GITTA WITZEL WAS BORN IN THE FORMER GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC. SHE SPENT HER CHILDHOOD AND TEENAGE YEARS IN A SMALL CITY IN SOUTH OF GERMANY. DURING THESE YEARS SHE DEVELOPED A STRONG INTEREST IN THE PERFORMING ARTS SCENE. AND IT WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN SHE GOT ON STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 

AT AGE 17, SHE FLEW TO LOS ANGELES ON HER OWN TO PARTICIPATE IN A LANGUAGE COURSE TO IMPROVE HER ENGLISH SKILLS AND TO VISIT THE MECCA OF TODAY’S FILM PRODUCTION : HOLLYWOOD. UPON RECEIVING A BACHELOR OF ARTS, SHE FOCUSED ON HER ACTING CAREER AND IS WORKING IN THE TV AND MOVIE INDUSTRY SINCE 2011.

SHE RETURNED BACK ON STAGE FOR THE MUSIC THEATRE PLAY ‘ADAM’S PASSION‘ DIRECTED BY ROBERT WILSON. SHE WAS BOOKED FOR A ROLE IN THE SECOND GERMAN NETFLIX SERIES ‘DOGS OF BERLIN‘, WORKED ON THE FEATURE FILM ‘BERLIN, BERLIN – THE MOVIE‘, AND WAS FEATURED IN THE SECOND EPISODE OF ‘EICHWALD,MDB‘ AND ‘MEIN FREUND, DAS EKEL‘.

IN ADDITION TO HER WORK AS AN ACTRESS, SHE EXPRESSES HER PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION AND TRAVEL IN HER EPONYMOUS BLOG. GITTA HAS HAD THE CHANCE TO COLLABORATE WITH BIG BRANDS SUCH AS ZALANDO, WESTWING, PEEK & CLOPPENBURG, ESPRIT AND FLACONI.

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CAPELLI CODE I FEATURED I DIR.: ALEX MARTIN
LATE NIGHT BERLIN I GUEST STAR I DIR.: JAN HORST
MEIN FREUND, DAS EKEL I FEATURED I DIR.: MARCO PETRY
DOGS OF BERLIN I FEATURED I DIR.: CHRISTIAN ALVART
EICHWALD, MDB I FEATURED I DIR.: FABIAN MÖHRKE
GUTE ZEITEN, SCHLECHTE ZEITEN I SUPPORTING I DIR.: RENÉ WOLTER

THEATRE

ADAM’S PASSION I PERFORMER I KONZERTHAUS GENDARMENMARKT BERLIN

WEB

THE BIGGER PICTURE I SUPPORTING I DIR.: BEN HARTKOPP
TOCOTRONIC – MUSIC VIDEO I SUPPORTING I DIR.: MAX WIEDENHOFER
VIV & SAM I LEAD I DIR.: JUAN JIMENAS

FULL RESUME : HERE  OR GO DIRECTLY TO GERMAN VITA

TRAINING

COACHING & WORKSHOPS I DIE TANKSTELLE BERLIN
2-DAY INTENSIVE WORKSHOP I IVANA CHUBBUCK 
SUSAN BATSON TECHNIQUE I SCHOTT ACTING SCHOOL 
COACHING I TIM GARDE 
AUDITION TECHNIQUE & SCENE STUDY I KIMBERLY GRAHAM
COACHING I SINA WICHMANN

PROFILE

EYES I BLUE
HAIR I LIGHT BROWN
HEIGHT I  5’7’’ 
WEIGT I  140 LBS