Biography:

Maria Schrader was born in 1965 in Hannover, West Germany. She studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna from 1983 to 1985 and has performed at theaters in Hannover, Bonn, Vienna, and Venice. In films, she has acted under directors such as Doris Dörrie, Margarethe von Trotta, Hal Hartley, Dani Levy, and Agnieszka Holland. She collaborated as a co-writer on many films with Dani Levy, including Meschugge. Schrader became especially well-known for her leading role in Max Färberböck’s Aimée & Jaguar, nominated in 2000 for a Golden Globe Award. In 2007 she made her debut as a director with Liebesleben—for which she also co-wrote the script—based on the internationally successful novel Haye ahavah (Love Life), by Zeruya Shalevs. Since 2007, Maria Schrader has acted on stage in Cologne and was awarded for her performance as Medea in Franz Grillparzers “Das goldene Vlies” (“The Golden Fleece”).

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