In the new “Tatort: The Gate to Hell” (October 2nd, the first) Bibi Fellner (Adele Neuhauser, 63) and Moritz Eisner (Harald Krassnitzer, 62) have to solve the murder of a Catholic priest who worked as an exorcist. The two investigators from Vienna make the acquaintance of Nathalie.
The young woman is convinced that she is possessed by the devil – and therefore undergoes an exorcism. With her strange nature, she not only teaches the two commissioners to fear. The mysterious character is embodied by the Austrian actress Maresi Riegner (born 1991). But how do you know the actress?
Riegner was born in Vienna in 1991 and studied acting at the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna from 2013 to 2017 – the actors Verena Altenberger (34, Munich-“Police Call”), Nicholas Ofczarek (51, “Der Pass “), Anna Unterberger (37, Styrian thrillers) and Nobel Prize in Literature (2004) Elfriede Jelinek (75).
Even before her studies, the young actress made her debut in “Endlich Weltuntergang” (2012). Riegner got her first leading role in 2016 in Henri Steinmetz’s drama “Uns geht es gut”. Other films followed, such as “Egon Schiele: Death and Maiden” (2016) and “Light” (2017).
The Viennese was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for the best young actress in 2020 for her performance in the film “Sometime is also good”. The young talent can also be seen time and again on theater stages, including at the Theater an der Wien and the Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Riegner can also show crime experience experience. She was already in 2014 in Vienna’s “Tatort: Paradise” and 2021 in Munich “Tatort: There are always miracles”. She also had an appearance in the “SOKO Vienna” format.
