After a previous cancellation by the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, she completed her education as an actress at Fritz-Kirchhoff-Schule in Berlin.

Ahrens first appeared on stage at the Kleine Theater in "Palais Podewils" in Berlin.

and Im Namen des Gesetzes, she also played in the ZDF production The Desert Rose [de] (2000) as well as The Dreaming [fr] (2001) and Rosamunde Pilcher films.

[3] In 2004 she was a participant in "Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!.

In 1999, Ahrens gave birth to her daughter Isabella Maria in a relationship with Croatian derivative trader Dragan Banić.