Cast & creator
Nena
Best known for Top of the Pops, Die Harald Schmidt Show, Leute heute
Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known by her stage name Nena is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons", re-recorded in English as "99 Red Balloons". "Nena" was also the name of the band with whom she released the song. With the re-recording and subsequent release of some of her old songs, her career re-emerged in 2002. In 2007, she co-founded the school "Neue Schule Hamburg".
Also known as: Nena Kerner, Gabriele Susanne Kerner
21
film credits
57
television credits
76
1964–2025 · acting roles
7.0
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (78)
Showing 78 of 78 credits
Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Leute heute
Self
1997
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Taff
self
1997
Beckmann
Self
1999Aeschbacher
Self
2001
Inas Nacht
Self
2007Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997Die ZDF-Hitparade
Self
1969
Tigerenten Club
self
1996Tigerenten Club
Self
1996Die Pyramide
Self - Musician
1979
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
Self
1994Die ultimative Chartshow
Self
2003Goldene Kamera
Self - Laudatio
1984
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Self
2011
Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Self
1980Die Spielbude
Self
1982
The Voice of Germany
Self - Coach
2011
The Grand Tour
Self
2016
Heut' abend
Self
1980Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
Self
2004ECHO-Verleihung
Self
1992Mini Playback Show
Self
1990
Auf los geht's los
Self
1977
Rockpalast
Self (vocal)
1974Musik liegt in der Luft
Self - Singer
1991Menschen
Self
1982
The Voice Kids
Self - Coach
2013
Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert
Self
2014Musik für Sie
self
1995Flitterabend
Self - Singer
1988Goldene Henne
Self
1995
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self
1998Hamburg Journal
self
2011Wedden, dat..?
Self
1986Okay
Self
1979Tag des deutschen Schlagers
Self
1981
Sing my Song - The Story
Self
2014
ZDF-Kultnacht
Self (archive footage)
2002Die Mike Krüger Show
Self
1991Die Lotto-Show
Self
1998José Carreras Gala
Self
1995Nase vorn
Self
1988
Schlag den Raab
Self
2006Kinderquatsch mit Michael
1997Das große Los
Self
1996Die 80er Jahre Show
Self
2002
TV total
Self
1999Die verflixte 7
Self
1984Die 100 nervigsten...
Self
2002
Soundtrack Deutschland
Self
2015
Formel Eins
Self
1983Vorsicht, Musik
Self
1982
The Abrafaxe – Under the Black Flag
Anne Bonny (voice)
2001Berg & Talk
Self
1994
Nena, vom Teenie-Idol zur Poplegende
Self (archive footage)
2025
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Self
2015
Die Wahrheit über Extrabreit
Self
1983
Larry presents: Best of The 80s
Self
2004
Tobias Totz und sein Löwe
Lea
1999
Hangin' Out
Tina
1983Hangin' Out
Music
1983
PUR & Friends auf Schalke live
Self
2001
Nena feat. Nena - Live
Self
2003
Die Helene Fischer Show 2023
Self
2023
Richy Guitar
Herself
1985Richy Guitar
Music
1985
The Adventures of Superhero
Jo Schnell
1987
99 Luftballons über Hagen - Nena, Extrabreit und die Anderen
Self
2016
Von Da da da bis 99 Luftballons
Nena
2015
Nena: Made in Germany: Live in Concert
Herself
2011Nena: Music & Video Stars (CD + DVD)
Sängerin
2013
NENA - Nichts versäumt LIVE
2018
NENA – EUROPATOUR ’84
herself
2006
SaMTV Unplugged
Self
2018