Maria Hofstätter

Maria Hofstätter (born 30 March 1964) is an Austrian actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 1993.

Career
Hofstätter was born in Upper Austria, on 30 March 1964. She did not attend acting school and first appeared on stage for a bet. She has worked on films with directors such as Michael Glawogger, Paul Harather, Marc Rothemund, Harald Sicheritz (Poppitz) and Ulrich Seidl. Hofstätter played the hitchhiker in Seidl's first arthouse film, Dog Days in 2001. In 2012, she played the main role of Anna-Maria in the controversial second part of Seidl's Paradise trilogy, entitled Paradise: Faith. The Screen Daily review said that she "completely melts into the role, providing the backbone for the entire piece".

She has also performed roles on television series such as Braunschlag by David Schalko and acted in the theatre.

Awards
Hofstätter won the Diagonale acting prize in 2013 and the Deutscher Schauspielpreis in 2021. She was awarded the Österreichischer Filmpreis in 2014 for her role in Paradise: Faith. For her performance in Fuchs im Bau, she won a Romy and another Österreichischer Filmpreis.