actress
choreographer
voice artist
Monika Maria Herzing
Welcome to my website!
Nice of you to visit me here.
I studied my craft – acting, dance and choreography – in England and the USA.
I have also lived and worked in New Zealand, France, Liechtenstein and Austria.
In my home country of Germany, I have been allowed to give my best in various municipal, private and open-air theatres, as well as in the independent scene and in my own productions since 1995. I also take part in various TV and film productions.
Munich has been my home since 2008. I live here with my family. I enjoy the surrounding nature and the proximity to the mountains.
Biography
Profile
| Date of birth | 1964 |
| Height | 169 cm (5’7″ ft/in) |
| Size | 36/38 (8-10) |
| Color of hair | fair/blond |
| Color of eyes | blue |
| Singing | mezzo soprano |
| Languages | German English (fluent) French (intermediate) |
| Dialects | Bavarian Franconian North German |
| Sports | Trained professional dancer (contemporary, modern, ballet) Tai Chi, Yoga skiing, mountain climbing, cycling, kajaking swimming, snorkeling/skin-diving |
| Location | Munich, Germany |
| Living in house | Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Vienna, York (GB), Paris, San Francisco |
| Driving license | car, motorcycle |
Resume
| 2021 | Voice acting further education (audio book, audio play, dubbing), Coaching Company Berlin |
| 2021 | Film acting (plus audio book), Theater Werk München, Munich |
| 2020 | Speaker at Sprecher Akademie Munich/Vienna |
| 2016 | Martz/Walker Meisner Film Acting, ISSF Berlin |
| 2013 | Film acting with Hendrik Martz, Münchner Filmwerkstatt, Munich |
| 2010 | Camera acting with Hermann Killmeyer, Hamburg |
| 1995/2024 | Continually learning in dance, voice, singing as well as theatre improvisation/acting in New York, Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich |
| 1994/1995 | Scholarship to become a Halprin Graduate in various performance techniques at Tamalpa Institute, Kentfield, CA, USA |
| 1991/1994 | Bachelor of Arts (Hon) Degree, Bretton Hall University of Leeds, England. Education content: drama, contemporary and modern dance, as well as choreography |
| 1989/1991 | Certificate of Movement and Theatre, Tanztheater Freiburg, Germany |
| 2024 | “Aus, Äpfel, Amen”, TV film (Marion Fischer, police colleque); director: Felix Karolus |
| 2024 | “Emergency Call”, TV series (undertaker Angela Herbst); Director: André Jancevski |
| 2023 | “Paula” WT, short film (Annette, mother); director: Johanna Opitz |
| 2022 | “Bekenntnisse einer Leseratte” (“Confessions of a bookworm”), educational film, Hueber Verlag (bookworm), Munich; producer: Fiona Metzger |
| 2022 | “Alles Gute kommt von oben” (“Everything good comes from above”), short film, ESE Institut (alcoholic barmad), Munich; producer: Johanna Opitz |
| 2021 | “Endzeittage” (“Days of End Time”), short film, Theater Werk Munich (Petra); producer: Felicitas Darschin |
| 2020 | “Lena Lorenz – Hinter Gittern”, tv-film (Zecke, inmate); producer: Sebastian Sorger |
| 2019 | “Aktenzeichen XY – Vorsicht Betrug”, tv-magazine (Angelika C.); producer: Rudolf Schweiger |
| 2019 | “Another One Bites the Dust (gets CLas) cover”, US-documentary (cocktail lady); producer: Laurynne Coates |
| 2019 | “Fünf Leben- Die Testamentseröffnung”, tv-series (Iris Schulze); producer: Patrick Freiheit, Andy Klein |
| 2018 | “Das Tal der Mörder”, tv-film (barkeeper Oberhofer); producer: Peter Keglevic |
| 2018 | “Novartis – Hautkrebs”, documentary (Mrs. Schuster, mother); producer: Christiane Weber |
| 2018 | “Schicksale – Liebe über den Tod hinaus”, TV series (Karla Rommel, mother); producer: Andy Klein |
