Studied social work and law.
1977 to 1979 social worker at Berlin-Tegel Prison. 1985 second state examination and admission to the bar.
Since 1979 member of the West Berlin Alternative List; 2000 to 2001 party chairwoman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. 1989 to 2000 member of the Berlin House of Representatives; 1989 to 1990 and 1998 to 2000 parliamentary group chairwoman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen.
Member of the Bundestag since 2002; 2001 to 2005 Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture, since October 2005 Chairwoman of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group.
Scheibenwischer(1980)as Self in Audience
Münchner Runde(1996)as Self
hart aber fair(2001)as Self
Markus Lanz(2008)as Self
Die Grünen - Aufstieg und Krise einer Deutschen Partei(2025)as Self
heute-show(2009)as Self
Futur Wir - Das neue deutsche Selbstverständnis(2022)as Self
nano(1999)as Self
Neues aus der Anstalt(2007)as Self
0630: der News-Podcast(2020)as Self