She acquired her diploma in directing in 1998 with the feature film Die Man Liebt....[citation needed] In the year 2000 she began her career as a director and screenwriter with several television films.
[citation needed] She has also directed several episodes of the Tatort series, where shas worked with actors like Axel Milberg, Klaus J. Behrendt, and Simone Thomalla.
[citation needed] She directed the TV movie Die Frau am Ende der Straße (2007), with Maren Eggert and Matthias Brandt in the leading roles.
[2] In 2021 and 2022 she directed the six-part political thriller TV series set in post-war Germany, Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, starring Mercedes Müller in the lead role, along with Max Riemelt, Sebastian Blomberg, Martin Wuttke, and a number of other well-known German actors.
[citation needed] She has collaborated with British composer Colin Towns.