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Mercy Dorcas Otieno, born 1987 in Nairobi (Kenya), studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna from 2013 to 2017. Before that she studied sociology at the Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz and worked as an au-pair in Germany and Austria from 2006 on. Her first permanent engagement took her to the Schauspielhaus Graz under Iris Laufenberg in the 2017/2018 season. She has worked with directors such as Volker Hesse, Lily Sykes, Dominic Friedel and Nina Gühlstorff. Since the 2018/2019 season she is a member of the ensemble of Schauspielhaus Bochum.

Current roles:

• Die unglaubliche Geschichte vom kleinen Roboterjungen
• Gertrud in Hamlet
• Audrey / Marie-Françoise in Plattform / Unterwerfung
• O, Augenblick

Past roles:

• Alle Jahre wieder
• Audrey in Plattform
• Marie-Françoise in Unterwerfung
• O, Augenblick
• Gertrud in Hamlet
• Audrey / Marie-Françoise in Plattform / Unterwerfung