Meyer studied acting and singing at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.

From 2001 to 2005, she acted in several theaters in Germany, where she notably played classical leading roles such as Elisabeth in Shakespeare's Richard III.

Since 2010, Kristin Meyer has been supporting the orphanage St. Moses Children's Care Centre in Uganda.

During the 2017 German federal election campaign, Meyer endorsed the Social Democratic Party and its top candidate Martin Schulz.

[2] Meyer is an ambassador of Björn Steiger Foundation and a project godmother of the Baby-Notarztwagen [de].