Has a daughter with ex-husband Nabil Harfouch. She grew up with her father and lives in Toronto.
The father of her second child, a son, was musician Stefan Maaß.
FilmFest Potsdam '99: festival hommage (1999)
Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival in 1994.
Was chosen "Actress of the Year" in 1997 by German theater
critics.
Studied acting at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch" in
Berlin from 1978 to 1981.
Has played many important roles on stage such as "Lady Mcbeth" at the
Berliner Volksbühne and "Martha" in "Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolfe?"
at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin.