Julia Stemberger

{{Infobox person |name = Julia Stemberger |image = Julia Stemberger und Die österr. Salonisten, 2010 (1).jpg |caption = Julia Stemberger in 2010 |image_size = |birth_name = Julia Stemberger |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|1|29|df=yes}} |birth_place = Vienna, Austria |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Actress |years_active = 1984-present |spouse = |children = Fanny Altenburger |relatives = Katharina Stemberger (sister) |website = }} '''Julia Stemberger''' (born 29 January 1965) is an Austrian actress.

== Early life == Stemberger was born in Vienna, Austria to actress Christa Schwertsik and medical doctor Heinrich Stemberger. Her younger sister, Katharina Stemberger also became a renowned actress.

Besides the acting classes with Dorothea Neff and Eva Zilcher she also learned singing ballet- and jazz dancing and playing flutes and the piano.

== Career == === Film and TV === Just after her Matura aged 19, Stemberger assumed the lead role in her first Film ''Herzklopfen'' in 1984. The film was very successful and yielded her a large public attention. She also played the role of Frau Linge in Swing Kids (1993 film). She played in several German film productions for instance Xaver Schwarzenberger and also the TV Series ''Die Stein'' and ''11er Haus''

=== Theater === In theater, Stemberger's first success was as ''Paula'' in ''The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' at the Wiener Volkstheater (1986 to 1987). The following year, she played in Stephan Bruckmeiers (born 1962 year, Wien, Austria) adaption of Wolfgang Bauer's ''Magic Afternoon'' as well as ''The Youth'' in ''Der Bauer als Millionär'' by Jürgen Flimm at the Salzburger Festspiele. She then played in several plays directed by Flimm and in Peter Zadek's adaption of ''The Merchant of Venice'' the first time at the Burgtheater of Vienna.

She also starred in George Tabori's adaption of ''Othello'' and again in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' from Peter Stein at the Salzburger Festspiele as well as in ''My Fair Lady'' at the Wiener Volksoper and other Theaters in Vienna, Hamburg and Munich.

In addition to her work as a theater and film actress Stemberger performed together with the ensembles ''The Austrian Salonists'' and the ''String Quartet Sonare'' stage programs in which they mainly humorous from the works of writers such as Alfred Polgar, Karl Kraus, Anton Kuh, Isabel Allende, Vladimir Kaminer, Umberto Eco.<ref>[http://www.kulturbuero.biz/index.php?inc=artikel&id=53 KulturBüro: Julia Stemberger], retrieved 21 November 2010.</ref>

== Personal life == [[File:Julia Stemberger Fanny Altenburger 2015.jpg|thumb|Julia Stemberger (right) with her daughter Fanny Altenburger in 2015 at the award ceremony of the Nestroy Theatre Prize]] In 1997, Stemberger married violinist Christian Altenburger with whom she has a daughter, Fanny.<ref>[http://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/berlin-kultur/article124213833/Julia-Stemberger-steht-als-Queen-Mum-auf-der-Buehne.html ''Berliner Morgenpost: Julia Stemberger steht als Queen Mum auf der Bühne'']. Article dated 25 January 2014, accessdate 13 April 2019.</ref> From 1999 to 2005 they had the musical and artistic stewardship of the ''Mondseetage'' a festival for Kammermusik taking place in the Austrian Mondsee. In 2007 they were divorced.<ref>[http://www.presseportal.de/pm/29590/1615428/julia-stembergers-tochter-kam-als-fruehchen-zur-welt-der-anfang-war-nicht-leicht-fuer-sie-und-fuer ''Julia Stembergers Tochter kam als Frühchen zur Welt: „Der Anfang war nicht leicht für sie und für uns"''], 18 May 2010.</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{DNB-Portal|121971899}} * {{IMDb name|id=0826432}}

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