Detailed CV - Vanessa Payer Kumar

VANESSA
PAYER
KUMAR
CONTACT
+43 699-194 325-95 | act@vanessapayerkumar.com | www.vanessapayerkumar.com
FACTS
Born in Vienna, Austria
Height: 168cm
Eye-/Hair-colour: green/dark-blonde
Costume size:
38/40
Shoe size:
39
Driving-licence: car + motorbike
Residence: Vienna
Possibilities to reside in: Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, Berlin, London, Paris, Milano, New Delhi,...
TRAINING
1987-90 Conservatory of Vienna/ Class Prof. Elfriede Ott
1990/91 with Jean-Paul Denizon, assistant to Peter Brook/Paris
Camera-training with Kurt Brazda, Götz Spielmann, Dunja Thot, Catherine Jarvis, Theresa Harder
Languages:
German (mother tongue), English (fluent, constant training, theatre-experience), French (fluent)
Dialect:
Viennese
Voice:
Mezzo- Soprano
Instrument:
Flute, Piano (Basics)
Dance:
Jazzdance, ballroom-dancing
Sports:
Skiing, Swimming, Dance, Fitness, Hiking
2008 Award for the play „Hero and Zero“ TEV/ Theater Drachengasse, Vienna, from the Austrian Ministery Of Education
Personal: 2002 birth of my son, 2009 birth of my daughter
FILM/TV
Die Ankunft (2016)
Short film, Director: Lorenz Uhl, Uhl-Films
Tigerinnen (2014)
Short film, Director: Camilla Feiks, Filmakademie Wien
Der Druck, der Rauch, die Hitze (2013)
Short film, Director: Torsten Büsing, Filmakademie Wien
Spuren des Bösen: Racheengel (2011)
TV film, Director: Andreas Prochaska, Aichholzer Film
Tatort (2011)
Serial, Director: Fabian Eder, Cult Movies
Local Heroes (2011)
Feature, Director: Henning Backhaus, WEGA Film
Schnell ermittelt (2010)
Serial, Director: Andreas Kopriva, MR-Film/ORF, role: Rosa Meier
Heiß gekocht (2010)
Short Film, Director: Anna Heuss, Filmakademie Wien, role: Rita
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The Queen Of Roses (2007)
TV film, Director: Peter Weck, Lisafilm, role: receptionist
I Am Time (2006)
Short film, Director: Rudolf Heller, Atelier Heller, various roles
Meditation guide (2005)
Short film, Director: Boris Hanreich, Response project EU, role: manager
Julia, An Extraordinary Woman (2000-2002)
Serial, Director: Holger Barthel + Thomas Roth, Dorfilm, supporting role
Game At Dawn (2001)
TV film, Director: Götz Spielmann, Lotusfilm, role: Mrs. Bogner
Hamlet Goes Business (1999)
Short film, Director: W. Kainz, businesstheater wien, role: assistent
Heat (1998)
Short film, Director: Andi Leitner, Zappzarapp-Media, role: mother
Stockinger (1995)
Serial, Director: Peter Welz, Mungo-Film, episode role
Komissar Rex (1992)
Serial, Director: Hans Werner/, Mungo-Film, episode role
A House In Jerusalem (1989-90)
Children’s Serial, Director: W. Schwarzbach, ORF, main role
My Dear Family (1988)
Serial, Director: Franz Stoß, ORF, episode role
Special
As a child and teenager announcer for ORF`s main children´s TV programme. (ORF)
Production
Venerable Subman - Beloved Racist: Multicultural couples talk (2003), concept and direction
THEATRE 2016 (recent)
Marindolina zwischen Liebe und Zufall/ Theater Sommer Klagenfurt - director, Premiere: 23. Juni 2016
Mahabharata/ Kulturszene Kottingbrunn, Stadttheater Leoben, Dschungel Wien, Freies Theater Innsbruck,
Tribüne Linz, Klagenfurter Ensemble
director: Anselm Lipgens/ role: 13 roles in a two-character-play/ concept, script, management
THEATRE 2008 – 2015
Don Camillo und Peppone/ Festspiele Stockerau/ director: Zeno Stanek/ role: Ariana, Peppone’s wife
Die Griechen. Ein Sparprogramm/ Kosmostheater Wien/ director: Anne Frütel/ role: Deuteria
Dinner&Crime - Zeitzeugen/ director: Alexander Kuchinka/ role: Marianne Gutenbrunner
Hero and Zero/ Theater Drachengasse- TEV/ director: Elfriede Schüsseleder/ role: Hero
Sudden Burst/ Aktionstheater Ensemble/ director: Martin Gruber/ various roles
Dinner & Crime: Die Auktion/ event show/ director: Alexander Kuchinka/ role: Elisabeth Kapfinger
Dinner & Crime: Reisefieber/ event show/ director: Kathi Tanner/ roles: Mizzi, Sheila
Dinner & Crime: Clubgeflüster/ event show/ director: Marion Dimali/ role: Pauline Postl
City Hunt/ event show/ director: A. Frankmann/ role: Dr. Annemarie Fabrini-Fuchs
