Christiane Felscherinow

Biography

Christiane Felscherinow is a German actress and musician born on May 20, 1962, in Hamburg, West Germany. Her tumultuous childhood marked by her father's alcoholism and abuse led to an early introduction to substance use at a local youth club. As a teenager, she became addicted to heroin and struggled with prostitution before becoming a central figure in the 1978 autobiographical book "Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo" and its film adaptation.