2024-09-07 17:29:31
Natalia Wörner started her acting career 30 years ago. Today she is a regular guest on the red carpet. Can you remember her beginnings?
When Natalia Wörner made her film debut in 1994 alongside Meret Becker, Heinz Hoenig, Herbert Knaup and Katja Flint in “The Winners”, nobody could have guessed what a glamorous career awaited the actress. At that time, the Stuttgart native was still visually up and down. Sometimes lascivious with red lipstick and a cigarette in the corner of her mouth, sometimes with her long hair tucked tightly behind her head. Natalia Wörner’s public image in the 1990s was characterized by contrasts.
This didn’t do her any harm. On the contrary: Natalia Wörner got into the fast lane. Primetime blockbusters such as “Tatort”, “Die Sturmflut” and “Tannbach – Schicksal eines Dorfes”), series such as “Um die 30” and “Unter anderen Umständen” and movies such as “Suck my Dick” and “Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf” followed. Natalia Wörner, who is celebrating her 57th birthday today, developed into one of the most popular actresses in Germany.
The former model, who studied acting at Lee Strasberg’s world-famous Actors Studio in New York, scores points not only on screen and on the country’s red carpets, but also in the world of men.
From 1993, Natalia Wörner was in a relationship with her acting colleague Herbert Knaup for eight years. During this time, the actress, who was awarded the German Television Prize in 2000, developed more and more into a self-confident public figure. When she appeared, she always wore an elegant wardrobe – and her aura could have attracted attention in Hollywood too.
Two years after separating from Herbert Knaup, Natalia Wörner met Canadian actor Robert Seeliger. In 2006, the two married and had a son: Jacob Lee. In February 2007, the couple were voted “Couple of the Year” in Hamburg. One year later, their love affair fell apart. Natalia Wörner and Robert Seeliger divorced.
For the next six years, Wörner concentrated on her child and her acting career. In April 2016, she announced her new love – with the then Minister of Justice Heiko Maas. The successful actress and the high-ranking politician: Natalia Wörner and Heiko Maas were always good for a love headline from then on.
At the side of the politician, who served as Foreign Minister from 2018 to 2021, public appearances received even more attention. The couple slipped into the tabloid spotlight.
But this love was not to last either. At the end of August 2023, Natalia Wörner and Heiko Maas announced through their lawyer: “We decided a long time ago to go our separate ways in the future.”