SONJA weißer works in film, television, and theatre. she gained international attention with prime video’s maxton hall (dir. martin schreier & tarek roehlinger), one of prime video’s most successful original series. her recent and upcoming film projects include robert thalheim’s don’t be a stranger (2026), jasmin baumgartner’s 2h2d / too hot to die, and stella marie markert’s danke für nichts. on television, she has appeared most recently in the ard production mozart/mozart.
in parallel with her screen work, weißer has developed her theatre experience at berlin’s volksbühne berlin and the deutsches schauspielhaus hamburg, performing in productions by rené pollesch, milan herms, and katie mitchell, including multiple central roles in mitchell’s anatomy of a suicide.
her training and stage work run alongside contemporary screen projects, providing a foundation across both television and film, and positioning her as a versatile actress in german and international productions.
