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Katja Sallay

Katja Sallay

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About me

Katja Sallay was born in Budapest and came to Germany at the age of 3. At 16 she bought an S-VHS camera and shot her 1st short film. 
After a short stop at the University studying German literature, philosophy and Hungarian studies in Berlin, she did a camera internship at ARRI Berlin. Shortly she became 2nd Assistant Camera on American productions, among others; at 20 she was 1st AC on cinema, TV and commercials. Her love, however, was always directing and so she went to Los Angeles, to The Lee Strasberg Film & Theatre Institute,  to actually learn how to work with actors. They offered her a 4-year acting scholarship. Which she took, of course. After discovering her love and talent for acting, she got the leading role of "ALMA" under Paulus Manker in Vienna, which she played for 9 years. Since then she has been working as an actress for cinema and TV and continues working as an audio book narrator.
Her script "5 Seasons - a Journey" was the cornerstone to her feature film debut... as a director.

Information

Acting age
33-39 years
Place of birth
Budapest
Height (cm)
176
Weight (in kg)
60
Eye color
gray-green
Hair color
blond(e)
Stature
slim, female
Place of residence
Berlin (DE), Mannheim (DE)
Housing options
Vienna (AT), Mannheim (DE), Budapest (HU)
Nationality
German
Languages
German(native-language)Hungarian(native-language)EnglishFrenchHebrew
Dialects
AustrianBadischBerlin German
Accents
AmericanCroatianEnglishFrenchHungarianSerbian
Instruments
GuitarViolin
Sport
RacerYoga
Main profession
Actor
Specializations
Speaker
Singing
ChansonClassicMusical
Pitch
Soprano
Driver's licenses
B - Car

Credits

Primary professional training

2007
Lee Strasberg (Los Angeles/New York)

Other professional training

2004 – 2007
Lee Strasberg Film & Theater Institute Los Angeles (Stipendium Vollzeit) Marc Marno, Cathy Leslie
1995 – 1999
Klassische Gesangsausbildung Musikschule Mannheim Lionel Fawcett

Awards

2022
best actress // Festival Internacional de Cine de Terror Calgari (Short film)
2022
Publikumspreis Bieberacher Festspiele "Notes Of Berlin" (Cinema film)
2010
Nestroy Publikumspreis ALMA - A SHOWBIZ ANS END

Film

2020 – 2021
5 Seasons - Eine Reise
Katja Sallay Producer: Pinto Pictures
2019
Call (Short film)
Junge Frau [HR] Deniz Arora Producer: Arora Produktion
2018
Die Tagebücher von Adam und Eva
Kathrin Franz Müller Producer: Mizzi Stock Distribution: Grandfilm Casting Director: Tanja Schuh
2018
Vote
Die Heuchlerin Lisa Hasenhütl Producer: Filmakademie Wien Kurzfilm
2018
Ich war noch niemals in New York
Flugbegleiterin Jessica Philipp Stölzl Producer: UFA Fiction Distribution: Universal Pictures Casting Director: Ulrike Müller
2018
Intimes
Olivia Mareike Danisch Producer: DFFB
2017
Die Vermisste
Naomi Flora Frisardi
2017
Kleiner Garten
Henri (HR) Olivia Stubbe
2016
Zu deinem Besten
Nadine (HR) Adrian Schwartz
2016
Notes of Berlin
Rosa Mariejosefin Schneider
2015
Weaving Thieving Spiderfly (AT)
Maia (HR) Nat Tafelmacher Magnat
2014
Fallen Blossoms - Die Kältewüste
Clara Lior Shamriz
2014
Clara und die Geister
Clara (HR) Linda Lemanski
2014
Sin & Illy Still Alive
Stationsschwester Maria Hengge
2013
Im Winter so schön
Lena (HR) Daniel Rau, Matthias Mettenbörger, Piotr Kochalski
2012
Der letzte Mentsch
Ungarische Sachbearbeiterin Pierre- Henry Salfati
2012
Mutter
Julia Steffen Ohl
2011
Misstrauen
Hannah Nina Pabst
2010
A Low Life Mythology
Xandra Lior Shamriz
2010
Endstation
Marlene Mehdi Moinzadeh
2006
Project Mindlog
Tina Steffen Kaminski
2004
Leverage
European Girl Lydia Martinelli

Television

2024
Stubbe - Gelockt (TV series)
Laura Hartke Jochen A. Freydank Producer: Polyphon Station: ZDF Casting Director: Tina Böckenhauer Casting
2023
WAPO Berlin - neue Feinde, alte Kähne
Nina Zenker Markus Adrian Producer: Saxonia Media Station: ZDF
2022
SOKO Potsdam
Astrid Koch Max Hegewald Producer: Bantry Bay Station: ZDF Casting Director: Ana Davila
2019
Morden im Norden - Schuld und Sühne
Julia Marx Dirk Pientka Producer: ndF Station: ARD
2019
Letzte Spur Berlin - Filippas Welt
Katharina Heim Marcus Weiler Producer: Novafilm Station: ZDF Casting Director: Dorothee Weyers
2019
SOKO Wismar - Lebe lieber unterirdisch
Daniela Kuhn Dirk Pientka Producer: Cinecentrum Berlin Station: ZDF
2018
Zürich Krimi - Borchert und die falschen Freunde
Frau Dobler Roland Suso Richter Producer: Graf Station: ARD Casting Director: Mai Seck
2014
AB 18! "hassan"
Katja Irene von Alberti Station: 3Sat TV Doku-Reihe
2014
SOKO Kitzbühel - Im toten Winkel
Sonja Seidel Gerald Liegel Station: ORF/ZDF
2010
Polizeiruf 110 - Denn sie wissen nicht was sie tun
Bereitschaftspolizistin Hans Steinbichler Station: ARD

Theater

2016
Geächtet
Emily Ivan Vrgoc
2009 – 2015
ALMA - A SHOWbiz ans ende
Alma (HR) Paulus Manker
2014 – 2015
Woyzeck
Marie Oleg Myrzak
2013
Wagnerdämmerung
Main role Paulus Manker
2011 – 2012
Ilegal
Main role Mehdi Moinzadeh
2012
Vergessene Biographien
Main role Marina Schubarth
2007
When you comin' back, red ryder?
Main role Katja Sallay
2006
In the Boom Boom Room (englisch)
Chrissy (HR) Robert Gaynor
2006
Sophies's Choice
Sophie (HR) Cathy Leslie
2006
The girl on the Via Flamenia (englisch)
Lisa (HR) James Distefano
2004
Bram Stokers Dracula (englisch)
Vampire Maarten Cornelis

Audio

2017
Hörbücher (Audiobook)
Erzähler, alle Rollen (MR)