Franziska Junge


Franziska Junge is a German actress in theatre, film, television as well as a singer.
WWW franziskajunge.de

Biography

She took screen-acting lessons with Jordan Beswick and completed the master class for camera work "The Naked Face" with David Penn. Besides her work in film and television, Franziska Junge also acts in theatre. Claus Peymann brought her to the Berliner Ensemble while she was still studying in 2006. There Junge had the opportunity to realize a German premiere of the solo play "Kabarett der letzten Hoffnung" by Wladimir Alekseewic Klim under the direction of Makedoniy Kiselev. She took part in the commissioned play "Pffft... oder der letzte Tango am Telefon" by George Tabori under the direction of Martin Wuttke, travelled around the world with the successful production of The Threepenny Opera under the direction of Robert Wilson and was allowed to take over the role of Lena in Leonce und Lena with music by Herbert Grönemeyer; also under the direction of Wilson.
From 2009 to 2017, she was a member of the ensemble at Schauspiel Frankfurt.
2023 she started to take lessons with Ivana Chubbuck and Michael Monks at the Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles and Berlin.
Since June 2024 she is nominated for the Deutschen Schauspielpreis in the category Best Episodic Lead for her role in Notruf Hafenkante – Abschied.

Filmography

Die fehlende Stunde Eine Chance für die Liebe Das Leben des Friedrich Schiller Mustervater 2 – Opa allein zu Haus Das Scherbengericht Last Night of Baby Gun Short film for cinema Labyrinth of Lies Tatort: Das Haus am Ende der Straße Tatort: Hinter dem Spiegel Tatort: Wer bin ich? Dead Man Working Long Live Death Im Wald Kurzfilm für Kino Ein Fall für zwei Unser Kind Letzte Spur Berlin Wolfsland
  • ''Tatort: Gefangen''

Theatre

Schauspiel Frankfurt Phèdre by Jean Racine – Oenone – director: Oliver ReeseTartuffe by Molière – Elmire – director: Staffan Valdemar HolmTraumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler – Albertine – director: Bastian KraftLiebelei by Arthur Schnitzler – Mizzi – director: Stephan KimmigSalome by Oscar Wilde – Herodias – director: Günter KrämerMaking of::Marilyn – Marilyn – director: Bernhard MikeskaDekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski – Ewa, Magda, Dorota – director: Christopher RüpingGlaube Liebe Hoffnung by Ödön von Horváth – Maria – director: Andreas KriegenburgFrankfurt by Rainald Grebe – Storch, Kleist etc. – director: Rainald GrebeNach dem Fest by Hans Op de Beeck – director: Hans Op de BeeckDie Wiedervereinigung der beiden Koreas by Joël Pommerat – director: Oliver ReeseDemons by Fyodor Dostoevsky – Marja Timofejewna Lebjadkina, Lisaweta Tuschina – director: Sebastian HartmannThe Tempest by William Shakespeare – Ariel – director: Andreas KriegenburgAugust: Osage County by Tracy Letts – Karen – director: Oliver ReeseThree Days In The Country by Patrick Marber – Natalja – director: Andreas Kriegenburg
Berliner Ensemble Die Jungfrau from Orleans by Friedrich Schiller – Agnes Sorel – director: Claus PeymannKabarett der letzten Hoffnung by Wladimir Alekseewic Klim – One Woman Show – director: Makedoniy KiselevPffft … oder der letzte Tango am Telefon by George Tabori – Chorus – director: Martin WuttkeDie Dreigroschenoper by Bertolt Brecht – Dolly – director: Robert WilsonLeonce and Lena by Georg Büchner – Lena – director: Robert WilsonThe Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht – Lucy Brown – director: Robert WilsonLinda Vista from Tracy Letts – Anita – director: Oliver Reese
Volksbühne Berlin The Sandman from E.T.A. Hoffmann – director: Sebastian Klink
Kampnagel Hamburg Dunkle Mädchen & MusicHall präsentieren Socrate by Erik Satie – Sokrates – director: Kommando HimmelfahrtLeviathan oder: Stoff, Form und Gewalt eines Staates by Kommando Himmelfahrt
Schauspiel Leipzig Hertel’s Waits for Franzy – direction and arrangements: Thomas Hertel
Bregenzer Festspiele La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini – director: Richard Jones & Anthony McDonaldWest Side Story by Leonard Bernstein – director: Francesca Zambello
Prinzregententheater München Stella by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – Lucie Sommer- director: Florentine KlepperOn the Town by Leonard Bernstein – Lucie Schmeeler – director: Gil MehmertStumm&Zwang, One-Woman-Show – director: Franziska Junge