Electra....of Hamburg
Born into poverty in the Factory district of Hamburg,
Electra and her two sisters, Anna and Lavina, had a tough upbringing. Her
father a factory worker raised his three daughters after their mother died
during the birth of Electra, the youngest sister. The girls grew up with only
the bear minimum and were teased at school because of their under privileged
lifestyle. The family would spend their nights around the fire talking playing
and reading whatever material that was available to them. The hearth was the
centre of their lives, offering warmth and a safe place to spend time together.
Electra and her sisters loved singing, playing and acting
and would spend a lot of their time busking on the streets of Hamburg to raise any extra funds they could.
The director of the Thalia Theater, one of Hamburg’s many theaters, would walk past the
girls several times a week and took notice. Impressed by the aura of the three
girls and their talent the theater
director offered the girls a scholarship at the theater company in an
incredible act of kindness and trust.. At the age of 16 the girls left home to
build an acting career with the Theater director who became a surrogate mother
for Electra and her sisters.
The girls were very close but Electra was always jealous of
her elder, more talented sisters. When the girls had a disagreement, Anna and
Lavina would often bring up the death of their mother and blame Electra for the
incident. Resentment built up in Electra for her sisters and the people around
her. She disliked the system and the double standard treatment of students in
the theater, also recognizing this was a pattern throughout society.
Withdrawing herself from her sisters and the people around her, Electra became
introverted and enjoyed time spent alone reading and learning to cook. This was
the beginning of a secluded life for Electra who became rich in money, not in
friends.
Already a successful theater actor, Electra at the age of 21
decided to change her career path and venture into movie acting. She managed to
land a European box office hit and flew into stardom and become a well known
actor. However Electra was unable to cope with all the money and fame and was
soon following a bad path. Electra began to drink heavily, which ultimately
ended in an incident which was covered by the media in depth. After the
incident she further distanced her self from the public and the people close to
her and it was left to her sisters Anna and Lavina to help pull her out of the
sad situation.
At the age of 27 Electra is now looking to move out away
from her sisters where she can spend what time she has off the movie set,
secluded and alone at home relaxing and doing what she enjoys. Her love for Hamburg runs deep and
she wishes to remain, in love with the rivers and canals that break the city
into a collection of scattered islands. The drama and grandeur of the theater
and how it is reflected in the people and buildings of Hamburg fascinate her and provide endless
amounts of inspiration for her roles. Due to her upbringing Electra recognizes
the beauty in the simple things in life such as the satisfaction of finishing a
book or the value an open fire can offer. Although now she has the means to be
decadent and buy whatever she pleases, she wants a place to come back to and
forget about the outside world. A place that takes her back to her childhood
when Electra and her sisters would play in front of the fire. A time of
innocence.
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