Wiebke Puls

Wiebke Puls was born in 1973 in Husum and completed her acting education at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin. After graduating in 1997, she went to Schauspiel Hannover before joining the ensemble at Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg in 2000, where she met Jürgen Gosch amongst others. For her achievements there she was awarded the Boy-Gobert Prize by the Körber Foundation in 2003. Since 2005 Wiebke Puls has been a member of the Münchner Kammerspiele ensemble. With “Die Nibelungen” (director: Andreas Kriegenburg, 2005), “Dunkel lockende Welt” (director: Sebastian Nübling, 2006), “Orpheus steigt herab” (director: Sebastian Nübling, 2013) and “Trommeln in der Nacht” (director: Christopher Rüping, 2018) she was invited four times to the Theatertreffen.

For her role as “Kriemhild” in “Die Nibelungen” she was honoured with the Alfred Kerr Acting Prize in 2005. In the same year she was elected “Actress of the Year” by the journal Theater heute. In 2008 she was granted the award of the Association for the Promotion of the Münchner Kammerspiele. In 2013 and 2018 she became second in the selection of “Theater heute” for “Actress of the Year”. In 2018 she was awarded the 3sat Prize for her acting performance in the production “Trommeln in der Nacht”, directed by Christopher Rüping, and her work at the Münchner Kammerspiele within the 55th Theatertreffen.

From time to time, Wiebke Puls stages her own productions and works with students. She likes to perform musical programmes and is a regular speaker. In addition to her numerous appearances on stage Wiebke Puls also starred in several film and television roles. From October 2018, she can be seen in Yael Ronen’s new production “#Genesis. A Starting Point” at Münchner Kammerspiele.

As of May 2019.