Maren Eggert was born in Hamburg on January 30 1974. Between 1994 and 1998, she studied acting at the renowned Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich. Subsequently, she appeared in several stage productions in Zurich and Bochum, before she joined the ensemble of the acclaimed Thalia-Theater in 2002. 2009, after seven very successful years in Hamburg, she became a member of the Deutsche Theater ensemble in Berlin.

Maren Eggert made her screen debut in 1997 with a small supporting role in Rainer Kaufmann"s "Die Apothekerin". Taking time off from her theatre work, she continued to act in TV and film productions, including the thriller "Das Experiment" (2001) and Angela Schanelec"s acclaimed drama "Marseille". Moreover, her recurring role as a police psychologist in the TV series "Tatort" further added to her popularity with mainstream audiences
For her portrayal of a mentally disturbed woman struggling for a normal life in the TV drama "Die Frau am Ende der Straße" (2006), Eggert and her co-star Matthias Brandt won the German Critics Award. She had a starring role in Dominik Graf"s period piece "Das Gelübde", which depicts the fateful encounter between poet Clemens Brentano and the nun Anna Katharina Emmerick.

In 2009, she appeared in Angela Schanelec"s "Orly", which premiered at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.