger / ZDF

2020


Zimmer mit Stall / postal employee / Michaela Kezele / ARD

Alte Wunden / Maria / Fabian Weissenborn / Macromedia
Watzmann ermittelt - König Watzmann / Anna Herzog / Jörg Schneider / ARD

2019

Over land / funeral orator / Franz Xaver Bogner / ZDF
Aktenzeichen XY / police inspector / Robert Pejo / ZDF

2018

Cherryblossoms & demons / Rudis mother / Doris Dörrie / Olgafilm

2016

Tante Maria, Argentinien und die Sache mit den Weißwürsten / Rosaria / Markus Herling / ARD
Rosenheimcops / Maren Wehrkorn / Jörg Schneider / ZDF

2015

Aktenzeichen XY / bank clerk / Thomas Pauli / ZDF
The last christmas / Mathilde / Ben Verbong / Internat. Coproduction
Rote Rosen / Analena da Silva / Mattis Reischel, Micaela Zschieschow, Julia Peters
Frauke Thielecke, Laurenz Schlüter, G. Distl, Ch. Klünker, Steffen Mahnert /
AR

2014

Hubert und Staller / Gabi Schondorf / Verena S. Freytag / ARD

2013

Um Himmels willen / Tanja Dornbacher / Denis Satin / ARD
Am Bandl / Mariandl / Benedikt Röskau
Transformations / characters / Siegmar Warnecke

2012

HOPE / fighting mother / Lennart Ruff / Rovolution Film Production
Drinnies / Barbara / Joachim Weber / Violet Pictures

2011

München 72 / Meike / Dror Zahavi / teamworxx / ZDF
Herzflimmern/ Maria Brahmann / Dieter Laske, Daniel Anderson / ZDF
Kanal Fatal / relative / Georg Weber / BR
Angezettelt / Marie / Dominik Utz

2006 - 2010

Der Kaiser von Schexing / Centa Spitzauer / Franz Xaver Bogner / BR

2010

Rosenheimcops/ Eva Kuhn / Werner Siebert / ZDF
Sturm der Liebe / Margot Pichler / Dieter Schlotterbeck / ARD
Kanal Fatal / Frau Meier / Georg Weber / BR

2009

Vickificki / Oscars Mum / Natalie Spinell / on festivals
Isar - nights / Marissa / Karsten Hinrichs / mhk-production
Klimawechsel / Nurse / Gloria Behrens / ZDF

2006

XY / Mother / Peter Claridge / ZDF

2005

Unter der Sonne / Neighbour / Baran Odar / Arte
Zivile Jungs / Doctor in armed forces / Matthias Lehmann / Pro7

2004

Liebe Amelie / Police officer / Maris Pfeiffer / WDR

2003

Ein seltsames Paar / Receptionist / Doris Dörrie / ZDF

2001

Familie Braun / Mama Skin / Baran Odar / commercial

1999

Miracle Baby / Mother in therapy group / Mona Lenz / docufiction

1997

Cafe Meineid / Secretary / Franz Xaver Bogner / BR

1992

Darwin / Epileptic / Peter Greenaway / international coproduction

1997 - 2019

Short films, collaboration with Benedikt Röskau, Siegmar Warnecke, Marie Miyayama, Christian Wagner, Axel Block, Detlef Mohr, Egon Verdin, Cedric Klapisch, Peter Nitzsche, Dominik Utz ...

