"Crime Scene" Folkerts looks "crime scene"

This weekend, Lena Odenthal already solves her 70th case as a "crime scene" investigator. And while probably millions of viewers will see the TV thriller "Die Pfalz von oben", actress Ulrike Folkerts also watches - that's what she revealed on the talk show "3nach9".

"I'm watching this. I have to look at it," said Folkerts. "I have to on that day, that's something sensual, with the nation together at the same time at 8 pm already news and then watch this one and a half hours together." Obviously, a touch of esotericism also plays a role: "This is perceived energy," said Folkerts, "and if I am not there, that can not be good!"

But not only the Odenthal actress herself has a special "crime scene" ritual, but also her mother, who allegedly did not give a thriller with her daughter. "She always invites someone and makes a bottle of champagne," said Folkerts. The acting performance never comment on her mother: "She just feels her daughter."

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"She's probably trying to understand where she knows me and where she does not know me and where she's worried about me," the actress said. "It's just a mother watching TV, this is not a spectator."

Folkerts had chatted about her private life only a few months ago in an interview. The actress, who has been with Katharina Schnitzler for more than a decade and a half, felt the time after her outing was very difficult. "That was like being thrown by a wave," she said.

"If you discover that you're gay, life turns upside down," said Folkerts. The 58-year-old has lived openly for more than 20 years. At the time, this was not as normal as it is today: "It was a huge show of strength to come out."

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Folkerts has lived with her partner in Berlin for 16 years now. "I can enjoy it every morning when I wake up and see my girlfriend - with her I feel like I'm being loved the way I am."

In 2008, Folkerts and Schnitzler had published a book. At that time, the actress said she regularly receives mail from strangers - "People who are emotionally afflicted are afraid of being rejected if they are open to their homosexuality."