Annett Renneberg (born 16 March 1978 in Rudolstadt) is a German actress and singer.
Biography
Early life and education
From the age of two, Renneberg lived in East Berlin, where she later attended high school. She also took lessons in singing, piano and accordion, and aspired to a career as an opera singer.
Career
In 1991, she was discovered at a casting call and landed the lead role in the crime film Die Brut der schönen Seele. In 1995, she played her second major role in the film Maja and was nominated for her performance for a Telestar.
After graduation in 1997, Renneberg wanted to study operatic singing but instead received an offer by director Peter Zadek, for a speaking and singing role in his production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Salzburg Festival.
Renneberg discovered her love of the theater, and other stage engagements followed in the next few years, mainly working with Peter Zadek. Renneberg has also played in more than 50 TV and cinema productions. She played the role of Signorina Elettra Zorzi in the film adaptations of Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti novels.
Since 2006, she performs her own stage programs, and sings, recites, and performs with various other artists. From 2009 to 2011, she played the role of Senior Commissioner Catharina Brandt in Stolberg.
Personal life
Annett Renneberg has lived in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since summer 2014.
Theater
1998: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny von Bertolt Brecht, Rolle: Erzähler und Mädchen – Regie: Peter Zadek, Salzburger Festspiele 1999–2006: Hamlet von William Shakespeare, Rolle: Ophelia und Fortinbras – Regie: Peter Zadek, Wiener Festwochen 2004–2005: Lina von Markus Hille, Rolle: Lina – Regie: Uwe Eric Laufenberg, premiere, Hans Otto Theater Potsdam 2004–2008: Peer Gynt von Henrik Ibsen, Rolle: Solveig – Regie: Peter Zadek, Berliner Ensemble 2008: Nackt by Luigi Pirandello, Rolle: Ersilia – Regie: Peter Zadek, Dt. Uraufführung, St.-Pauli-Theater Hamburg 2008: Siegfrieds Frauen und Die letzten Tage von Burgund, Rolle: Kriemhild, Nibelungenfestspiele in Worms – Regie: Dieter Wedel