- Beside her television career she became a successful author of bestselling novels like "Traumfrau mit Nebenwirkungen" (1996) and "Am Anfang war der Seitensprung" (1999).
- Married to author Peter Probst who wrote the scripts for the film versions of her books. They have two children and live in the near of Munich.
- Her book "Schuhhaus Pallas. Wie meine Familie sich gegen die Nazis wehrte" (2008) deals with the tragic events surrounding her father's Jewish family in Nazi Germany.
- Graduated from the School of Television and Film in Munich (1989).
- Born to Kurt Fried (1906-1981), a journalist, and his wife Inge Fried-Ruthardt (born in 1930), a bookseller, she has two brothers, Rainer (born in 1964) and Nico Fried (born in 1966).
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