- Owns 27 cats in 2 apartments.
- Plays the piano.
- Beside her critically acclaimed roles in three movies, she has been the leading actress in three stage productions at Munich Kammerspiele: "Antigone", "Die Nibelungen" and "Die zehn Gebote" since 2004.
- Has been an ensemble member of the Munich Kammerspiele since 2001.
- According to an interview in Süddeutsche Zeitung, she hates being in the center of attention because the ensemble of a project is always more important than her person.
- She and Lena Stolze won the Film Award in Gold at the German Film Awards as "Best Actress" for portraying Sophie Scholl
- Graduated from the Waldoberschule in Berlin.
- For her performance in Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), she was the first of three consecutive German winners of the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin Film Festival: she was followed by by Sandra Hüller in Requiem (2006) and Nina Hoss in Yella (2007).
- Studied at the Drama School "Ernst Busch" in Berlin from 1997 to 2001.
- Parents are lawyers.
- She visited Argentina for two days to promote Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) and The Edukators (2004). (September 2005)
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