Claudia Hiersche
Claudia Hiersche (* 22 February 1977 in Frankfurt (Oder), German Democratic Republic [now Federal Republic of Germany] is a German host and actress and is well known for her portrayal of the lesbian

Lesbian

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...

 fictional character Carla von Lahnstein

Carla von Lahnstein

Carla Sophia von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe , portrayed by actress Claudia Hiersche. She made her first appearance on screen on September 19, 2003 and left the show on November 10, 2009. Hiersche then returned for a guest stint on January 29, 2010...

 in the soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Verbotene Liebe

Verbotene Liebe

Verbotene Liebe , often abbreviated to VL, is a Rose d'Or Award-winning German television soap opera. The show was created by Reg Watson and first broadcast on Das Erste on 2 January 1995...

 (Forbidden Love), where she was on contract status between 2003 and 2009.

She attended a drama school in Manhattan for three months. Before her work on Verbotene Liebe, she was the host of the travel magazine television show Wolkenlos from 2000 to 2002. In 2003, Claudia also starred in the movie Schwer verknallt as a character, once again, named Carla.

She currently lives in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

 and enjoys traveling, photography, running and boxing in her free time.

As for her character in Verbotene Liebe she became very popular, when her character Carla had a relationship with Hanna Novak. In 2006, Carla was the first lesbian character on German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 soap opera that got married to another woman.

Personal life

Claudia had to abruptly leave within 24 hours to East Germany, due to her father wanting to start an independent newspaper. She attended a catholic church for a year. Hiersche got married when she was 19 and it ended a year later. The divorce went on for three years since her husband left without a trace.

Filmography

Year	Type	Role
2000	Wolkenlos	Herself
2003–2009	Verbotene Liebe Verbotene Liebe Verbotene Liebe , often abbreviated to VL, is a Rose d'Or Award-winning German television soap opera. The show was created by Reg Watson and first broadcast on Das Erste on 2 January 1995...	Carla von Lahnstein Carla von Lahnstein Carla Sophia von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe , portrayed by actress Claudia Hiersche. She made her first appearance on screen on September 19, 2003 and left the show on November 10, 2009. Hiersche then returned for a guest stint on January 29, 2010...
2010	Kung Fu Mama - Agentin Mit Kids Kung Fu Mama - Agentin Mit Kids Kung Fu Mama - Agentin Mit Kids is a 2010 German action television film directed by Simon X. Rost. The film stars Claudia Hiersche as Nina Wenzel, as a Secret Service Agent, Ben Braun as her neighbor and a cool biker.-Plot:...	Nina Wenzel

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