Due to her parents moving frequently, Sütterlin-Waack attended schools in Ahrensburg and Preetz, before she graduated in 1977 from the Emil-von-Behring-Gymnasium in Großhansdorf.

As such she was a member of the Bureau of the Amt Schuby and chairwoman of the local School and Culture Committee.

She was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection, where she served as her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on family law.

[7] After the victory of the CDU in the 2017 Schleswig-Holstein state election, Sütterlin-Waack was appointed Minister of Justice, Europe, Consumer Protection and Gender Equality in the government of Minister-President Daniel Günther on 28 June 2017 and resigned from the Bundestag.

Sütterlin-Waack was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.

[10] Sütterlin-Waack joined Daniel Günther's second cabinet on 29 June 2022 as Minister of the Interior, Municipal Affairs, Housing and Sports.

[11] In June 2017, Sütterlin-Waack voted against her parliamentary group’s majority and in favour of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage.