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

Valli Granitzer

Polizeiruf 110

Elisabeth Eyckhoff

Polizeiruf 110

Elisabeth 'Bessie' Eykhoff

SOKO Kitzbühel

Yvonne

Kölner Treff

Self

Cologne P.D.

Sarah Fischer

Vienna Crime Squad

Jenny Peschke

Abendschau

Self

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Babystar	AI CEO
2025	No Beast. So Fierce.	Elisabet York
2025	Slow Down the Fall
2025	In the Rose Garden
2025	The Life of Wishes
2025	Acht	Sandra Wolf
2025	Tödliches Spiel - Das Krimi-Dinner	Eila Kampstahl
2024	Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film	Self - Interviewee
2024	Bach - A Christmas Miracle	Anna Magdalena Bach
2023	First Snow of Summer	Caro
2023	Lars Eidinger – To Be or Not To Be	Self
2022	Above the World	Moid
2022	Shadows of the Past	Christina
2022	Die Doppelte Frau	Betty Steinhart
2021	Hannes	Dr. Redlich
2021	Commitment Phobia	Martha
2021	Me, We	Marie
2020	Schönes Schlamassel	Anne Braun
2019	Ein Dorf wehrt sich	Eva Schädler
2018	Rufmord	Kommissarin Baumann
2018	Shillings from Heaven	Rosa Unterguggenberger
2017	The Makemakes in Hollywood - Auf den Spuren von Sound of Music	Narrator
2017	Cold Hell	Ranya
2017	The Best of All Worlds	Helga Wachter
2017	Der Treue größter Akt	Kriemhild
2016	Kästner and Little Tuesday	young woman
2016	Der Hafenpastor und das Blaue vom Himmel	Ina
2016	The Dragon Maiden	Hannah
2016	Secret of the Midwife	Dame Margareth
2014	Therapy for a Vampire	Woman in Dirndl

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Sturm kommt auf	Elies Heingeiger
2025	Mozart/Mozart	Marie Antoinette
2024	Kafka	Robert Musil
2022	Riesending - Jede Stunde zählt	Birgit Eberharter
2021	Wild Republic	Rebecca
2019	M - A City Hunts a Murderer	Mutter
2017	Magda macht das schon!	Magda Wozniak
2015	Lena Lorenz	Hanna Striebel
2015	Shades of Guilt	Sheryl
2015	Lena Lorenz	Hanne Striebel
2014	DENK mit KULTUR	Self
2014	Murder by the Lake	Maike Vogel
2013	Im Schleudergang	Tatjana
2013	CopStories	Chantal
2005	Vienna Crime Squad	Jenny Peschke
2003	Cologne P.D.	Sarah Fischer
2001	SOKO Kitzbühel	Yvonne
2000	Abendschau	Self
1979	Bavarian Film Awards	Self
1976	Kölner Treff	Self
1971	Polizeiruf 110	Elisabeth Eyckhoff
1971	Polizeiruf 110	Elisabeth 'Bessie' Eykhoff
1970	Scene of the Crime	Valli Granitzer