Stefanie Preissner | |
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![]() Preissner in 2013 | |
Born | |
Nationality | Irish |
Alma mater | University College Cork |
Occupation | Writer |
Known for | Can't Cope, Won't Cope |
Stefanie Preissner (born 21 April 1987) is an Irish writer, actress, script supervisor and columnist.[1][2]
She is best known as the creator of comedy-drama Can't Cope, Won't Cope.[1][2]
An only child born in Munich, Germany, Preissner moved to Mallow, County Cork with her mother, Bernie, from Dublin after she had separated from her husband, Stefanie's German father.[1][3][4] She gained a BA in Spanish and drama and theatre studies from University College Cork.[1] She attended the Garda Síochána College in Templemore, County Tipperary for a short period.[3] She attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin in 2008.[1]
Preissner's first acting role was in Enda Walsh's Chatroom.[3]
Preissner wrote and starred in Our Father and Solpadeine is my Boyfriend a one-woman show for the Dublin Fringe Festival, and she toured it internationally.[1][5][6] The show was recreated for RTÉ Radio Drama on One.[1] The podcast of this version is the most downloaded of all podcasts from RTÉ.[1] Preissner created a series of documentaries entitled How To Adult for the RTÉ Player.[6][3][7]
Preissner's first book Why can't everything just stay the same? : and other things I shout when I can't cope is a collection of poetry and prose.[6][3][8] It was published in 2017.[8][9][10] Her second book Can I Say No?: One Woman's Battle with a Small Word was published in 2019.[11][12]
In 2017, Preissner was developing a screenplay closerthanthis (sic) for Brooklyn producers Parallel Films.[6][3] She was also developing a TV pilot with Channel 4.[6][3]
In 2020, Preissner started a podcast called "Basically" from HeadStuff Podcast Network
Main article: Can't Cope, Won't Cope |
Preissner created RTÉ2's Can't Cope, Won't Cope starring Seána Kerslake and Amy Huberman in 2016.[13][14][15][16][17] The first season was picked up by BBC 3 in 2017 and Netflix in the US and UK in 2018.[15][18][19] A second series was commissioned in 2017.[3][15][20]
In October 2021, Preissner revealed that she was diagnosed with autism earlier in 2021.[21]