Désirée Nosbusch (born 14 January 1965) also known as Désirée Becker, is a Luxembourgish

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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presenter. She was the host of the

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Early and personal life

Nosbusch was born in

Esch-sur-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (, ; ; or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is a city in Luxembourg and the country's List of communes of Luxembourg by population, second-most populous commune, with a population of 36,625 inhabitants, . It lies in the south-west of the ...

Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...

to a Luxembourgish father and an Italian mother. She speaks

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. The language is standardized and officiall ...

, German, French, English, Italian and Spanish. From 1991 to 2002, Nosbusch was married with

Harald Kloser Harald Kloser (born 9 July 1956) is an Austrian film composer, producer and screenwriter. Since his critical and commercial breakthrough in 2005, in which he won the BMI Film Music Award for both of his scores for '' Alien vs. Predator'' and '' ...

, with whom she had two children. She was later married to

Mehmet Kurtuluş Mehmet Kurtuluş (born 27 April 1972) is a Turkish-German actor. He is best known for his work with German director Fatih Akin. Life and career Kurtuluş was born in Uşak, Turkey, and moved at the age of 18 months to Germany, where he grew up ...

. She has been married to Tom Alexander Bierbaumer since 2018.

Career

Nosbusch has acted in both French-language and German-language films and television productions since her mid-teens. She was a member of the youth drama group of the

Lycée Hubert Clément Lycée Hubert Clément (), abbreviated to LHCE, is a high school in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. It was founded as a single-sex girls school in 1955, paralleling Esch's all-boys school, Lycée de Garçons Esch-sur-Alzette, and wa ...

of Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg). At twelve years old, she started working at

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, and then did a show with

Anke Engelke Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter. Personal life Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early ...

on ARD. At 16, she held the leading role of the German film ''After Midnight''. She appeared in some Italian-language TV miniseries. She presented the

in Luxembourg, and hosted a kids' version of the game show Ruck Zuck called "Kinder Ruck Zuck". Nosbusch is also a singer. In 1984, she recorded a

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with Austrian singer Falco, "Kann es Liebe sein?". In 2001, she directed her first short film, ''Ice Cream Sundae''. In 2014, she directed the film ''Succès Fox'' about the actor Fernand Fox. In 2021, she launched the production of the feature film ''Poison'', an adaptation of Lot Vekemans' play, starring

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and

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. In 2024, Nosbusch was one of the hosts of the

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, the national final to select Luxembourg's first Eurovision Song Contest entry after an absence of 31 years. She was also the spokesperson for the Luxembourgish national jury in the Grand Final.

Publications

Selected filmography

* ' (1981, directed by

Wolf Gremm Wolf Gremm (26 February 1942 – 14 July 2015) was a German film director and screenwriter. Gremm was born in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1942. In the 1960s, he studied German literature, psychology, sociology and theater. After graduation, he studi ...

) * ''

Der Fan ''Der Fan'' () is a 1982 West German horror thriller film directed by Eckhart Schmidt. The film follows a disturbed teenage girl's obsessive love for a pop singer named R who, after meeting her, eventually reveals that he does not love her back ...

'' (1982, directed by

Eckhart Schmidt Eckhart Schmidt (31 October 1938 – 24 October 2024) was a German film director, producer, writer and photographer. In 1982 he directed the film '' Der Fan'', with Désirée Nosbusch in the lead role, which became a cult film in Germany and wo ...

) * ' (1983, TV film, directed by

Rolf von Sydow Rolf von Sydow (18 June 1924 – 16 June 2019) was a German film director and author. Life Von Sydow worked as a film director in Germany. He married on three occasions. As an author, Sydow wrote several books and audible books. Works by Syd ...

) * ''

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'' (1983, directed by

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) * ''

Questo e Quello ''Questo e Quello'' () is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. Plot First segment: the life of a comic book artist in a creative crisis is revolutionised by the casual encounter with a beautiful stranger. Second segment: a wri ...

'' (1983, directed by

) * ''

Good Morning, Babylon ''Good Morning, Babylon'' () is a 1987 drama film written and directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, starring Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi, Désirée Nosbusch, Omero Antonutti, and Charles Dance. The film follows the story o ...

'' (1987, directed by

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) * ' (1988, directed by ) * ' (1989, directed by

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) * ' (1990, directed by

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) * ' (1990, directed by José Pinheiro) * ' (1991, TV film, directed by

) * ' (1992, TV miniseries, directed by

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) * '' Felipe ha gli occhi azzurri 2'' (1993, TV miniseries, directed by and

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) * ''Böses Blut'' (1993, TV film, directed by ) * '' The Way to Dusty Death'' (1995, TV film, directed by

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) * '' Opernball'' (1998, TV film, directed by

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) * '' Amico mio'' (1998, TV series, directed by

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) * ''

Contaminated Man Contaminated Man is a 2000 thriller film starring William Hurt, Natascha McElhone, and Peter Weller and directed by Anthony Hickox from a screenplay by John Penney. A co-production of the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Hungary and f ...

'' (2000, directed by

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) * ''High Explosive'' (2001, directed by

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) * ''

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'' (2001, directed by

Carl Schenkel Carl Schenkel (8 May 1948 – 1 December 2003), also known by the pseudonym Carlo Ombra, was a Swiss film director. His 1984 film ''Abwärts'' won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction in 1985. :de:Carl Schenkel Filmography * '' Graf Dracula ...

) * ''The Code of Life'' (2002, directed by ) * ''The Secret of St. Ambrose'' (2006, TV film, directed by ) * ''The Cursed Treasure'' (2007, TV film, directed by ) * ' (2008, TV film, directed by ) * ' (2018, directed by Félix Koch) * ''

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'' (2018, TV series) * '' Capitani'' (2019, TV series) * ' (since 2019, TV series, 8 episodes)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nosbusch, Desiree 1965 births Living people People from Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourgian film actresses Luxembourgian television actresses Luxembourgian television personalities Luxembourgian people of Italian descent Luxembourgian expatriates in the United States 20th-century Luxembourgian actresses 21st-century Luxembourgian actresses Luxembourgian radio presenters

Early and personal life

Career

Publications

Selected filmography

See also

References

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