- Born
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- Nadja Benaissa was born on April 26, 1982 in Frankfurt, Germany. She is an actress, known for Das Gipfeltreffen - Schubert, Sträter und König retten die Welt (2020), TV AllStars: Do They Know It's Christmas? (2003) and Popstars (2000).
- Tattoo on her wrist
- Deep calm singing voice
- Long dark hair, naturally curly, but often straightened, especially during her early No Angels days
- Reserved but emotional personality
- Has a daughter named Leila Jamila (b. October 25, 1999).
- Born to Muhamed Benaissa, who is originally from Morocco, and his wife Sabina, a Serbian-German.
- Has a two years older brother, Amin, once chairperson of the students' committee at the University of Frankfurt.
- Singing with the girl group No Angels since 2000, she released her first solo single "Es Ist Liebe" in 2005.
- Her pets are cat Jeany and dog Senta.
- It did feel like [I was the black sheep of the family]. Other children might have pouted, I rebelled. I started smoking early. When my parents found out, I was again in trouble. Then came the alcohol, then smoking weed. Everything within a short amount of time, without my parents really noticing. They worked a lot in order for us to lead a good life. At some point I mixed with the completely wrong sort of people, which was when I started the cocaine and the crack. Because of the drugs I was no longer able to keep to agreed commitments. Again, my parents didn't understand that, so there was even more trouble, to the point where I didn't come home again. Then I started taking more and more drugs in order to forget my pangs of conscience.
- My troubles [as a youth] started when I was no longer a girl but becoming a woman. It started when I was 11, 12. As a child I was completely fixated on my dad. And he on me. But my physical development during puberty was too much for him. He could no longer hug me, no longer really look at me, and I felt rejected. I wasn't a typical girl, I played basketball, I sang in a rock band, I ripped my pants - that was all bad for him. Everything I did caused a negative reaction in him. Everything he said caused a negative reaction in me - until home was only ever about stress and drama. [And your mother couldn't do anything?] No. My parents have always rather been a unity. My brother belonged to it, too. I felt like the black sheep.
- I was completely unprepared, overwhelmed with the work and the fame. I enjoyed being with the girls [No Angels], singing, recording, but it was more about keeping the media interested - there was always a camera in your face. And I had no time for my daughter.
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