Actor

Melanie Straub

50 years · Waiblingen,Germany · 15 films

Melanie Straub (born 1976 in Waiblingen) is a German actress. Melanie Straub wanted to become an actress even as a child; however, she initially began with pantomime, as she felt she was too shy at the time. After graduating from high school, and at her parents' request, she first completed training as a physiotherapist; she subsequently worked for about a year in a psychiatric facility, where she led a theater group for patients with substance use disorders. From 2000 to 2003/04, she studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. In 2004, she received the Ensemble Prize at the Theatertreffen deutschsprachiger Schauspielstudierender (Theater Festival for German-Speaking Acting Students) in Graz for her performance in Die Gerechten. Her first permanent engagement took her to Schauspiel Magdeburg, where she was a member of the ensemble starting in 2004. There, she played—among other roles—Effi Briest, Lady Macbeth, and the title roles in Maria Stuart, Iphigenie auf Tauris, and Emilia Galotti. In 2006, she was awarded the Young Artists' Sponsorship Prize at Theater Magdeburg, and in 2010, she received the Otto Kasten Prize for young theater artists. From 2009 to 2017, Straub was a member of the ensemble at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam. There, she played—among other roles—Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew, and roles in Three Sisters, Dogville, and Kirschgarten – Die Rückkehr. In 2015, she was awarded the Potsdam Theater Prize. Starting in 2017, she also appeared as a guest performer at Schauspiel Frankfurt. Alongside her theater work, Straub has also taken on roles in film and television productions. She has appeared in—among others—Willkommen auf dem Land, Neufeld, mitkommen!, Hedi Schneider steckt fest, Als wir träumten, and Die Protokollantin, as well as in the ZDF television series SOKO Wismar. Melanie Straub is married to the actor Wolfgang Vogler and is the mother of two children.