- 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).
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