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Lena Stamm (born January 5th 1981) is a German actress, writer and director. She is best known for the short film Easy Said Up High (2021), which she wrote, produced, directed and starred in. Stamm also owns a production company, Elbee Films.

Early life
Lena Stamm was born 5th January 1981 in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Bamberg, Germany. She is one of four siblings. She discovered a love of the arts during her time at E.T.A Hoffmann Gymnasium High School, where she was part of its theatre group until graduation and regularly had small roles in plays at the E.T.A Hoffmann theatre. She also toured Europe with the school choir and was a member of the European Youth Parliament.

She went on to study Drama at the prestigious Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg from 2003 – 2007, where she starred in her first feature film The Last Bite. Before graduating she performed at the Hans Otto Theater, Potsdam in Wir im Finale by Marc Becker, a play about the World Championship.

2007-2011
Immediately after graduating in 2007 Stamm joined the in Hildesheim, Germany, where among other roles she played Marie in a production of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner (2007).

In 2009 she then took a two-year acting residency in Budapest, Hungary, at the German Stage Hungary. During this time she starred in numerous plays, most notably The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist (2010), Faith Hope and Charity by Ödön von Horvath (2010) and The Woman Before by Roland Schimmelpfennig (2011). During this time she won the Actress of the Year at the German Stage Hungary as well as Best Actress at the Theatertreffen Budapest for her role in The Woman Before.

2011 - present
On returning to Germany she continued her work in theatre and in 2015 she was part of the ensemble at the Studio Theater Stuttgart that won a Monica Bleibtreu Award at the for Maria Magdalena by Friedrich Hebbel.

As well as her work in theatre, Lena Stamm has also has also worked in film and television. In 2015 she starred in the short film To Nashville and shortly after the feature film Gallery Weekend. In 2018 Stamm starred in the TV movie Inga Lindström – The Secret of Rose Island and the web series Einfach Maria.

Stamm returned to the stage in 2019 performing the title role in The Marquis of O… by Heinrich von Kleist at the Staatstheater Stuttgart.

Most recently Lena was a member of the main cast of the three part historical drama 1806 - The Nuremberg Saga broadcast during the German TV channel Bayerischer Rundfunk's Christmas schedule 2021.

During lockdown in 2020 Lena wrote, directed and starred in a short film, Easy Said up High, on which she collaborated with the actress Janin Stenzel. It has been invited to over 30 film festivals and has won the Best Comedy award at London Rocks Film Festival (2021) as well as Best Comedy at Out Of The Can International Film Festival (2021), Best Romance at the Cinephiles Film Festival (2021) and Best Ensemble at Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema (2022).

Lena Stamm will star in the upcoming feature film Dom Outtryckta – The Unexpressed, due to be released in 2022. Lena also wrote and directed the film together with the creative collection Bastard Productions.

Other ventures
In 2021 Lena Stamm founded the production company Elbee Films to further her work behind the camera. Through Elbee Films she has produced the films Easy Said up High and Dom Outtryckta – The Unexpressed.

Filmography

 * Traffic Sights (1999), Anna
 * The Last Bite (2007), Lisa (alias Betty)
 * Zwei Töchter (2015), Helene
 * To Nashville (2015), Maria
 * Gallery Weekend (2016), Britta Seidel
 * Inga Lindström – The Secret of Rose Island (2018), Ella Johanson
 * Einfach Maria (2018), Die Polizistin/Policewoman
 * The Touch (2019), Julie
 * Drunk Up (2019), Nick
 * Shame (2021), Hanna
 * Easy Said up High (2021), Celia – also writer, producer, director
 * 1806 – The Nuremberg Saga (2021), Margarethe Merkel
 * Dom Outtryckta – The Unexpressed (2022), Anna – also writer, director, producer

Theatre

 * Wir im Finale by Marc Becker - Hans Otto Theatre, Potsdam (2006)
 * Woyzeck by Georg Büchner - Theater Für Niedersachsen, Hildesheim (2007)
 * Happy by Doris Dörrie - Theater Für Niedersachsen, Hildesheim (2008)
 * Bier für Frauen by -  (2008)
 * The Broken Jug by Heinrich von Kleist - German Stage Hungary (2010)
 * Faith, Hope and Charity by Ödön von Horvath - German Stage Hungary (2010)
 * The Woman Before by Roland Schimmelpfennig - German Stage Hungary (2011)
 * Antigone by Sophocles -, Nürnberg (2014)
 * Maria Magdalena by Friedrich Hebbel - Studiotheater Stuttgart (2015)
 * Der Mann der die Welt aß by Nis-Momme Stockmann - Studiotheater Stuttgart (2016)
 * Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht - Klosterfestspiele Weingarten (2016)
 * Stück Plastik by Marius von Mayenburg -, Nürnberg (2017)
 * The Tempest by William Shakespeare - Theaternatur Festival (2018)
 * The Marquise of O… by Heinrich von Kleist - Staatstheater Stuttgart (2019)