Valerie Pachner was born on June 26, 1987, in Wels, Upper Austria. She studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, graduating in 2009.
Valerie Pachner is an Austrian actress known for her work in film, television, and theater. She gained international recognition for her performances in critically acclaimed films and has established herself as a prominent figure in European cinema.
Pachner’s breakthrough role came in the 2016 film Egon Schiele: Death and Maiden, where she portrayed Wally Neuzil. Her performance earned her the Austrian Film Award for Best Actress.
She also received acclaim for her role in Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life (2019), where she played Franziska Jägerstätter, the wife of an Austrian farmer who refused to fight for the Nazi regime during World War II.
In 2020, she starred in The Ground Beneath My Feet, a film exploring mental health, for which she received further recognition.