| 2017 | “Kleine Menschen – Große Fragen”, short film episode (head of day-care centre, Kathrin Seybold); producer: Johannes Rosenstein |
| 2017 | “Galilio Spezial – chancellor experiment”, documentary (environment minister, Tamara Kendricks); producer: Tobias Bräuhauser |
| 2016 | “Ich habe drei Kinder, oder wissen Sie von mehr”, short film (wife Luzi); producer: Daniela Glatz |
| 2015 | “Fading Color – Retinopathie”, short film (Dr. Ebert); producer: Julian Pfretzschner |
| 2015 | “Eine Frau wie ich”, Sat.1-series (Mareike Herzog); producer: Patrick Hammerschmidt |
| 2015 | “Fuck Ju Göthe 2”, cinema comedy (burnout teacher); producer: Boro Dagtekin |
| 2014 | “Dahoam is Dahoam”, BR-soap (Mrs. Schneider); producer: Jochen Müller |
| 2014 | “Zweimal zweites Leben”, ZDF-Film (nurse 1); producer: Claudia Prietzel & Peter Henning |
| 2014 | “Zeit für Tiere”, BR- documentary (protagonist); producer: Nicole Hillgruber |
| 2014 | “SOKO 5113”, ZDF-series (Anneliese Uhlmann, murder victim); producer: Heidi Kranz |
| 2013 | “Unter Verdacht – Mutterseelenallein”, ZDF-series (prison doctor); producer: Martin Weinhart |
| 2013 | “Der Alte – Melodie des Todes”, ZDF-series (wife of minister of education and the arts); producer: Michael Kreindl |
| 2013 | “Liebesdiener”, 3SAT-documentary Switzerland (protagonist); producer: G. Köstler-Kull |
| 2013 | “Gesundheit – Cholesterin”, BR-documentary (protagonist); producer: P. Künzel |
| 2013 | „Lebenslänglich Mord – Nesthocker“, BR-series (mother as victim of murder); producer: R. Schweiger |
| 2012 | “Gesundheit – Anti-aging”, BR-documentary (protagonist); producer: J. Richter |
| 2012 | “Anna verzweifelt gesucht”, SAT.1-series (assistance of emergency service); producer: A. Ruhmland |
| 2011 | “Frei wie ein Vogel”, short film (mother); producer: M. Gottmann, Macromedia-University for Media Communication, Munich |
| 2010 | “Gesundheit – Nachtblindheit”, TV documentary (protagonist); producer: B. Thomas |
| 2010 | “Sturm der Liebe”, TV-Telenovela (hotel guest); producer: C. Meyer-Grohbrügge |
| 2010 | “Lovelab”, final exam film of the academy for film Ludwigsburg in cooperation with TV channel ZDF (office worker); producer: M. Dolderer |
| 2008 | “M.A.N. – die treibende Kraft”, image film (cook/mother 1809, lady 1924); producer: J. Litzinger |
| 2008 | “Der Kaiser von Schexing”, TV soap (funeral guest); producer: Bogner |
| 2006/07 | “Trauma”, regional cinema film (golfplayer); producer: B. Schneider |
| 2006 | “Eure letzte Chance“, TV soap (mother of deceased son); producer: F. Lederbogen |
| 2005/06 | “Strafgericht”, TV soap (housewife, society lady and mother of the accused); producer: I. Klöntrup |
| 2000/01 | “Verbotene Liebe”, TV soap (lover, bumper car owner, platform passenger) |
| 1999/00 | “Lindenstraße”, TV soap (churchgoer, neighbour) |
| 1998 | “Intercity”, TV soap (train traveller) |
| 1997/99 | advertisement spots for TV and cinema (housewife, inspired artist, mother) |
| 2024 | “Reading against Oblivion” (Eva Leidmann from: Wie man sich bettet), Odeonsplatz, Munich; Director: Helena Nitsche. With the kind support of the Munich Department of Culture, Künstlersozialwerk, Mohr Villa |
| 2024 | “Eeny, meeny, mettlesom” (various), Replay Theatre, Munich; Director: Üke Schilling |
| 2023 | “Tricksters” (various), Replay Theatre, Munich; Director: Ruppel, Schilling |
| 2023 | “Lesung gegen das Vergessen” (Bertha von Suttner, Die Waffen nieder!), Odeonsplatz München; Regie: Hausdorf, Schmitt-Thiel. Mit freundlicher Unterstützung Kulturreferat München, Künstlersozialwerk, Mohr-Villa |
| 2023 | “Business Theatre” (diverse), InterMinds; Regie: diverse |
| 2022 | “Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte” nach Charles Dickens (diverse Sprechrollen), Lesung mit musikalischer Umrahmung, Freie Szene München; Regie: Herzing, Schulze |
| 2022 | “Natürlich aufwachsen” (diverse), Mutweltentheater, Tourneetheater Oberbayern; Regie: Herzing, König, Ruppel |
| 2022 | “Reading against oblivion” (Rosa Luxemburg/Letters from prison), virtual and Odeonsplatz, Munich; Director: Gerhard Schmitt-Thiel. Funded by department of Arts & Culture Munich, Künstlersozialwerk, Mohr-Villa |
| 2022 | “Der schwarze Stein” / “The black stone” (various), dasvinzenz Theater, Mucca 31, Munich; Director: Cornelia Maschner |
| 2021 | “Reading against oblivion” (Irène Némirovsky/Suite francaise), www.buecherlesung.de, virtual. Funded by department of Arts & Culture Munich, Künstlersozialwerk |
| 2020 | “Was Menschen berührt” (performer), solo dance performance with voice, exhibition of visual art by Künstlersozialwerk Munich |
| 2019/21 | “Ein Engel auf der Couch” (guardian angel Elena), solo performance with dance and singing; various venues Munich and Bavaria. Funded by association LichtBlick. Director: Johannes Rosenstein |
| 2018/20 | “Business Theatre” (various), Interactors, Frankfurt; Director: Birkholz/Schnitzer |
| 2018 | “Liaisons mit Picasso” (Olga Khoklova, Francoise Gilot), play reading with dance and singing, Company Litttera Mobile at Theatre Pasinger Fabrik and others, Munich. Own production funded by BA 15 of the city of Munich and association LichtBlick. Director: Herzing/Hobucher |
| 2017 | “Performance Installation” (performer), Lothringer 13 Halle, Munich; Director: Zita Schüpferling (supported by debutant funding of AdBK Munich) |
| 2017 | “Photo shooting for commercial” (performer); Director: Erdal Buldun, photographer |
| 2016 | “Die Buddenbrooks” (various), Akademie der Kunst, Ludwigsburg; Director: Sandra Strunz |
| 2015/16 | “Frau Holle” (Frau Holle), Theatre K-BUM, Liechtenstein; Director: Andy Konrad |
| 2015 | “Novotel-ibis hotel opening” (Regina), Brand-L Event Munich; Director: Katharina Möbius |
| 2015 | “Peer Gynt” by Ibsen/Grieg (Aase, main female part), Musica Europa, Marburg; Director: Enke Eisenberg; Musical Director: André Hammerschmied |
| 2012/15 | “Mord in der Abtei Sankt Benefizius”, touring theatre play Germany (chief inspector, main part), premiere play of Dine & Crime; Director: W. Gawlik |
| 2011 | “Mord in Giesing”, live-detective-event (talking corpse), Allmender GmbH, Munich |
| 2011/15 | “Murder in the Abbey of St. Benefizius”, English speaking touring theatre play, Germany (chief inspector, main part), premiere play of Dine & Crime; Director: W. Gawlik |
| 2010 | “Versteh’ einer die Frauen” written by Stoltze (housewife); guest engagement at AuGuSTheater Neu-Ulm; Director: Riese & Koch |
| 2009/15 | “Der Fluch auf Süderstorm”, touring theatre play Germany (pub landlady, female main part), premiere play of Dine & Crime; Director: W. Gawlik |
| 2008 | “Drei Mal leben” by Yasmin Reza (finance expert), guest engagement at AuGuSTheater Neu-Ulm; Director: R. Milde |
| 2006/07 | “Der Wunschpunsch” by Michael Ende (money witch); Director: R. Hauff; guest engagement at municipal theatre Koblenz-Lahnstein |
| 2006 | “Das Mietshaus – 1923”, Open Air Theater (neighbour), premiere play of Schauspiel im Denkmal Koblenz; Director: A. Hinz |
| 2005 | “Der kleine Horrorladen” by Ashman/Menken (Chriystal and plant), at municipal theatre Koblenz-Lahnstein; Director: A. Horre |
| 2005 | “Orpheus und Eurydike” open air theatre, premiere play (pieride, maenade); Director: A. Hinz, Schauspiel im Denkmal Bonn/Koblenz |
