Lisa Hagmeister

Actor

Berlin, Germany

January 1, 1979

Biography

Lisa Hagmeister (born 1979 in West Berlin) is a German actress. Lisa Hagmeister grew up in West Berlin and completed her *Abitur* (secondary school leaving examination) in 1998. From 1999 to 2003, she studied acting at the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Her first theater engagement took her to the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, where she performed from 2003 to 2006. In 2003 and 2004, she was voted Best Young Actress in North Rhine-Westphalia in the critics' poll conducted by *Welt am Sonntag*. Additionally, in 2004, she received the North Rhine-Westphalia State Prize for Young Artists. Since the 2006/2007 season, Hagmeister has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. In 2008, she was awarded the Boy Gobert Prize; in 2018, she received the Hamburg Theater Prize—Rolf Mares for her role as Selma in *Dancer in the Dark*. In 2008, she received the Special Prize for Outstanding Individual Achievement at the German Television Crime Film Awards for her lead role in the *Tatort* episode *Der frühe Abschied*. Since 2011, Hagmeister has also served as the lead singer of the punk band N.R.F.B. In 2020, she was nominated for a German Film Award for her supporting role in the film *System Crasher* (*Systemsprenger*). Lisa Hagmeister lives in Hamburg.