Doris Schretzmayer was born May 31, 1972 in Tulln on the Danube, grew up in Hausleiten, and is an Austrian actress.
After graduation in 1992 her interests were writing, journalism and business studies. She became a presenter at Radio CD International and in 1993 moved to the ORF, to the radio station’s Ö3 night program, and only a short time later became a television spokesperson.
Later she moved to London to start a production company with a friend. In parallel, she began acting lessons and she wrote several articles about fashion, people, travel, and a column about her life as a young Austrian in Hollywood. She celebrated her debut in cinema in 1997 with the film Tempo, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky . Her first television role was in 1998 in the series Friends for Life. She then played in the 13-part Sat.1 series Die Neue – Eine Frau mit Kaliber, the role of Lisa Engel. Despite good reviews the show flopped with viewers.
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Doris Schretzmayer was born May 31, 1972 in Tulln on the Danube, grew up in Hausleiten, and is an Austrian actress.
After graduation in 1992 her interests were writing, journalism and business studies. She became a presenter at Radio CD International and in 1993 moved to the ORF, to the radio station’s Ö3 night program, and only a short time later became a television spokesperson.
Later she moved to London to start a production company with a friend. In parallel, she began acting lessons and she wrote several articles about fashion, people, travel, and a column about her life as a young Austrian in Hollywood. She celebrated her debut in cinema in 1997 with the film Tempo, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky . Her first television role was in 1998 in the series Friends for Life. She then played in the 13-part Sat.1 series Die Neue – Eine Frau mit Kaliber, the role of Lisa Engel. Despite good reviews the show flopped with viewers.
After the end of filming of the series she was in an accident caused by a wrong-way driver that almost cost her life. Her collar bone was broken, she had injuries to her shoulder and her little finger was nearly cut off. Nevertheless, Schretzmayer completely recovered. Follwing her recovery were roles in Ternitz, Tennessee (2000), Was Tun, Wenn’s Brennt? (2001) and Halbe Miete (2002), in Mike Figgis’ experimental film Co/Ma (2004), and in numerous television productions. From 2003 to 2005, she penned a column for Seitenblicke Magazin.
After several years in Berlin, she moved to Vienna, where she gave birth to her son. Since 2007, she has been regularly writing articles and essays. In addition to her theatrical and journalistic work, she is also constantly working as a presenter at events such as Romy 1994, Life Ball 2004, and Prix Ars Electronica in 2008.
Beginning in April 2009 she starred at the theater Rabenhof in Rabengasse 3a, a stage adaptation of the first episode of the crime satire Kottan ermittelt, directed by Thomas Gratzer. —Wikipedia.de
