Sophia Julia Schützinger graduated from high school in 2018 at Theresia-Gerhardinger-Gymnasium in Munich, where she received piano, singing and acting lessons (in the choir and the upper level theatre). Thereupon, under the direction of Anja Sczilinski, she became a permanent member of the "intergroup" of Junges Resi/Residenztheater Munich, where she appeared as Natascha in "Sinn" by Anja Hilling on stage of Marstall at Residenztheater in the season 2018/2019.

Sophia Julia has been a member of the amateur theatre s`Bredl e.V. since the age of 9, where she does not only work as an actor in various productions such as "Der Froschkönig" or "Vampir Winnie Wackelzahn", but also as a director and dramaturge. Most recently, she staged the musical theatre "Magic Nanny - Ein Kindermädchen namens Mary" based on Disney's "Mary Poppins" in November 2019. As a dancer she debuted with the production of "As time goes by" at Leopoldtheater Munich in 2008.

Since the 2017/2018 season Sophia Julia Schützinger has also been involved as an extra at Residenztheater Munich, the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz and the Bayerische Staatsoper. There she has been working alongside actors such as Thomas Loibl, Lilith Häßle, Gunther Eckes and Thomas Lettow, as well as the singers Diana Damrau, Ermonela Jaho, Kristine Opolais, Pavol Breslik and Charles Castronovo under the direction of Andreas Kriegenburg, Martin Kusej, Johannes Erath and more. She currently receives acting lessons from an actor of the Residenztheater Munich and an actor of the Burgtheater Vienna, preparing for auditions to enroll in a state run drama school.

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In 2020 Sophia Julia Schützinger made her debut in the role of Young Amalia in the opera "I Masnadieri - Die Räuber" by Giuseppe Verdi at the Nationaltheater Munich and since then she is performing e.g. in the production "Salome" by Richard Strauss officially as an actress on stage of the Bayerische Staatsoper.

 

Sophia Julia can currently be seen in the revue operetta "Drei Männer im Schnee", the opera "Hänsel und Gretel" at Gärtnerplatztheater and in the opera "il trittico" by Giacomo Puccini at Bayerische Staatsoper.

 

In the 2019/2020 season Sophia Julia was working as an assistant of direction and dramaturgy to David Moser at Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding and is studying theatre studies and pedagogy in the fourth semester at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.

In addition to her work on the stage, Sophia Julia Schützinger also performs as an actor in front of the camera. She made her debut as a protagonist (Gretchen) in 2018 in the short film "Abend - Allein Daheim" directed by Jasper Bühler as part of the "Faust Festival Munich". She also acted small roles in films such as "Fack Ju Göhte 3", "Unzertrennlich nach Verona" and "Play" with - among others - Elyas M´Barek, Veronica Ferres and Heiner Lauterbach.

After completing a voice and speech training in German and also with dialect by Raphaela Maier in 2016, Sophia Julia Schützinger has become one of the voice actors of "Scala Media" and "FFS (film and television synchronization) Munich and the "Berliner Synchron" since 2019.

 

Sophia Julia Schützinger also works as a model e.g. for Juwelier Fridrich, Abendzeitung München, Foto-Video Sauter and Opel Häusler as one of the finalists of the model contest "Die Schöne Münchnerin 2020"and is represented as a freelance artist by the agencies together models UG Munich, Fangfrisch Berlin and absolutely fabolous actors agency.