Perfect in sign language, which she learned for a role.
After starting her TV career at the age of 5, she played her first
major part in Buddenbrooks (1979).
Mother of Darius Kracht (b. 1999) and Tizian (b. August 2002).
Shares her birthday with her husband Berthold Manns, an architect.
Speaks German, English, French and Italian fluently.
Attended the Herbert Berghoff Drama School in New York (1988).
Learned sailing, diving, riding a horse, skiing, water-skiing, motorbiking and playing tennis for her roles.
Received Germany's Cross of Merit for supporting hearing impaired people and playing "Sarah" in the theater version of Children of a Lesser God (1986) (2002).