Katharina Quast

Katharina Quast was born in Duisburg in 1977 and studied acting at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main from 1997 to 2001. After guest appearances at Nationaltheater Mannheim, she was engaged at Theater Augsburg from 2001 to 2005, where her roles included Margarete in »Faust I« (directed by Holger Schultze) and Antigonae in Friedrich Hölderlin's play of the same name. She was then a permanent ensemble member at Theater Osnabrück until 2011. Here she played roles such as Elisabeth in »Maria Stuart«, Okichi in »Die Judith von Schimoda"« and Gesche in »Bremer Freiheit«. As Karin in »alter ford escort dunkelblau« she was nominated as »best young actress of the year« by the magazine Theater heute in 2007. Since the beginning of the 2011/12 season, Katharina Quast has been a permanent member of Theater und Orchester Heidelberg. Important roles in Heidelberg included Mother Courage in »Mother Courage and Her Children«, Aase and Anitra in »Peer Gynt«, Countess Orsina in »Emilia Galotti« and Mrs Hedda Tesman in »Hedda Gabler«.