Franziska Weisz began her acting career in 1999 in Ulrich Seidl's Dog Days. This was followed by more than 40 roles in cinema and TV productions. In 2004 the Austrian native was given the Undine Award in the category Best Young Actress in a TV movie for her role as Vreni in Holger Barthel's In Liebe Vereint. That same year she was one of the Berlinale Shooting Stars. For her acting achievements in the films Dog Days, Rendez-Vous and Distance she was honored with the Franz Hofer Award in 2008. In the internationally award-winning film Hotel by Jessica Hausner, Weisz played the lead role of Irene and starred one year later next to Ken Duken as the lead female role of Jana Wallat in Distance, which had its premiere at the Berlinale. In Benjamin Heisenberg's The Robber, which was presented in competition at the Berlinale in 2010, she plays Erika, the girlfriend and accomplice of the title hero. Stations of the Cross is her third project with Dietrich Brüggemann after Run If You Can and Move.
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