MELANIE SCHMIDLI is an actress, director and singer. She produces her own performances with a focus on feminist perspectives in the performing arts. In 2024, she will perform with her jazz band The Lietzzz and present her first directing work "Gereiztheiten" at Theater im Palais. She also teaches at drama schools and gives workshops for children and young people. 
 
Schmidli was born in Basel and is a German-Swiss dual citizen. She completed her acting training at the University of the Arts and has lived in Berlin ever since. After starting out as a member of ensembles at theaters such as the Berliner Ensemble and Centraltheater Leipzig, she has been working freelance since 2011. As a member of the Familie Flöz mask group, she toured internationally with the play "Hotel Paradiso". Her most striking performance works are "Marielle, die Ehrjungfrau" and the late-night show "Projekt Schooriil" in Berlin. Her artistic work cycle "Divina Hysterika" has been supported by several grants such as INITIAL from the Akademie der Künste and #takecare from the Fonds Darstellende Künste Berlin.