Katja Sallay - Filmmakers (2025)

Katja Sallay was born in Budapest and came to Germany at the age of 3. At 16 she bought an S-VHS camera and shot her 1st short film.
After a short stop at the University studying German literature, philosophy and Hungarian studies in Berlin, she did a camera internship at ARRI Berlin. Shortly she became 2nd Assistant Camera on American productions, among others; at 20 she was 1st AC on cinema, TV and commercials. Her love, however, was always directing and so she went to Los Angeles, to The Lee Strasberg Film & Theatre Institute, to actually learn how to work with actors. They offered her a 4-year acting scholarship. Which she took, of course. After discovering her love and talent for acting, she got the leading role of "ALMA" under Paulus Manker in Vienna, which she played for 9 years. Since then she has been working as an actress for cinema and TV and continues working as an audio book narrator.
Her script "5 Seasons - a Journey" was the cornerstone to her feature film debut... as a director.

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Actor34-40 yearsGerman

Place of residence Berlin (DE), Mannheim (DE)

Genderfemale

Place of birthBudapest

Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27)

Housing optionsVienna (AT), Mannheim (DE), Budapest (HU)

SpecializationsSpeaker

Driver's licensesB - Car

Eye colorgray-green

Hair colorblond(e)

Height (cm)176

Weight (in kg)60

Ethnicity and heritageWhite or Caucasian

Statureslim, female

LanguagesGerman(native)Hungarian(native)EnglishFrenchHebrew

DialectsAustrianBadischBerlin German

AccentsAmericanCroatianEnglishFrenchHungarianSerbian

InstrumentsGuitarViolin

SportRacerYoga

PitchSoprano

SingingChansonClassicMusical

  • Training
  • Awards
  • Film
  • Television
  • Theater
  • Audio

Training

Primary professional training

2007

Lee Strasberg (Los Angeles/New York)

Other professional training

2004 – 2007

Lee Strasberg Film & Theater Institute Los Angeles (Stipendium Vollzeit) Marc Marno, Cathy Leslie

1995 – 1999

Klassische Gesangsausbildung Musikschule MannheimLionel Fawcett

Awards

2022

best actress // Festival Internacional de Cine de Terror Calgari (Short film)

2022

Publikumspreis Bieberacher Festspiele "Notes Of Berlin" (Cinema film)

2010

Nestroy Publikumspreis ALMA - A SHOWBIZ ANS END

Film

2020 – 2021

5 Seasons - Eine Reise

Katja Sallay Pinto Pictures

2019

Call (Short film)

Junge Frau [HR]

Deniz Arora Arora Produktion

2018

Die Tagebücher von Adam und Eva

Kathrin

Franz Müller Mizzi Stock Grandfilm Tanja Schuh

2018

Vote

Die Heuchlerin

Lisa Hasenhütl Filmakademie Wien Kurzfilm

2018

Ich war noch niemals in New York

Flugbegleiterin Jessica

Philipp Stölzl UFA Fiction Universal Pictures Ulrike Müller

2018

Intimes

Olivia

Mareike Danisch DFFB

2017

Die Vermisste

Naomi

Flora Frisardi

2017

Kleiner Garten

Henri (HR)

Olivia Stubbe

2016

Zu deinem Besten

Nadine (HR)

Adrian Schwartz

2016

Notes of Berlin

Rosa

Mariejosefin Schneider

2015

Weaving Thieving Spiderfly (AT)

Maia (HR)

Nat Tafelmacher Magnat

2014

Fallen Blossoms - Die Kältewüste

Clara

Lior Shamriz

2014

Clara und die Geister

Clara (HR)

Linda Lemanski

2014

Sin & Illy Still Alive

Stationsschwester

Maria Hengge

2013

Im Winter so schön

Lena (HR)

Daniel Rau, Matthias Mettenbörger, Piotr Kochalski

2012

Der letzte Mentsch

Ungarische Sachbearbeiterin

Pierre- Henry Salfati

2012

Mutter

Julia

Steffen Ohl

2011

Misstrauen

Hannah

Nina Pabst

2010

A Low Life Mythology

Xandra

Lior Shamriz

2010

Endstation

Marlene

Mehdi Moinzadeh

2006

Project Mindlog

Tina

Steffen Kaminski

2004

Leverage

European Girl

Lydia Martinelli

Television

2024

Stubbe - Gelockt (TV series)

Laura Hartke

Jochen A. Freydank Polyphon ZDF Tina Böckenhauer Casting

2023

WAPO Berlin - neue Feinde, alte Kähne

Nina Zenker

Markus Adrian Saxonia Media ZDF

2022

SOKO Potsdam

Astrid Koch

Max Hegewald Bantry Bay ZDF Ana Davila

2019

Morden im Norden - Schuld und Sühne

Julia Marx

Dirk Pientka ndF ARD

2019

Letzte Spur Berlin - Filippas Welt

Katharina Heim

Marcus Weiler Novafilm ZDF Dorothee Weyers

2019

SOKO Wismar - Lebe lieber unterirdisch

Daniela Kuhn

Dirk Pientka Cinecentrum Berlin ZDF

2018

Zürich Krimi - Borchert und die falschen Freunde

Frau Dobler

Roland Suso Richter Graf ARD Mai Seck

2014

AB 18! "hassan"

Katja

Irene von Alberti 3Sat TV Doku-Reihe

2014

SOKO Kitzbühel - Im toten Winkel

Sonja Seidel

Gerald Liegel ORF/ZDF

2010

Polizeiruf 110 - Denn sie wissen nicht was sie tun

Bereitschaftspolizistin

Hans Steinbichler ARD

Theater

2016

Geächtet

Emily

Ivan Vrgoc

2009 – 2015

ALMA - A SHOWbiz ans ende

Alma (HR)

Paulus Manker

2014 – 2015

Woyzeck

Marie

Oleg Myrzak

2013

Wagnerdämmerung

Main role

Paulus Manker

2011 – 2012

Ilegal

Main role

Mehdi Moinzadeh

2012

Vergessene Biographien

Main role

Marina Schubarth

2007

When you comin' back, red ryder?

Main role

Katja Sallay

2006

In the Boom Boom Room (englisch)

Chrissy (HR)

Robert Gaynor

2006

Sophies's Choice

Sophie (HR)

Cathy Leslie

2006

The girl on the Via Flamenia (englisch)

Lisa (HR)

James Distefano

2004

Bram Stokers Dracula (englisch)

Vampire

Maarten Cornelis

Audio

2017

Hörbücher (Audiobook)

Erzähler, alle Rollen (MR)

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