Emerging from a puppeteer family in Göttingen, she pursued acting training with Uta Hagen in New York City, attended the HB Studio, and complemented her studies with ballet lessons in Munich. After debuting on stage at Hanover’s Lower Saxon State Theatre in 1988, she joined the Bavarian State Theatre ensemble from 1993 to 1997 before leaving to film Aimée & Jaguar, later returning to work with the…