Dorka Gryllus's remarkable acting career began even before she completed her first year of studies, when she took on the leading role in the film adaptation of Péter Esterházy's bestselling novel "Seventeen Swans", catapulting her to national fame in Hungary.
Subsequently, she secured engagements at numerous esteemed European and American theaters and institutions, including the Deutsches Theater and HAU in Berlin, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Volkstheater in Vienna, PS122 in New York, the Atrium, Örkèny, and the Thalia Theaters in Budapest.
Her performances garnered international attention, with standout roles in Sam Garbaski's "Irina Palm", Fatih Akin's "Soul Kitchen", and the Berlinale entry "Dallas Among Us", for which she was honored with the prestigious "European Shooting Star" award.
With her profound, intuitive acting and intense corporeality, Dorka Gryllus crafts a sustained atmosphere of tension and excitement, bringing her characters to life on stage and screen with convincing and poignant authenticity, while skillfully concealing their deeply human secrets.
Her meticulous character explorations are evident in her natural, expressive performances, which have earned her numerous national and international "Best Actress" awards, including the "Silver Dolphin" from the Festróia Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia, the "Best Actress" from the Faces of Love International Film Festival in Socci, and the "Best Actress" from the Zoom Festival in Barcelona.
Dorka Gryllus has solidified her position as a prominent European actress, widely acclaimed for her precise portrayals of contradictory human motivations. She is the ambassador for the Autistic Art Foundation and works internationally as an actress, dividing her time between Berlin and Budapest.
