Adriana Altaras

Adriana Altaras is a Croatian-born actress, director, and author who grew up in Italy and Germany. After high school she trained at Berlin's Academy of Dramatic Arts and later at New York University. She helped found the Berlin off-theater Theater zum West lichen Stadthirschen, where she spent several years acting, directing, and writing. Her stage roles included Der Frosch, Die Nächte der Cabiria, Clara S., and Sommernachtstraum. Her solo piece Jonteff, which she wrote and performed, toured Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Brazil. She directed plays at venues including the Berliner Ensemble, the Landestheater Neustrelitz, and the Neuköllner Oper. She appeared in TV and cinema films, among them Das Kondom des Grauens (1996) and Der Vollidiot (2007). Her honors include a German Film Award in 1988, the Theater Award of Northrhine-Westfalia in 1993, and a share in the Silver Bear for the ensemble of Rudolf Thome's Paradiso at the Berlin Film Festival in 2000.