Eva Meckbach (born 26 January 1981) is a German actress.

Early life

Meckbach was born in

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and grew up in

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Career

From 2000 to 2001, Meckbach took part in the Theaterprojekt Theater Total project in

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. From 2003 to 2006, She received her acting training at the

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. From 2006 to 2019, she was part of the permanent ensemble of

Schaubühne The (Theatre on Lehniner Square) is a famous theatre in the Wilmersdorf district of Berlin, located on the Kurfürstendamm boulevard. It is a conversion of the ''Universum'' cinema, built according to plans designed by Erich Mendelsohn in 192 ...

. In 2015, Meckbach and the ensemble for the play ''

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'', staged by

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, received the Golden Mask and the Prix de critique de L'Association québécoise des critiques de théatre (Montreal 2015). In 2012, Meckbach starred in the drama film '' Home for the Weekend'' with

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. In 2019, she took on one of the leading roles in the

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series '' Criminal: Germany''.

Other work

Meckbach also works regularly as an audio book speaker. In 2019, she was awarded the

Deutscher Hörbuchpreis Deutscher Hörbuchpreis (German Audiobook Prize) is a literary prize of Germany. Best of all * 2003: Isaak Babel: ''Die Reiterarmee.'' '' Red Cavalry'' * 2004: Flann O'Brien: ''Auf Schwimmen-zwei-Vögel.'' ''At Swim-Two-Birds'' Kein & Aber Rec ...

as best interpreter for the audio book of ''Deutsches Haus'' by the author Annette Hess.

Personal life

On 5 February 2021, as part of the #ActOut initiative in SZ-Magazin, Meckbach came out as

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.''«Wir sind schon da».''
in: ''SZ-Magazin'', 4 February 2021.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Meckbach, Eva 1981 births Living people People from Darmstadt-Dieburg German film actresses German stage actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses German lesbian actresses Berlin University of the Arts alumni Actresses from Hesse