About Claire Tudela
Claire Tudela is a French actress, singer and theatre director based in Vienna.
She studied music and theatre in Lyon, Paris, New Orleans and Vienna and graduated in acting from the Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle under Carlo Boso. Engagements in international theatre and film productions followed, among them Hermia in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Festival d’Avignon and Madame Jourdain in Molière’s “The Bourgeois Gentleman” with the American Drama Group Europe.
As a director she stages comedies by Molière and Labiche; as assistant director she has worked with the Austrian director Cornelia Rainer, among others. As a singer she recorded the album “De la Curiosité du Silence” by the composer Alfred Polansky and performs chanson programmes regularly. She teaches acting and commedia dell’arte, among other places at the Institut français d’Autriche in Vienna.
Trained at the Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle (Versailles) under Carlo Boso; further training with casting directors in the USA and in the Meisner technique in Vienna.
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Production · Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Künstlerin | – | – | Music video · Freunde Schöner |
| 2017 | Begegnung in Wien | Lead | Peter Reinhard | Short film |
| 2015 | French Institute Presentation | Co-Star | – | New Media · Atelier Filmfabrik |
| 2014 | Trailer Festival du Film Francophone de Vienne | Lead | François Issaverdens, Mona Schwitzer | Trailer · Atelier Filmfabrik |
| 2013 | De Retour | Supporting | François Issaverdens | Short film · Atelier Filmfabrik |
| 2010–12 | Monochrom’s ISS | Dr. Claire Saint-Jacques | Johannes Grenzfurthner | Series · monochrom / OKTO TV |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Production · Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (Molière) | Mme Jourdain | Gaspard Legendre | American Drama Group Europe · TNT Theatre · Tour |
| 2016 | Cinderella | Mother, Servant | Eva Jankovsky | Theater JA.KOMM · Wiener Ferienspiel |
| 2011 | The Trial | Ensemble | Anna Cottis | Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle |
| 2011 | Il falso Magnifico | Zerbinetta | Carlo Boso | Théâtre dell’Arte |
| 2010–15 | Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (Shakespeare) | Hermia | Carlo Boso | Festival d’Avignon · Théâtre Montansier Versailles |
| 2009–10 | La Trilogie de la Villégiature (Goldoni) | Brigida | Carlo Boso | Festival d’Avignon · Mois Molière Versailles |
| 2009 | The Producers (Musical) | Ensemble | Martine Hébette | Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle |
| 2008 | Blood Wedding | Leonardo’s wife | Danuta Zarazik | Studio Théâtre de Montreuil |
| 2008 | Carmen | Carmen | Danuta Zarazik | Théâtre de Ménilmontant |
| 2008–09 | Oresteia | Cassandra | Pascal Arbeille, Carlo Boso | Teatro Greco Palazzolo Acreide |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Production · Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Hommage à Juliette Gréco | Vocals | Marietta Tadanier | Concert |
| 2019 | Hommage à Michel Legrand | Vocals | Marietta Tadanier | Concert |
| 2019 | Jevoulaistedire | Vocals | – | Concert |
| 2019 | Les Couleurs du Temps | Vocals | Marietta Tadanier | Concert |
| 2018 | Hommage à Dalida | Vocals | Marietta Tadanier | Concert |
| 2016–19 | Chansons & Hommages | Vocals | – | Concert series |
| 2016–17 | Du Temps des Cerises à Maintenant | Vocals | Marietta Tadanier | Concert |
| 2015 | De la Curiosité du Silence | Vocals | Alfred Polansky (music) | Album · concerts |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Production · Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Le Mariage forcé (Molière) | Director | – | Institut français d’Autriche · Atelier théâtre |
| 2019 | Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (Molière) | Director | – | Institut français d’Autriche · Atelier théâtre |
| 2018 | La Jalousie du Barbouillé (Molière) | Director | – | Institut français d’Autriche · Atelier théâtre |
| 2018 | Les Précieuses ridicules (Molière) | Director | – | Institut français d’Autriche · Atelier théâtre |
| 2017 | Le Médecin malgré lui (Molière) | Director | – | Institut français d’Autriche · Atelier théâtre |
| 2016 | Cinderella | Assistant director | Eva Jankovsky | Theater JA.KOMM · Wiener Ferienspiel |
| 2016 | Lenz | Assistant director | Cornelia Rainer | – |
| 2016 | Un pied dans le crime (Labiche) | Director | – | Institut français d’Autriche · Atelier théâtre |
| 2015 | L’Amour médecin (Molière) | Director | – | Institut français d’Autriche · Atelier théâtre |
| 2015 | Wind | Assistant director | Regina Welk | Docha Vienne |
Training
- Screen acting
Meisner technique · Jerry Coyle, Filmschool Vienna – Audition Techniques · Mark Teschner, CSA, TVI Actors Studio – Commercial Auditions · Vicki Goggin, TVI Actors Studio; Mike Pointer, Hey, I Saw Your Commercial! Studio – Scene Study · Eva Roth, Schauspielstudio Luisa Stachowiak - Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle, Versailles
Three-year acting programme (diploma) – Commedia dell’Arte · Carlo Boso – Mask · Mario Gonzalez, Lluis Graells – Improvisation · Carlo Boso, Anna Cottis – Character work · Danuta Zarazik – Stanislavski · Lili Cecere – Stage combat · Florence Leguy, Bob Heddle-Roboth – Mime (Marcel Marceau school) · Elena Serra – Greek tragedy · Pascal Arbeille – Noh theatre · Shiro Daïmon - Tulane University, New Orleans
Acting · Lorenzo Gonzalez – Suzuki training · Antony Sandoval – Voice · Paul Schierhorn - Singing and musical theatre
Ute Lemper, Biennale Teatro Venezia – La Fenice – Opera singing · S. Unterleithner, Sunrise Studios Conservatory – Musical theatre · Maya Hakvoort, Sunrise Studios Conservatory - Voice and speech
Voice-over · Lorenzo Pancino, Lorenzo Pancino Academy (ongoing) – Charlotte Guedj, Avenue de la Voix - Degrees
Acting diploma, Académie Internationale des Arts du Spectacle – MA in French as a Foreign Language, Université d’Artois and Université Stendhal – First year of MA in English and German studies, Université Lumière Lyon and Tulane University
Skills
- Languages
- French (native), English and German (fluent), Italian (intermediate), Spanish and French Sign Language (basic)
- Accent
- French
- Singing
- Soprano (G3–E♭6) · chanson, musical theatre
- Instrument
- Flute (intermediate)
- Dance
- Ballet (20+ years), flamenco, Graham, jazz (intermediate)
- Sports
- Scuba diving (certified), swimming, horse riding (basic)
- Stage
- Stage combat (sword and unarmed), improvisation, commedia dell’arte, mask
- Other
- Theatre directing, voice-over, French speech coach (MA), translator, surtitles, driving licence, EU passport