| 2002 | “Die Hutmacherin”, premiere play of ZENO Tourneetheater (milliner) with guest engagement at Freies Werkstatt Theater Köln ; Diector: I. Beimbauer/S. Ebelt |
| 2002 | “Antigone” nach Sophokles (Antigone), guest engagement at the Theater im Depot, Dortmund; Director: C. Scholze |
| 2001/04 | “Madame Kuh und das Q”, touring theatre, premiere play of ZENO Theater Köln (stork & calf); Director: A. Ferraris; with guest engagement at municipal theatre Velbert; nominated for children and youth theatre award Cologne 2002 |
| 1996/00 | “Niquena – Abenteuer im Land der Wolken”, premiere play of Life/Art Ensemble (Natura), touring theatre with guest engagement at municipal theatre Konstanz; Director: P. Eischeid |
| 1972/82 | Amateur theatre as child and teenager for 10 years; 1st award franconian amateur theatre 1981 for “Krämerskorb” (thick maid); Director: F. Ziegler |
| 2024 | Barrier-free communication; role: various (main part); director: various; My Communicator |
| since 2022 | Microphone speaker for announcements, German & English |
| 2021 | Various radio plays, Berlin & Munich |
| 2010 | “Haven”, (mother of killed gang member; Carol, estate agent); Violet Media Munich |
| 2010 | “Friday Night Lights”, (young woman; ensemble voice); Berliner Synchron München |
| 2022 | “Embracing Joy”, in own production (funded by department of culture in Munich), TANZtheater 50+ at Theatre Pasinger Fabrik and Gasteig, Munich (choreography) |
| 2019 | “Ein Engel auf der Couch”, solo performance with dance and singing (funded by LichtBlick), various venues, Munich; Director: J. Rosenstein (choreography) |
| 2018 | “Liaisons mit Picasso” play reading with dance and singing, own production (funded by BA 15 of the city of Munich and LichtBlick), Ensemble Littera Mobile, Munich; Director: Herzing/Hobucher (choreography) |
| 2017 | “Wahre Sinnlichkeit” in own production (funded by department of culture in Munich), TANZtheater 50+ at Theatre Pasinger Fabrik and Gasteig, Munich (choreography) |
| 2015/16 | “Frau Holle” by the Brothers Grimm, guest-part choreographer at Theater K-BUM, Liechtenstein; Director: A. Konrad (choreography) |
| 2015 | “Peer Gynt” by Ibsen/Grieg, Marburg festival under Musica Europa; Choreography: M. Herzing/R. Pedrocchi; Director: E. Eisenberg; Musical Director: A. Hammerschmied (choreography) |
| 2015 | “Fräulein Schmidt und der Aufstand der Frauen”, première open air play, Kleines Stadttheater Gerolzhofen (choreography) |
| 2014 | “Alter ent-falten”, with TANZtheater 50+ at Theater Pasinger Fabrik, Munich in own production (choreography) |
| 2006/07 | “Hair”, guest part choreographer municipal theatre Koblenz-Lahnstein; Director: F. Hahn (choreography) |
| 2005/06 | “West Side Story”, guest choreographer municipal theatre Koblenz-Lahnstein; Director: F. Hahn (choreography) |
| 2004 | “Chicken Farm”, Cologne in own production (choreography) |
| 2003 | “Projektionen”, solo dancer & choreographer in cooperation with fotographer M. Bertram, Kufa Koblenz (dance & choreography) |
| 2003 | “Women Only”, Orangerie Cologne in own production, supported by Kunststiftung NRW (choreography) |
| 2002 | “Antigone”, guest engagement as solo dancer & choreographer at Theater im Depot, Dortmund; Director: C. Scholz (dance & choreography) |
| 2002 | “Die Hutmacherin”, guest choreographer for ZENO Theater Köln (choreography) |
| 2001 | “Put your head …”, solo, own production, Cologne (dance & choreography) |
| 2001 | “Self-esteem”, Cologne in own production (choreography) |
| 2000 | “Unusual way“, solo & choreographer with singer, own production, Cologne (dance & choreography) |
| 2000 | “Kalimando”, Eigenproduktion, Köln (Choreografie) |
