About me
Raquel Forster was raised in Zurich and Rio de Janeiro as the daughter of a Swiss and a Brazilian. In her childhood and youth she devoted herself to ballet, jazz and belly dancing. She won first prize at a reading competition in Rio de Janeiro in 1999. She completed various method acting courses as well as camera trainings and attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film School in New York in 2010. From November 2016 to July 2017 she also trained weekly with an acting coach from Los Angeles. Raquel Forster appeared in several TV commercials as well as short films and feature films. The actress is very passionate about dramatic and comedic roles. She further holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and organizational communication from the University of Applied Sciences in Zurich.
Commercials international
Commercials national
KOENIC brand movie | Director: Mascha Deikova | Producer: Spreadfilms.de | filmed in Salzburg, Austria
Mother, Lead
Stadt Baden und Schweiz Tourismus | Online | Foto und Video: Christian Meixner | Produktion: Stadt Baden und Schweiz Tourismus | 2022
Gebäudeversicherung Bern GVB | Online | Regie: Srdjan "Kove" Kovacevic | Produktion: Crunch Film | 2022
Migros Bank | Bildwelt on- und offline | Video: Gianluca Trezzini | Foto: Manuel Rickenbacher | Produktion: Marty/Trezzini | 2021
Hays | Online | Regie: Jyri Pasanen | Produktion: Shining Film | 2021
SWISS International Airlines | online | 2020 | Director: Mathieu Gilliand & Daniel Arx | Producer: Brand Studio Ringier AG
Swiss Post | online commercial | 2020 | Director: Remo Stettler | Producer: Swiss Post
Lena, lead
OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences | online commercial | 2020 | Director: Mirjam Kluka & Hans Kaufmann | Producer: OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
Further education student
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences | online commercial | 2020 | Director: Florian Schweer | Producer: Filmlodge
Social worker, lead
Emil Frey AG | online commercial | 2020 | Director: Fabian Sommer | Producer: Emil Frey Digital AG
Egolf Immobilien | Real Estate imagefilm | August 2019 | Director: Stefan Möschlin, Michi Döös | Producer: walder werber werbeagentur
Real Estate Broker, lead
Festival trailer Zuger Filmtage (Film festival of Zug) | Film festival trailer | June 2019 | Director: Leo Wittwer | Producer: Durisch Productions
Mia, female Lead
Twinings Tea | online campaign | July 2019 | Producer: Crunch
Female lead
Postfinance | online commercial | July 2019 | Director: Markus Zwilling | Producer: new step media
Simone, lead
Swisscom Products | Online commercial | May 2019 | Director: Sven Rufer | Producer: Filmerei
Lara, female lead
Georg Fischer AG | image film | May 2019 | Director: Yves Scagliola | Producer: elfstern
Dentist, female lead
Ambassador House | online commercial | May 2019 | Director: Lukas Gähwiler | Producer: videoblink
Female lead
BeeHome | March 2019 | Director: Ari Zehnder
Mother, supporting role
PAX | Life Insurance | January 2019 | Director: Ari Zehnder | Producer: seed
Female lead
Real Estate Film | Cinema and online commercial | October 2018 | Director/Producer: Minke & Godor
Female lead
Valiant Bank | TV commercial | October 2018 | Director: Christian Aeby | Producer: stories AG
Supporting role
VOLG | TV commercial | October 2018 | Director: Martin Guggisberg | Producer: Rosas & Co.
2. female lead
PIDAS | Product film for the website and online | October 2018 | Director and Producer: Camotion Films
Isabelle, female lead
Feldschlösschen | TV commercial | July 2018 | Director: Rob Sanders | Producer: Tuna Production
Desperate mom
HR Campus | Product film, website and online | May 2018 | Director/Producer: Filmlodge
Filmfestival Schaffhausen | festival trailer | January 2018 | Director/Producer: Fatmixproductions
Selfnation | Product film, internal | November 2017 | Director/Producer: Shining Pictures
Passerby, female lead
Be different. | Commercial | November 2017 | Director: Julia Leu, Multimedia Production, HTW Chur
Intersport Energetics | August 2017 | online commercial | Director/Producer: Filmerei GmbH
ELPRO Buchs AG | Product film and teaser, online | December 2016 | Director: Philipp Zünd | Producer: boutiq
Hotel Schweizerhof Lenzerheide | Online commercial | May 2016 | Directors: Noël Schuler, Valtin Flütsch, David Millan
Mobile Motion Film Festival | film festival trailer for BBC | 2015 | Director: Simon Horrocks
Staff member, supporting role
Modelling
IWB Industrielle Werke Basel - Klimaschutzkampagne | Fotograf: Tobias R. Dürring | 2023
Model
Schindler Elevators | Photographer: Mirjam Kluka | 2021
Model
Twinings Tea | Photographer: Daniel Kunz | 2020
Model
Helsana | Photographer: Kilian Kessler | 2019
Model
SBB | summer campaign | 2019
Model
Twinings Tea | 2019
Model
BKW - Berner Kraftwerke | Photographer: Jork Weissmann | 2019
Model
Film international
Unravel | Feature Film Netflix | Director: RC Delos Reyes | Production: Mavx Productions Inc. Philippines, Milan Film Switzerland | July 2022
Nurse
Le Retour de Jehan Alain | short film | Director: Sammi Massey | Production: Columbia University, NYC | February 2020
