[2] Later, she went to the prestigious Institute of Lee Strasberg in New York City for acting training, and in 1980 received her first stage engagement as Gretchen in Faust I at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele.

[3] She was particularly popular in her role as Detective Inspector Sabrina Lorenz in the series Der Bulle von Tölz,[4][5] in which the native Bavarian from 1995 to 2005 next to Ottfried Fischer played a Berliner.

She also performs on the cabaret stage with her solo program The Mysteries of Love or the Eerie Phenomenon of Testosterone.

Her mother Ellen Schwiers stood with her on the stage, she embodied her energetic Aunt Martha.

Her daughter Josephine Jacob (born September 30, 1981) is in long-term relationship with Canadian actor Roger Cross.