Maria Hofstätter
{{Short description|Austrian actress (born 1964)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Maria Hofstätter
| image = Österreichischer Filmpreis 2014 A Maria Hofstätter b.jpg
| caption = Hofstätter at the Austrian Film Awards 2014
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|3|30|df=yes}}
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| occupation = Actress
| years active = 1993–present
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Maria Hofstätter (born 30 March 1964) is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 1993.
Career
Hofstätter was born in Upper Austria, on 30 March 1964. She did not attend acting school and first appeared on stage for a bet.{{cite news |title=Diagonale-Schauspielpreis an Maria Hofstätter |url=https://steiermark.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2566058/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=Steiermark |date=7 January 2013 |language=de |archive-date=15 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415031742/http://steiermark.orf.at/news/stories/2566058/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Maria Hofstätter |url=https://www.divina.at/schauspielerinnen/maria-hofstaetter/ |website=Divina |access-date=23 February 2024 |archive-date=6 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006120532/http://www.divina.at/schauspielerinnen/maria-hofstaetter/ |url-status=live }} She has worked on films with directors such as Michael Glawogger, Paul Harather, Marc Rothemund, Harald Sicheritz (Poppitz) and Ulrich Seidl. Hofstätter played the hitchhiker in Seidl's first arthouse film, Dog Days in 2001.{{cite news |last1=Dawson |first1=Tom |title=Dog Days (Hundstage) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/08/23/dog_days_2002_review.shtml |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=BBC |date=1 September 2002}} In 2012, she played the main role of Anna-Maria in the controversial second part of Seidl's Paradise trilogy, entitled Paradise: Faith.{{cite news |last1=Zawia |first1=Alexandra |title=Venice 2012: Ulrich Seidl on His Controversial Paradise: Faith (Q&A) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-2012-ulrich-seidl-paradise-faith-catholics-maria-hofstatter-367489/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2 September 2012 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223143737/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/venice-2012-ulrich-seidl-paradise-faith-catholics-maria-hofstatter-367489/ |url-status=live }} The Screen Daily review said that she "completely melts into the role, providing the backbone for the entire piece".{{cite news |last1=Fainaru |first1=Dan |title=Paradise: Faith |url=https://www.screendaily.com/paradise-faith/5045925.article |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=Screen Daily |date=31 August 2012 |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519014923/https://www.screendaily.com/paradise-faith/5045925.article |url-status=live }}
She has also performed roles on television series such as Braunschlag by David Schalko and acted in the theatre.{{cite web |title=Anna und Martha. Der dritte Sektor |url=https://www.kleinestheater.at/programm/stuecke/270/ |website=Kleines Theater |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=de-DE |archive-date=14 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814181216/https://www.kleinestheater.at/programm/stuecke/270/ |url-status=live }}
Awards
Hofstätter won the Diagonale acting prize in 2013 and the {{ill|Deutscher Schauspielpreis|de}} in 2021.{{cite news |title=Maria Hofstätter mit Deutschem Schauspielpreis geehrt |url=https://kurier.at/kultur/maria-hofstaetter-mit-deutschem-schauspielpreis-geehrt/401724540 |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=Kurier |date=3 September 2021 |language=de |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222125247/https://kurier.at/kultur/maria-hofstaetter-mit-deutschem-schauspielpreis-geehrt/401724540 |url-status=live }} She was awarded the Österreichischer Filmpreis in 2014 for her role in Paradise: Faith.{{cite news |last1=Salso |first1=Milo |title=Maria Hofstätter - Anonymously popular |url=https://cinema-austriaco.org/en/2023/09/06/maria-hofstatter-anonymously-popular/ |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=Cinema Austriaco |date=6 September 2023 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223143905/https://cinema-austriaco.org/en/2023/09/06/maria-hofstatter-anonymously-popular/ |url-status=live }} For her performance in Fuchs im Bau, she won a Romy and another Österreichischer Filmpreis.{{cite news |title=Beliebteste Schauspielerin Film 2022: Maria Hofstätter |url=https://kurier.at/romy/beliebteste-schauspielerin-film-bei-der-romy-2022-maria-hofstaetter/401983328 |access-date=23 February 2024 |work=Kurier |date=23 April 2022 |language=de |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222065530/https://kurier.at/romy/beliebteste-schauspielerin-film-bei-der-romy-2022-maria-hofstaetter/401983328 |url-status=live }}
Selected filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Director(s) ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2025
| Mrs. Ramsauer | premiere at the BIFF Panorama 2025{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/471529 |title= The Berlinale announces the first Berlinale Special, Panorama and Generation titles |first= Vassilis |last= Economou |date=17 December 2024|access-date=18 December 2024 |website= Cineuropa |language=en}} |
| 2024
| Mother Gänglin | Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala | |
| 2014
| Mutter | |
| 2012
| Anna-Maria | |
| 2007
| Sister Maria | |
| 2002
| Poppitz | | |
| 2001
| Dog Days | The hitchhiker | |
| 1995
| | |
| 1993
| Indien | | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0389463}}
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