| 1999 | “America”, Cologne in own production (choreography) |
| 1996/00 | “Niquena – Abenteuer im Land der Wolken”, solo dancer, choreographer and co-founder of touring theatre Life/Art Ensemble; Director: P. Eischeid; with guest engagement at municipal theatre Konstanz (dance & choreography) |
| 1996/97 | “Evolution”, solo, own production, Nürnberg, Heidelberg, Cologne (dance & choreography) |
| 1996 | “Portugal”, S. Grothmann, Freiburg, Germany (dance) |
| 1995 | “Trust in me – believe in me”, solo, own production, San Francisco, USA (dance & choreography) |
| 1995/07 | Choreography and coaching for performing artists (choreography) |
| 1995/99 | Choreography and coaching for fashion shows (choreography) |
| 1994 | “On the edge”, J. Smith, touring company in England (dance) |
| 1994 | “For you my friend”, Bretton Hall Theatre, England (choreography) |
| 1993 | “Other people´s shoes”, J. Smith, Theatre Leeds, England (dance) |
| 1993 | “Memories”, C. Lomas, Wakefield Opera House, England (dance) |
| 1993 | “Dance Pieces”, A. Howitt, Wakefield Opera House & City Theatre Cardiff (dance) |
| 1993 | “Salsa”, dance collaboration, Wakefield Opera House, England (dance & choreography) |
| 1993 | “Eek – Europeans coming together”, Bretton Hall Theatre, England (choreography) |
| 1992 | “Untitled Solo”, solo in cooperation with actor J. Kaufman, own production, Bretton Hall Theatre, England (dance & choreography) |
| 1992 | “Shakespeare Festival”, J. Butterworth, Bretton Hall Theatre, England (dance) |
| 1992 | “Movement is the message”, E. Jamieson, Bretton Hall Theatre, England (dance) |
| 1992 | “Desert voice”, E. Jamieson, Wakefield Opera House, England (dance) |
| 1991 | “Crucible”, J. Butterworth, touring company in England (dance) |
| 1991/94 | Worked with Motionhouse, Jonathan Burrows and Wayne Mc Gregor, England and Andy Howitt, Scotland (dance) |
| 1991 | “It is what it is”, Duo, own production, Bretton Hall Theatre, England (dance & choreography) |
| 1990 | “Pyanopsion”, E. Weissmann, Tanztheater Freiburg, Germany (dance) |
| 2009/10 | Tutor for giving workshops in creativity and dance, Germany; eg. Drama school Zerboni, Munich International School and public community |
| 2008 | Performance Artist in Residence at Munich International School and Phorms, Munich, Germany |
| 2007 | Touring principal of “Kleiner Eisbär”, Theater Concept, South of Germany |
| 1995/20 | Tutor for creativity- and dance education at various institutions within Germany, Greece, England and the USA |
| 1997/03 | Dance Tutor and Choreographer at training College for Drama and Dance, Cologne, Germany |
| 1999 | Dance Tutor and Movement Coach at D.a.S. Theater, Cologne, Germany |
| 1996 | Guest Tutor at Dance- and Clownschool TUT, Hannover, Germany |
| 1991 | Assistant at Centre of Cultural Life in Grimone, France |
| 1983/86 | Fully qulified nurse at University hospital Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; additional professional experience with intensive care, anaesthesia and other areas. |
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Thank you very much for the very nice film shoot in ‘Aus, Äpfel, Amen’ (working title). Directed by Felix Karolus. I was able to give my best in a role as the main police officer ‘Marion Fischer’ alongside Maximillian Brückner. It will be broadcast on ARD, probably next year.
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Monika Maria Herzing
For the genre theatre/choreography/text
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mobile: +49 176 55394893
moherzing@aol.com
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