Leonie Maraska Menzel

The first movie I saw that made little me think „I want to act in a movie“ was „Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel“. And mainly it was because she was cantering on a white horse in a lady saddle. My motivation for acting has changed - although I would still sometime in the future ride a horse on screen, and nowadays I would not want to be a princess but a Viking Bride who goes into battle… anyway.
I enjoy acting. I enjoy that I can use my body. I enjoy that I can use my voice. And I love, that I can do weird stuff, that I would never dare to do in real life. 
I have always liked to move, and I can swim, ride horses and climb quite well. And I keep exploring new sports and learning new skills. Like surfing or doing aerial silk artistic. 
Also I sing and play the guitar, speak Norwegian ( I have familiy there) and work in a horseriding school as a sidejob. Actually, I am in movement all day, I always have to find myself something to do and without nature, mountains, the sea, norway, the wind, horses, dance, music, my siblings and my closest friends I simply couldn`t survive.

I bring a lot of joy, passion, intense emotions, energy and strength to my work. And what interests me most intellectually, is being part of a complex storytelling that tells stories about humanity and human coexistence. For me movies are dreams made into living real world images. Bad dreams, as well as good dreams.