- Born
- Birth nameSusanne Elisabeth Wuest
- Height1.63 m
- Susanne Wuest grew up close to Vienna, Austria. Right after high school she started working at the prestigious Volkstheater in Vienna. Soon after, she gained international attention with her leading part in "Antares", directed by Götz Spielmann.
After it premiered in competition of Locarno, "Antares" went on to become Austria's submission for Best Foreign Language Academy Award in 2005, as did another film she starred in, in 2015: "Goodnight Mommy" premiered at the Venice Film Festival, won multiple awards and even went on to become a success with US audiences.
Some of the acclaimed directors she has worked with are Klaus Maria Brandauer, Olivier Assayas, Gore Verbinski, Christoph Schrewe, Jessica Hausner, Barbara Albert and very recently, Laszlo Nemes.
Of her fearless and extraordinary portrayals of women, the trade press writes: "You can easily imagine Susanne Wuest as the younger sister of Tilda Swinton: like her, she seems to have no reservations, but rather to have the courage to set tasks for herself that are always new, at times difficult to take on, certainly hard to calculate. What emerges, is, at any rate, exceptional and challenging." (Filmdienst)- IMDb mini biography by: Management
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Has been playing piano since the age of five.
- Speaks German (native), English fluently (hardly accent), French (basics).
- When "Goodnight Mommy" won the competition of the 25th Int Film festival of Ljubljana, the Jury statement was "For the condensed complexity of its storytelling, its refreshingly assertive approach to the critically neglected horror genre, for retaining several ambiguities at once and for its excellent performances - particularly that of Susanne Wuest, who for much of the film must convey so much with so little.".
- Has been nominated 'Best Young Actress' for the Undine Award 2005 for 'Antares'.
- "Goodnight Mommy" is, after "Antares", already the second film being submitted for an Oscar nomination (Best Foreign Language Academy Award) with Susanne Wuest in a leading role.
- I think stories about passion are always worth telling. Passion is one of the very few luxuries made for everyone. You can always afford true and deep emotions. Passion makes life very much worth living.
- And what hooks me, that's very simple: truth. There's something which connects all of us to truth. And this is what I'm looking for.
- If I had one wish to come true: I want to play that Tooth Fairy one day. I really do. I'd give my right hand for it. I'd watch myself playing the Tooth Fairy every day, if it ever happens.
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