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Short Film

Uncolored

Lead

Dir. Hailey Lee/ USC

Metamorphosis

Lead

Dir. Aurelia Zu Eulenburg/ USC

Melody of the Magpie

Lead

Dir. Tristan Baumgardner/ BU

Heretic

Supporting

Dir. Jessica Gamboa/ ELAC

Good News

Supporting

Dir. Elijah Tenkeh/ LACC

Pilot

Blin "Circus"

Lead

Dir. Lada Egorova

Vertical Short

Love Ages Like Fine Wine

Large Supporting

Dir. Rachel Xu

Fated To My Billionaire Call Boy

Supporting

Dir. Stephen Law

Kiss Me One Last Time

Day Player

Dir. Tracy Shen

All The Wrong Reasons

Day Player

Dir. Rachel Xu

Darling Please Come Home

Day Player

Dir. Yutong Cao

Cherished By My Ex-Husbands Brother

Day Player

Dir. Sining Xiang

Television

Mathis Court With Judge Mathis

Guest Star

Allen Media Group Television

UGC Ad

Prepared Hero

German Speaker

Theater

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

Clarisse

Dir. Louie Piday

Melancholia

Ensemble (+ Pianist & Music Director)

Dir. José Luis Valenzuela/ LTC

You're Invited!

Maggie

Dir. Laura Bustamante

Nine Ten

Kearrie

Dir. Jason Goldhammer

Musical

Kinky Boots

Trish, Ensemble

Dir. Roger Castellano

Mary Poppins

Jane Banks

Dir. Sabine Laubersheimer

Theme Park

Universal Studios Hollywood

Animated Character

Dance

Neverland

John Darling, Smee

Dir. Sarah Stadel

Pianist/ Music Director

Melancholia

Pianist, Muisc Director ( + Ensemble)

Dir. José Luis Valenzuela/ LTC

Charity (Part III of "A Mexican Trilogy, An American Story")

Pianist, Music Director

Dir. José Luis Valenzuela/ LTC

Awards

National Finalist Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

February 2024

Region 8 Winner Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

February 2024

Heart of the Art Award - Theatrical Design Excellence

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

February 2024

Distinguished Achievement in Stage Management

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

April 2023

Training

Intermediate Adler Scene Study + Technique

Marjorie Ballentine

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Certificate in Acting (graduated 12/2023)

Theatre Academy, LA City College

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Performing Arts Studies (3 years)

Otto-Hahn-Gymnasium

Landau, Germany

Classical Piano Training (17 years)

Music School Rita Kottner

Landau, Germany

Dance Training (10 years)

Dance School Wienholt

Landau, Germany

Melanie Hatzenbühler is a passionate quadrilingual actress with a strong work ethic and deep affinity for music. She started playing piano when she was five and had her first acting debut as Jane Banks in a German production of the musical "Mary Poppins" at the age of twelve. Being cast in the dance show "Neverland" awakened a profound interest for acting, which led to the life-changing decision to move to the U.S. and study theatre. Melanie recently won her first KCACTF Region VIII acting award.

Physical Characteristics / Measurements

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 135 lbs

Gymnastics, Weight Lifting, Dance Hip Hop, Dance Jazz, Dance Modern, Dance Salsa, Dancer, Piano, Violin, Vocal Range: Alto, Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano, American - Standard/General Accent, British - BBC English Accent, British - Cockney Accent, French Accent, German Accent, Russian Accent, Fluent English as a second language, Fluent French, Fluent German, Fluent Russian