Verena Altenberger
Biography
Verena Altenberger is an Austrian actress born and raised in the federal state of Salzburg. She studied acting in Vienna after completing a degree in Communication Studies and graduated from the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna in 2015. Altenberger gained early stage experience at the Burgtheater and later appeared at major theaters such as the Volkstheater Vienna and the Salzburg Festival, where she played the role of the Buhlschaft in Jedermann in 2021 and 2022. She rose to international attention with her award-winning lead performance in Adrian Goiginger’s film The Best of All Worlds (2017), which earned her several acting awards. Altenberger is also widely known for her television work, including CopStories, Magda Makes It Work!, Polizeiruf 110, and numerous film and TV productions across Austria and Germany. Beyond acting, she has served as President of the Austrian Film Academy since 2021 and became a UN World Food Programme ambassador in 2025.
Known For
Scene of the Crime
Polizeiruf 110
Polizeiruf 110
Abendschau
Kölner Treff
SOKO Köln
Vienna Crime Squad
SOKO Kitzbühel
All Movies (32)
- Athos 26432027
- Babystar2026 · as AI CEO
- In the Rose Garden2025
- Tödliches Spiel - Das Krimi-Dinner2025 · as Eila Kampstahl
- The Life of Wishes2025
- Slow Down the Fall2025
- No Beast. So Fierce.2025 · as Elisabet York
- Bach - A Christmas Miracle2024 · as Anna Magdalena Bach
- Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film2024 · as Self - Interviewee
- Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be2023 · as Self
- First Snow of Summer2023 · as Caro
- Die Doppelte Frau2022 · as Betty Steinhart
- Shadows of the Past2022 · as Christina
- Above the World2022 · as Moid
- Hannes2021 · as Dr. Redlich
- Commitment Phobia2021 · as Martha
- Me, We2021 · as Marie
- Schönes Schlamassel2020 · as Anne Braun
- Ein Dorf wehrt sich2019 · as Eva Schädler
- Shillings from Heaven2018 · as Rosa Unterguggenberger
- Rufmord2018 · as Kommissarin Baumann
- The Makemakes in Hollywood - Auf den Spuren von Sound of Music2017 · as Narrator
- The Best of All Worlds2017 · as Helga Wachter
- Cold Hell2017 · as Ranya
- Der Treue größter Akt2017 · as Kriemhild
- Kästner and Little Tuesday2016 · as young woman
- Der Hafenpastor und das Blaue vom Himmel2016 · as Ina
- Secret of the Midwife2016 · as Dame Margareth
- The Dragon Maiden2016 · as Hannah
- Therapy for a Vampire2014 · as Woman in Dirndl
- Marie Kreutzer Landkrimi Vier— · as Sandra Wolf
- The Road to Nevermore— · as Gwen
All TV Shows (23)
- Mozart/Mozart2025 · as Marie Antoinette
- Sturm kommt auf2025 · as Elies Heingeiger
- Kafka2024 · as Robert Musil
- Riesending - Jede Stunde zählt2022 · as Birgit Eberharter
- Wild Republic2021 · as Rebecca
- M - A City Hunts a Murderer2019 · as Mutter
- Magda macht das schon!2017 · as Magda Wozniak
- Lena Lorenz2015 · as Hanna Striebel
- Lena Lorenz2015 · as Hanne Striebel
- Shades of Guilt2015 · as Sheryl
- DENK mit KULTUR2014 · as Self
- Murder by the Lake2014 · as Maike Vogel
- Im Schleudergang2013 · as Tatjana
- CopStories2013 · as Chantal
- Vienna Crime Squad2005 · as Jenny Peschke
- SOKO Köln2003 · as Sarah Fischer
- SOKO Kitzbühel2001 · as Yvonne
- Abendschau2000 · as Self
- Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
- Kölner Treff1976 · as Self
- Polizeiruf 1101971 · as Elisabeth Eyckhoff
- Polizeiruf 1101971 · as Elisabeth 'Bessie' Eykhoff
- Scene of the Crime1970 · as Valli Granitzer