Background
She grew up in Stollberg, and at just 10 years old joined the Youth Theater.
She grew up in Stollberg, and at just 10 years old joined the Youth Theater.
From 1999 to 2003 she studied at the University for Music and Theater in Rostock and was awarded a degree in acting.
At 17 she made her debut as Miriam Sommer in the film Sonnenallee. During her studies, she performed at the Volkstheater in Rostock, and at the Mecklenburg State Theatre in Schwerin, playing, among other roles, Ismene in the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. In 2002 she performed in the television program "Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator-Serie Berlin".
In summer 2004 she trod the boards at the Bayreuth Festival, and in February 2005 she began an engagement at the Burgtheater in Vienna.