La Religieuse (nun)
Crash Landing on You | Netflix Series | Director: Lee Jeong-hyo | Production: Studio Dragon/Culture Depot, South Korea | Distributor: Netflix | October 2019
Background actor
Film national
WILDER | TV series | 2021
Director: Claudio Fäh | Production: C-Films, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF
SR
"Das tut jetzt gut" | short film | 2021
Director: Silvan Marty, Caro Wloka | Production: Cine Royal Productions
Lead
Argentum | short film | 2020
Director: Kevin Feuz, Marina Bühlmann | Production: Kevin Feuz, Marina Bühlmann
Lead
Phönix | short film | 2019
Director: Fabio Stecher | Production: Cine Royal Productions
drug addict
Rap video parody Petra Z. feat. Kai | viral video | 2019
Director: Reto Hüttenmoser | Production: Herr Fuchs Zürich
Petra Z., female lead
Sitcom 20 Minuten | Sitcom | 2019
Director: Jan Dino Kellenberger | Production: 20 Minuten
Police officer, supporting role
iCarus | feature film | drama | 2019
Director: Caroline Wloka | Producer: Roman Ramsauer
Constanze, supporting role
Strange Follower | short film | thriller/horror | 2018
Director: Rafaela Müller & Panos
Kim Berger, Lead
Fatal Liaisons | short film | drama | 2018
Director: Arberësha Kriyeziu
Femme fatale, supporting role
Whitstand | short film | drama | August 2018
Director: Carolyn Pini
Nesrin, supporting role
The Pelican (Strindberg), 2. act (adapted scene) | drama | November 2017 | Director: Khusraw Mostafanejad, F + F school for art and design
Female lead
The Bedbug (English) | short film | horror | Nov. 2017 | Director: Maysam Aliakbarian
Sarah, supporting role
Folie à deux | feature film | drama | October 2017 | Director: Fabian Schneeberg, Beastpictures
Carla Vasquez, supporting role
FRAGILE | short film | drama | December 2014 |
Director: Rebecca Panian
Sara, suspicious girlfriend, supporting role
2010 - present
2010 - present
Training &
Workshops
Singing and Acting | Musikseminar Husar | weekly acting and singing training with Maria Husar | Zug
since June 2019
Role studies | Patrick Biagoli, StageArt Musical & Theatre School SAMTS | Zurich
February - March 2019
Casting Training with Corinna Glaus, Casting Agent | FOCAL Workshop | Zurich
November 2018
Advanced on camera acting workshop | Tutor: Hollywood actress Sabrina Kern | Stage and Musical School SAMTS, Zurich | 3 days
November 2018
How to succed with self-tapes? | Tutors: Bonnie Adair (UK), Annette Trumel (FR) | FOCAL, Fribourg | 2 days
November 2018
On camera acting workshop | Tutor: Hollywood actress Sabrina Kern | StageArt Musical and Theatre School SAMTS, Zurich | 3 days
August 2018
On-camera acting intensive workshop | Tutor: Murièle Solange Bolay, Bolay Management, L.A. | Stage Academy, Zurich | 4 days
June/July 2018
Steve Martin Teaches Comedy, Method Acting with Dustin Hoffmann, Kevin Spacey, Helen Mirren etc. | Various online classes at Masterclass.com
2017-2018
Schauspielhaus Zurich | Production: heart of a dog | Dec. 2017 - January 2018 | Director: Alvis Hermanis
Internship in Directing
Theatre Loreto, Zug | member ensemble | Director: Marius Leutenegger
October 2017 - March 2018
To Be or Not to Act | Acting Coaching | Jo Kelly, L.A.
November 2016 - July 2017
ZES centre for progress in acting (Zentrum für Entwicklung im Schauspiel) | Method Acting | Zurich
2011-2012
The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film School New York | Fall intensive course | Method Acting
October 2010
Journalism and Business Communication, Zurich University of Applied Sciences | Bachelor of Arts ZFH in Communication
2007-2010
Awards and Prizes
Förderbeitrag Amt für Kultur des Kantons Zug | 2022 | Sparte: Theater (Stand-Up-Comedy)
Förderbeitrag 2022
1. Platz Vorlese-Wettbewerb Goethe-Institut Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien
1999
Theatre & Comedy
English Stand-Up-Comedy Zuger Kunstnacht 2022 | Gallerie Billing Bild Baar | October 2022 | Andaleeb Lilley and Friends
Participation in the English Stand-Up-Comedy-Show at the Zuger Kunstnacht with self-written program of 8 minutes
Stand-Up-Comedy Show Lucify.ch | Tojo-Theatre Bern | October 2022 | Das neue Wir
Opening act with own stand-up comedy program of 7 minutes
Stand-Up-Comedy Show Lucify.ch | Turnhalle Bern | Oktober 2022 | Das neue Wir
Opening act with own stand-up comedy program of 7 minutes
Stand-Up-Comedy | Theater Winkelwiese Zurich | May 2020 | by Raquel Forster, supported by
the city of Zug and the "Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft Zug GGZ"
My own 30 minutes Stand-Up-Comedy programme - cancelled due COVID-19
Die grosse Gereiztheit after "The Magic Mountain" by Thomas Mann | Schauspielhaus Zürich | May - June 2019 | Direction: Karin Henkel
Background actor
Schauspielhaus Zurich | Production: heart of a dog | Dec. 2017 - January 2018 | Director: Alvis Hermanis
Internship in Directing
Theatre Loreto, Zug | ensemble member | Director: Marius Leutenegger
October 2017 - March 2018
The Seagull, Anton Czechov | Film School Zurich | February 2015
Arkadina, female lead
Three Sisters, Anton Czechov | Film School Zurich | February 2015
Olga