Theatre & Dance

2024

The transfer - research residency - Flausen+/ UnserTheater / BM Messner & Margarete Huber

Diatriba de Amor contra un hombre sentado / Graciella / Otto Novoa / Cultural center Unser Theater +Tour

2023

L'amour est un oiseau rebelle / Performer / Messner with Margarete Huber (singer) / Kunstbauwerk Vierraden

2021

To burn, forest, fire / ceremony master / C: Katie Paterson / International theatre festival Spielart

Bang bang wo / translater / C: Nelisiwe Xaba / International theatre festival Spielart

2019

Olomoyoyo / Performer / Jelili Atiku / Festival Spielart Munich

2018

Play&stay 1-5 / Christiane Huber / Festival Rodeo Munich
Performance laboratory mit Jorgos Karamalegos / Crete

2017

Der Geist der Frau Kazumoro / Barbara Maria Messner / Munich
Think Twice - another day in paradiese / Performer / Horst Konietzny / Afrika - Munich

2015 - 2016

Der Mieter / Babette Wegmann / Martin Kindervater / Pathos Transport Munich

2007 - 2016

Performance Research / Collaboration with Andrew Morrish, Al Wonder, Cuqui Jerez, Juan Dominguez, Davis Freeman, Pau Faus, Bea Fernandez, Carmelo Salazar, Lilia Mestre, Martin Nachbar, Miguel Pereira, Dario Facal, Silvia Sant Funk

2012

Public Domestic - Slowing down to see further / Festival Rodeo Munich

2011

Urban bodies / 7Happenings / Performance series with Monica Gomis / Munich

2009

Casimir et Caroline / Caroline – Fumee – Juponard / Ives Faure / France

2008

Cabaret du desert / Lilly / Eva Biermann / Lyon, Heidelberg

2007

Il sorriso del gatto bianco / Gatto / Barbara M. Messner / Gruppo Artenauti, Italy

2006 - 2008

The Magic Flute / Animals / Pierre Audi + Min Tanaka / Salzburger Festspiele
Lovezoo / Dancer / Felix Ruckert / Muffathalle / Munich

2005

bauchFrei / Barbara Maria Messner / i-camp / Munich
Deep blue / Mia Lawrence / Muffathalle / Munich

2003 - 2004

Robinson / Robinson / Hedwig Huber / Neuwerk Konstanz
Undine geht / Storyteller / Beriwan Kaya / i-camp / Munich

2002

Oraculos / Fortune-teller / Enrique Vargas / Teatro de los Sentidos / Tollwood / Munich

2001 - 2002

Nighthawks / Frau Hopper / Wolfgang Piontek / Eisfabrik, Hannover

2000

Der Zauberlehrling / Apprentice / Horst Konietzny / EXPO, Hannover

1999

Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda / Angel of Fate / Doris Heinrichsen
Blindsicht Akt 2 / Woman going blind / Horst Konietzny / Munich

1997 - 1998

Weiße Ehe by Tadeusz Rózewicz / Young women / Constanze Lauterbach / Residenztheater / Munich

1995

Guest teacher for dance and body expression at the Universidade Federal da Bahia and Fundação Cultural / Brazil

1994

The Last Days of Humanity by Karl Krauss / various roles
Helmut Palitsch / Theatrale / Unna / scholarship recipient

since 1989

collaborations, research, performances with e.g.
Ana Teixido, Karine Saporta, Felix Ruckert, Angelika Oei, Catherine Diverres und Bernardo Montet, Cornelia Luethi, Irina Pauls, Jess Curtis, Mia Lawrence, Armando de Cecchon, Russell Maliphant, Laurie Booth, Kirstie Simson, Goat Island, Geraldo Si, Horst Konietzny, Monica Gomis, Charlie Morrissey

Presentation / speaker

2020

Lena Christ: Erinnerungen einer Überflüssigen / diverse roles / Stefanie Ramb / BR

2017

Live Audiodrama / Der Geist der Frau Kazumoro / Barbara Maria Messner / theatre, radio

2016

Audiodrama: Tatort: Schenja / Hedi / Ulrich Lampen / BR

2015

Der Angriff der Vergangenheit auf die übrige Zeit / speaker / Barbara Schäfer / BR

2009

Live audiodrama: Auf leisen Sohlen / BM Messner in collaboration with Otger Kunert / Theatre Munich

2000

Presentation: Bavaria Action Show for Stunt - team Steinmeier / Mohr in Munich