Catharina " Nina " Hagen born 11 March is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rose to prominence during the punk and new wave movements in the late s and early s.
Around that same time, she joined the band Automobil and released the single " Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen ". Their self-titled debut album was released in to critical acclaim and was a commercial success selling over , copies.
The band released one more album Unbehagen before their break-up in She followed it with two more albums: Fearless and Nina Hagen in Ekstasy , before her contract with CBS expired and was not renewed. In , she was offered a record deal from Mercury Records.
She released three albums on the label: Nina Hagen , Street , and Revolution Ballroom However, none of the albums achieved notable commercial success. Hagen made her musical comeback with the release of her album Return of the Mother Besides her musical career, Hagen is also a voice-over actress. She is also noted for her human and animal rights activism. Her paternal grandfather died in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp her father was Jewish. At age four, she began to study ballet , and was considered an opera prodigy by the time she was nine.
When Hagen was 11, her mother married Wolf Biermann , an anti-establishment singer-songwriter. Biermann's political views later influenced young Hagen. Hagen left school at age sixteen and went to Poland, where she began her career.
