Mariella Ahrens

German actress

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Mariella Ahrens (born 2 April 1969) is a German actress.
She grew up to the age of three in Bulgaria and then moved in 1974 to Berlin-Friedrichshain, East Berlin, in East Germany.
Career Ahrens first appeared on stage at the Kleine Theatre in "Palais Podewils" in Berlin.
and Im Namen des Gesetzes , she also played in the ZDF production The Desert Rose (2000) as well as The Dreaming (2001) and Rosamunde Pilcher films.
In 2015 she played Walpurga von Schwarztal in the television movie Prinzessin Maleen .

Mariella Ahrens (born 2 April 1969) is a German actress.

Early life

Ahrens was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Soviet Union, as the daughter of Reinhard Ahrens, a German computer specialist, and wife Svetlana "Svetla" Ahrens, a Bulgarian ophthalmologist. She grew up to the age of three in Bulgaria and then moved in 1974 to Berlin-Friedrichshain, East Berlin, in East Germany.

Education

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.

Career

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

In addition to roles in television series such as Leipzig Homicide, Sabine! and Im Namen des Gesetzes, she also played in the ZDF production The Desert Rose (2000) as well as The Dreaming (2001) and Rosamunde Pilcher films.

In 2004 she was a participant in "Ich bin ein Star—Holt mich hier raus!".

In 2015 she played Walpurga von Schwarztal in the television movie Prinzessin Maleen.

Ahrens was photographed for the March 2001 issue and as a cover girl for the March 2004 issue and for the April 2025 issue of the German Playboy magazine.