German singer, songwriter and actress, born March 11, 1955 in East Berlin (then GDR). She is the daughter of Eva-Maria Hagen. In 1976, following the revocation of her stepfather Wolf Biermann's citizen rights, she was allowed to migrate to the West where she soon made name in the punk scene with the Nina Hagen Band. Between 1980 and 1986 she mostly lived in the USA. She is the mother of Cosma Shiva Hagen.
