Désirée Nick

Désirée Saskia Nick (born 30 September, 1956 in Berlin) is a German actress, comedian and author.

Life

After school in Berlin Nick studied ballet at Berliner Tanzakademie in Berlin. She became a member of the ensemble of Deutsche Oper Berlin and later of Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Between 1982-1985 she lived in Munich and studied Roman Catholic theology and worked then as a teacher for some years. In the 1990s Nick worked as an actress and wrote in 2000 an autobiography Bestseller einer Diva - Seit Jahren vergriffen. In 2004, Nick had a court fight with actress Anouschka Renzi. That same year, Nick became nationally popular when she became winner of the tv show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!. Since 2005 Nick wrote several books. In her book Eva go home she answered to the controversial claims on motherhood and family published by former tv presenter Eva Herman.

Nick was in a relationship for twelve years with Prince Heinrich Julius of Hanover, with whom she has one son.

Works by Nick

• 1997: Bestseller einer Diva: Seit Jahren vergriffen. Droemer Knaur, Munich 1997. ISBN 3-426-60665-8 (together with Volker Ludewig)
• 2005: Gibt es ein Leben nach vierzig? Eine Anleitung zum Entfalten in Theorie und Praxis. Gustav Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2005. ISBN 3-7857-2204-4
• 2006: Was unsere Mütter uns verschwiegen haben. Der Heimtrainer für Frauen in Nöten. Krüger, Frankfurt a.M. 2006. ISBN 3-810-51325-3
• 2007: Eva go home! Eine Streitschrift. S. Fischer, Frankfurt a.M. 2007. ISBN 978-3-596-17669-4
• 2008: Liebling, ich komm später: Das große Buch vom Seitensprung. Krüger, Frankfurt a.M. 2008. ISBN 978-3-8105-1326-7

External links

• Official website by Désirée Nick
• Désirée Nick in German National Library
• Tagesspiegel: interview 2006
• Désirée Nick in Internet Movie Database

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