Background
Wolke Hegenbarth was born on 6 May 1980 in the German town of Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia. Her uncommon first name, Wolke (German for "cloud"), was her father"s wish, who fought successfully in court to name her this way.
Wolke Hegenbarth was born on 6 May 1980 in the German town of Meerbusch, North Rhine-Westphalia. Her uncommon first name, Wolke (German for "cloud"), was her father"s wish, who fought successfully in court to name her this way.
She finished her Abitur in 1999.
She is related to illustrator Hannes Hegen (born Johannes Hegenbarth) and the painter Josef Hegenbarth. She was discovered in 1995 for the popular German sitcom Die Camper, which launched her acting career, after involuntarily attending screen tests. Hegenbarth herself says that she did not want to become an actress but rather a make-up artist.
After her role in Die Camper, she played a number of roles in other.
In 1996, she was first offered the starring role in the RTL sitcom Mein Leben & Ich (2001–2007) where she played an individualist teenager struggling in a world of unindividualistic teens. After the end of Mein Leben & Ich, she mainly starred in television films. activism Hegenbarth is a sponsor for two children for World Vision and supports the campaign "Trotz Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".