Steffen Siegmund was born in Perleberg in 1992, and began his drama training in 2009 at the University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. As a student he could already be seen at the Mecklenburg Landestheater in Parchim, firstly as an extra and then as a guest actor.  During the 2012/2013 season he joined forces with eight other Leipzig students to form the ensemble of the first Leipzig University drama studio at the Maxim Gorki Theatre in Berlin. During that time he performed in productions by the likes of Antú Romero Nunes, Michael Schweighöfer, Jan Gehler, Jan Neumann and Armin Petras. He finished his course playing the role of Jeppe in a production of ‘Idioten’ by Lars von Trier (Director: Michael Schweighöfer), which was also performed on the studio stage at the Maxim Gorki Theatre.

Steffen Siegmund took up his first long-term appointment in the Thalia ensemble during the 2013/2014 season.