She had her acting breakthrough in 1997 with the lead role in the German young adult TV show Tanja.

She is also known from her role starting in 2009 as Commissioner Nina Petersen in the German crime TV show Stralsund.

She first got wide attention for a film role in the popular 2003 German movie The Miracle of Bern, which is about West Germany's underdog victory in the 1954 FIFA World Cup final.

From 2009 until 2022, she played the role of Commissioner Nina Petersen in the German crime TV show Stralsund.

In 2021, she was cast as Commissioner Marie Gabler in the German satirical crime show Mord mit Aussicht (Murder with a View).