Inga Busch, born 1968 in Neuss, attended actor"s training in Berlin with Heidi Walier and in Moscow with Olga Kudriaschow before she went to Trapp-Schauspielschule in Cologne. In 1991, she made her movie debut in Detlev Buck"s country policeman comedy "Karniggels". She then performed at several theatres before she returned to the movie screen, for instance, in Oskar Roehler"s film "Gentleman", and to the TV screen, for instance, in Nico Hofmann"s thriller "Der Sandmann" and in the TV series "Freunde wie wir".

Busch won a Grimme award in 1997 for her role in the TV movie "Eine fast perfekte Liebe", directed by Lutz Konermann. Besides further theatre performances mainly under director René Pollesch, Busch appeared in several films ranging from "Aprilkinder" ("April Children", 1999), "Prüfstand 7" (2001), "Vier Freunde und vier Pfoten" (2003), and "Alles auf Zucker" ("Go for Zucker", 2005).

Besides key supporting roles in the children"s film "Blöde Mütze" ("Silly"s Sweet Summer", 2007) or in the musical "Märzmelodie" ("Melodies of Spring", 2008), among other films, Inga Busch most recently caused a stir with her leading roles in "Palermo Shooting" (2008), directed by Wim Wenders, and in Monika Treut"s highly praised drama "Ghosted" (2009).