Has two daughters: Isabella (b. 1999) with her former boyfriend Dragan
Banic and Lucia (b. 24 March 2007) with Patrick von Faber-Castell.
Born to a Bulgarian mother and a German father.
Married Patrick von Faber-Castell in a civil ceremony in New York
on 12 December 2006. The religious ceremony took place on 7 July 2007.
Her mother is an ophthalmologist.
She was a contestant on the first season of Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus! (2004) but has since gone on record that she regrets the experience as it turned out to be detrimental to her career.
She grew up in Bulgaria until she was 3 and moved to Berlin-Friedrichshain in East Germany in 1974.