Mid 90´s, the Schaefers advanced their
family planning into the “LENA“ phase –
creating a being virtually identical to a human
- the actor.
These fanciful creatures of the art phase
where creative, athletic and at least equal
in intelligence to their fellow analytic beings.
Actors were used as Entertainers in the form of
stage performances and motion pictures or
other forms of art.
After an eventful odyssey sidelong other actors
through all of Germany,
LENA was ordered to Vienna.
Special artist squads – the “acting instructors“ -
had orders to teach all accepted actors.
This was not called lecturing.
It was called “preparing for life...“
©Julia Gassner @juliagassner_
Lena Andrea Schaefer was born 1994 in Ruit near Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany, and raised in rural Filderstadt – Sielmingen.
An enthusiastic Comicbook and novel reader at night, she was usually found at the sports field shooting some hoops or on the balance beam at the local gymnastic club during the day. As a part of a family of movie lovers, Lena was always hooked on the Art of Filmmaking and knew at an early age that she wants to tell stories.
Because Lena feels comfortable on stage as well as infront of a camera, she began her studies for stage and movie acting in Vienna, which she graduated with a diploma and distinction in 2020.
In 2010 she became a member of her schools theatre club, where
she participated very succesfully up until graduation.
During that time, Lena and her former theatre club friends would also develop their own plays, such as „Entgleisungen“, which was very well received at the student theatre days in Stuttgart at the JES theatre.
To this very day Lena stayed faithfull to her love for literature and the comicbook culture as well as sports and is found regularly training Shōtōkan karate as well as Muay Thai.
Unless of course she´s on stage or infront of a camera telling stories...