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ABOUT ME

Born in 1996 in Vienna, Valentina Himmelbauer grew up as a Burgenland Croatian in a small town in southeastern Austria. Fascinated by the world of film and theatre from quite an early age, after finishing the Bilingual Federal High School in Oberwart, she couldn’t help it but turn her passion into a profession: She started her acting training at Vienna’s Filmacademy (Acting school for Theatre and Film), which she successfully completed in 2018, followed by the Stage Readiness Examination, which she passed in 2019 at the Kammerspiele Theatre in Vienna.
Previous productions have taken the young actress to the inclusive Theatre Delphin, the Theatre in the Bunker in Mödling and Vienna’s Theatre Spielraum, among others. She also appeared in front of the camera in various productions, such as the feature film Wenn die Heidelerche singt (When the Woodlark Sings) by Austrian director Ana Bilić, in which she played the female lead.
As a screenwriter and director she made her debut within the experimental short film project Die Frage nach dem Fenster (The Question around the Window), on which she worked together with Myriam Angela and Tess Hermann.

In addition to her passion in acting, her interest in history also prompted her to take up a bachelor's degree in history at the University of Vienna, which she completed in 2021.

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PERSONAL DATA

Year of birth

1996

Playing age

18-26

Nationality

Austria

Height

5'3'' (160 cm)

Confection size

XS-S (34-36)

Eye colour

green-brown

Hair

dark brown, long

Languages

German (mother tongue),
Burgenland Croatian (mother tongue),
English (fluent)

Dialects

Austrian local dialect

Sports

swimming, bicycling, skiing, ice skating

Musical instruments

tamburica

Dance

ballroom dance

Place of residence

Vienna

Driving licence

B

EDUCATION & FURTHER TRAINING

2021

Workshop with casting director Eva Roth and Luisa Stachowiak
Vienna

2019

Bühnenreifeprüfung der Paritätischen Prüfungskommission
[Stage Readiness Examination]

Kammerspiele Theatre, Vienna

2018

Voice-over Workshop
with Roman Kollmer
Vienna

2015 - 2018

Filmacademy
Acting school for Theatre and Film

Vienna

2016

Masterclass Acting
with Georg Schmiedleitner
Vienna

THEATRE

2022

Der Barometermacher

[The Barometer-Maker]
based on Ferdinand Raimund

Role: Linda
Director: Gabriele Weber

Theatre Delphin, Vienna

Aus der Luft gegriffen oder
Die Geschäfte des Baron Laborde

by Hermann Broch

Role: Agnes
Director: Gerhard Werdeker
Theatre Spielraum, Vienna

2021

Vergessene Weihnachten

by Alex Spreitzer-Campo

Role: Clara
Director: Alex Spreitzer-Campo
Theatre Delphin, Vienna

UTOPIA. Schöne neue Welt(en).
[UTOPIA. Brave New World(s).]

by Bruno Max
Role: Lenina
Director: Bruno Max
Theatre in the Bunker, Mödling

Marionetten

Music theatre
based on Matthias Kreuzer
Role: Sophie
Director: Gabriele Weber
Theatre Delphin, Vienna

2019

Der Auftrag

by Thomas Orth
Role: Alice
Director: Thomas Orth
Pygmalion Theatre, Vienna

2018

Krankheit der Jugend
[Illness of Youth]
based on Ferdinand Bruckner
Role: Irene
Director: Alexandra Maria Timmel
Theatre Center Forum, Vienna

2017

Drei Schwestern Reloaded
[Three Sisters Reloaded]

based on Anton Chekhov
Roles: Irina, Kulygin
Director: Annette Holzmann
Ankerfactory, Vienna

CINEMA & TV

2022

Die Frage nach dem Fenster
[The Question around the Window]
Experimental short film
Role: Alpha
Directors: Myriam Angela, Tess Hermann, Valentina Himmelbauer

Lucky Shot
Short film
Role: Date
Director: Jonas Vasicek
Production: Vitamin Pill Media Production

Misplaced

Short film

Role: Isabell

Director: Georg Rauber
Production: Alexander Diwiak

2021

Vienna 2020

Web series

Role: Mia

Director: Richard Horn
Production: Richard Horn

2019

FogMoon – Higher And Brighter
Music video
Role: Female lead

Director: Lukas Priller

Wenn die Heidelerche singt
[When the Woodlark Sings]
Feature film
Role: Young woman
Director: Ana Bilić
Production: Danilo Wimmer, Ana Bilić

Nominee: Best Actress
(Couch Film Festival, Toronto)
Award Winner: Best Actress
(8th Top Indie Film Awards, Tokyo)

2018

Wir sind Kaiser

TV │ ORF
Role: Court Opera Ballet

Director: Heidelinde Haschek
Production: Gebhardt Productions

SCARed
Short film

Role: Friend
Director: Leander Orthofer

Production: HPMedia, Hans Ponsold, Einblick filterlos

2016

Schach

Short film

Role: Viktoria

Director: Elis Zuleger

Production: HPMedia, Hans Ponsold, Einblick filterlos

VOICE OVER

2021

Wallfahrt der Burgenland Kroaten
Programme managers: Theresa Grandits, Melanie Lampl, Bianca Ludewig
Series: Eigenklang
Radio Orange

2020

Novi Glas Podcast

Station Voice
Programme managers: Michael Schreiber, Ralf Grabuschnig, Davor Frkat, Konstantin Vlasich

2019

Elizabeth Seton – die erste amerikanische Heilige

Series: ABC der Heiligen

Radio Maria

Musik der Burgenland Kroaten

Programme managers: Marko Kölbl, Bianca Ludewig, Sophie Rastl

Series: Eigenklang
Radio Orange

CV (PDF)

Himmelbauer_Valentina_CV_2023_English

GALLERY

©Joanna Mergy

©Valentina Himmelbauer

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©Valentina Himmelbauer

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©Valentina Himmelbauer

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©Valentina Himmelbauer

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©Valentina Himmelbauer

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SCENE SELECTION

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I Will Be Free

ENGLISH SCENE (2021)

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Andrew

ENGLISH SCENE (2020)

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Memento Mori

GERMAN SCENE (2020)

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The Weaker Sex

GERMAN SCENE (2020)

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Once Upon a Time in Vienna

GERMAN SCENE (2020)

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FogMoon - Higher And Brighter

MUSIC VIDEO (2020)

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Wenn die Heidelerche singt
(When the Woodlark Sings)

TRAILER

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