Has a daughter named Felice (inspired by her character in Aimée & Jaguar (1999)) 1999: Named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion. Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2000 Had a longterm relationship with Dani Levy until 1999 She and former boyfriend Dani Levy made 11 movies together: Aimée & Jaguar (1999), Meschugge (1998), Burning Life (1994), Einer meiner ältesten Freunde (1994), Halbe Welt (1993), I Was on Mars (1992), Hochzeitskuh, Die (1999), Neues Deutschland (1993) (TV), RobbyKallePaul (1989), Stille Nacht (1995) and Väter (2002) The father of her daughter Felice is director Rainer Kaufmann. _Liebesleben (2006)_, based on a novel by Zeruya Shalev, is her first movie as a director. She, actually, just tried to help Shalev find a director, but finally decided to do it herself.
