Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, she grew up in Greece and Germany. She studied stage design in Paris, and politics in Hamburg. Her documentary "Make Up" screened in the 1999 Berlinale Forum and won the Hessian Screenplay Award. In 2003, her feature film "Madrid" was nominated for the screenplay award in the New German Cinema section of the Munich film festival and won the Hessian Film Award. With Ina Weisse she co-wrote the screenplays for "Das Vorspiel" and "Der Architekt", the latter of which won the Screenplay Award at the 2009 Max Ophüls Award film festival.

Source: 70. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)