Trivia

Was a talented ballet dancer until she became too tall for a professional career.

Although she is known as a sexy and naive woman on television, she admitted that it's just an image she is maintaining. In reality, she is well educated and smart.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 37, a son, on July 11, 2010.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 39, a son, on August 29, 2012.

In 2021, she revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a preventive mastectomy and a chemotherapy to combat it.

Started her television career in the show Glücksrad (1988), the German equivalent of Wheel of Fortune (1983), as one of the show's assistants. She would later be one of the hosts of the show when it was revived in 2023.