Verena Altenberger
- Acting
- November 11, 1987 · 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 Goiginger’s 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Athos 2643
- Monster Mia · Oskar (Voice)
- Sheep · Astrid
- Babystar · AI CEO
- Mozart/Mozart · Marie Antoinette
- In the Rose Garden
- Tödliches Spiel - Das Krimi-Dinner · Eila Kampstahl
- The Life of Wishes
- Sturm kommt auf · Elies Heingeiger
- Slow Down the Fall
- ACHT · Sandra Wolf
- No Beast. So Fierce. · Elisabet York
- Bach - A Christmas Miracle · Anna Magdalena Bach
- Kafka · Robert Musil
- Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film · Self
- Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be · Self
- First Snow of Summer · Caro
- Riesending - Jede Stunde zählt · Birgit Eberharter
- Die Doppelte Frau · Betty Steinhart
- Shadows of the Past · Christina
- Above the World · Moid
- Hannes · Dr. Redlich
- Jedermann - Salzburger Festspiele · Buhlschaft
- Commitment Phobia · Martha
- Me, We · Marie
- Wild Republic · Rebecca
- Schönes Schlamassel · Anne Braun
- Secret in the Mountain · Eva Schädler
- M - A City Hunts a Murderer · Mutter
- Shillings from Heaven · Rosa Unterguggenberger
- Rufmord · Kommissarin Baumann
- The Makemakes in Hollywood - Auf den Spuren von Sound of Music · Narrator
- The Best of All Worlds · Helga Wachter
- Cold Hell · Ranya
- Magda macht das schon! · Magda Wozniak
- Der Treue größter Akt · Kriemhild
- Kästner and Little Tuesday · young woman
- Der Hafenpastor und das Blaue vom Himmel · Ina
- Secret of the Midwife · Dame Margareth
- The Dragon Maiden · Hannah
- Lena Lorenz · Hanna Striebel, Hanne Striebel
- Shades of Guilt · Sheryl
- Therapy for a Vampire · Woman in Dirndl
- DENK mit KULTUR · Self
- Murder by the Lake · Maike Vogel
- Im Schleudergang · Tatjana
- CopStories · Chantal
- Vienna Crime Squad · Jenny Peschke
- SOKO Köln · Sarah Fischer
- Murder in the Mountains · Yvonne
- Abendschau · Self
- Bavarian Film Awards · Self
- Kölner Treff · Self
- Polizeiruf 110 · Elisabeth Eyckhoff, Elisabeth 'Bessie' Eykhoff
- Scene of the Crime · Valli Granitzer
- The Road to Nevermore · Gwen