Michaela Steiger

Her first permanent engagement was in Theater Basel where she worked under the direction of Frank Baumbauer with the directors Jossi Wieler, Andreas Kriegenburg, Frank Castorf and Barbara Frey. Then she moved to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus from 1993 to 1996. She became a member of the ensemble of the Schaubühne in Berlin under director Thomas Ostermeier. Steiger had numerous guest engagements at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Munich Kammerspiele. From 2011 to 2016 she was a member of the ensemble at the Residenztheater in Munich, where she worked with directors Martin Kušej, Katrine Wiedemann, Daniela Löffner and Bernhard Mikeska, among others. She has been associated with the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus since the 2016/17 season. She is also involved in various film and television productions.