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Received the City of Leipzig's new bi-annual Caroline-Neuber-Preis, an award honoring women who fairly contributed to German speaking stage acting (January 1998).

She taught acting at the Hamburg School of Music and Theater from 1993 to 2006. Her most prominent students were Bibiana Beglau, Marie Bäumer and Marc Hosemann.

Has two children, Katharina (with Herrmann Zschoche) and Valentin (with Nicolaus Haenel).

As she was one of many artists supporting songwriter Wolf Biermann against the communist regime in East Germany, she emigrated to West Germany in 1982.

Studied acting at the School for Film and Television in Potsdam from 1959 to 1962.