THEATRE 1990 – 2008
ROLES (selection)
Minna von Barnhelm (Minna von Barnhelm, Lessing)
Jerusalem (William Blake´s Divine Humanity, Tim Bruce)
Marquise de Merteuil (Quartett, Heiner Müller)
The Fool (King Lear, Shakespeare)
Iphigenia (Iphigenia in Tauris, Göthe)
„A“ (Cats Have Seven Lives, Jenny Erpenbeck)
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Rose of Lima (Richard´s Cork Leg, Brendan Behan)
Marie (Woyzeck, Georg Büchner)
Constanze (Amadeus, Peter Shaffer)
Sonya (Crime and Punishment, Dostojewskij/Wajda)
The Bride (A Respectable Wedding, B. Brecht)
Dvori (Games In The Backyard, Edna Mazya)
Lisbeth (Lisbeth ist total zu, (orig: Lisbeth est complètement pétée) Amando Llamas)
Dunyasha (The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov)
The Little Miss (La Ronde (orig: Reigen), Schnitzler)
THEATRE (selection)
Theater i.d. Josefstadt/Vienna, Festspiele Reichenau, Stadttheater Aachen, Landesbühne Hannover,
Vereinigte Bühnen Graz, Neue Bühne Villach, Aktionstheater Ensemble, W.U.T., Theatre of Eternal
Values, Theater Drachengasse, u.r.theater, Dinner&Crime, Theater Scala, New Players Theatre/
London
DIRECTORS (selection)
Beverly Blankenship, Otto Schenk, , Jenny Erpenbeck, Anselm Lipgens, Martin Gruber, Hans
Lietzau, Hannelore Hoger, Elfriede Ott, Elfriede Schüsseleder, Heinz Marecek, Bruno Max, Peter
Dieter Schnitzler, Giora Seeliger Max, Elfriede Schüsseleder
IMPROVISATIONAL THEATRE/THEATRE–SPORTS
As longtime member of the Theatre Sports Troupe u.r.theater; innumerable improvisation performances on stages throughout Austria.
LITERARY PERFORMANCES (selection)
„Der Wurm im Wienerherz“ (The Worm in the Viennese Heart) – Scenes and songs from Vienna.
Director: Linde Trefny. With Martin Muliar and Christina Trefny. Piano: David Hojer
„Mozarts Leben in Anekdoten und Musik“ (Mozart’s Life in Anecdotes and Music) Piano: E. Schulz
„Aus demselben Feuer“ (Out of the Same Fire) - Mystic literature from all cultures
„Wo kommen die Löcher im Käse her?“ (Where do the holes in the cheese come from?) with Max
Müller
„Wilde Frauen“ (Wild Women) with Lila Gürmen
„Gedichte über die Stille“ (Poems on Silence) with Margot Vuga
CONCEPTS/PROJECTS
2012/13: Concept and play development: “Mahabharata oder von Zweien, die auszogen, eine
108 Jahre lange Geschichte mit so ungefähr ziemlich 193 Leuten und total viel Handlung in 90 Minuten
zu erzählen” Dschungel Wien/Theater 7/ with Tilmann Schillinger.
2007/2008: Collaborated in the development process of „Hero and Zero“, a comedy by Steve
Jones. Performances in the „Theater Drachengasse“ (Role: „Hero“). Prize for the Best Independent
Production from Department of Education.
2005-07: Concept, play development and co-directing (with Monia Giovannangeli and Tim Bruce)
for “William Blake’s Divine Humanity”, a dramatization about Blake’s life and work for the “Theatre
of Eternal Values”. Highly acclaimed production which ran at the New Players Theatre in London in
2007, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Blake’s birth. Performed the role “Jerusalem”.
2007: Production concept (with Dorthe Svastha) and performance – “Andersen.Geschichten.
Erzählen.” (Andersen.Stories.Telling) for TEV in the “Off-Theater”, Vienna.
2005: Concept, play development and directing for „The Ribbon Round Your Neck” at the Opening of the Painter, Rudolf Heller’s exhibition at the “Künstlerhaus”, Vienna. Performed on stage.
2005: Collaborated in the development process of „friends“ by Steve Jones. Festival in Chalfont-St.
Peter/London.
2004: Conceived and Directed the Documentary „Verehrter Untermensch – Geliebter Rassist“
(Honoured Subhuman – Beloved Racist). Anti-racist festival in memory of Markus Omofuma in the
“WUK”, Vienna.
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1998/99 Concept Development with Wolfgang Kainz/Helmut Schuster for the Business Theatre,
Vienna.
1995-1997: Concept and Staging: „The Prophet“ (Khalil Gibran) with musicians Dhaffer Youssef/
Marwan Abbado/Lisi Attl. With colleagues Lila Gürmen/Elsayed Kandil. Roadshow.