Cast
Verena Altenberger
Acting
Cast
Verena Altenberger
Known for
Acting
Born
1987-11-11
From
Schwarzach im Pongau, Salzburg, Austria
Biography
Verena Altenberger is an Austrian actress born and raised in the federal state of Salzburg. She studied acting in Vienna after completing a degree in Communication Studies and graduated from the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna in 2015. Altenberger gained early stage experience at the Burgtheater and later appeared at major theaters such as the Volkstheater Vienna and the Salzburg Festival, where she played the role of the Buhlschaft in Jedermann in 2021 and 2022. She rose to international attention with her award-winning lead performance in Adrian Goigingerâs film The Best of All Worlds (2017), which earned her several acting awards. Altenberger is also widely known for her television work, including CopStories, Magda Makes It Work!, Polizeiruf 110, and numerous film and TV productions across Austria and Germany. Beyond acting, she has served as President of the Austrian Film Academy since 2021 and became a UN World Food Programme ambassador in 2025.
The Life of Wishes
Babystar
as AI CEO
Cold Hell
as Ranya
KĂ€stner and Little Tuesday
as young woman
No Beast. So Fierce.
as Elisabet York
Tödliches Spiel - Das Krimi-Dinner
as Eila Kampstahl
Lars Eidinger â To Be or Not To Be
as Self
Hannes
as Dr. Redlich
Secret of the Midwife
as Dame Margareth
Commitment Phobia
as Martha
Ein Dorf wehrt sich
as Eva SchÀdler
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
as Self - Interviewee
The Best of All Worlds
as Helga Wachter
The Dragon Maiden
as Hannah
Athos 2643
Schönes Schlamassel
as Anne Braun
Bach - A Christmas Miracle
as Anna Magdalena Bach
Therapy for a Vampire
as Woman in Dirndl
First Snow of Summer
as Caro
Above the World
as Moid
In the Rose Garden
Shillings from Heaven
as Rosa Unterguggenberger
Der Hafenpastor und das Blaue vom Himmel
as Ina
Die Doppelte Frau
as Betty Steinhart
Rufmord
as Kommissarin Baumann
Me, We
as Marie
The Road to Nevermore
as Gwen
Shadows of the Past
as Christina
Der Treue gröĂter Akt
as Kriemhild
Slow Down the Fall
The Makemakes in Hollywood - Auf den Spuren von Sound of Music
as Narrator
Marie Kreutzer Landkrimi Vier
as Sandra Wolf