Overview
- The actress has published the autobiography “Vergiss nie, wie dein Herz am Anfang war: Vom Mut, eigene Wege zu gehen,” which is drawing coverage across German outlets this week.
- In the book she writes, “Ich war ein ungeliebtes Kind,” then explains she now believes her parents loved her but were constrained by their own fears and pressures.
- Raised in conservative Altötting, she internalized the maxim “Nur wer etwas schafft, hat einen Wert,” describing a lasting drive to perform and an inner restlessness she even hears in her fast speech.
- She recounts sending her father a letter about her childhood, receiving no reply, and later meeting him in silence with tears in his eyes, which she interpreted as acknowledgment.
- Her reflections are set against a long public career on ZDF’s Die Rosenheim-Cops, where she was in the ensemble since 2002 and last filmed in October 2025.