From the bakery to show business: the stars originally learned these normal professions

2021-03-11T21:37:24.936Z

Today they are among the most famous personalities in Germany, but at a young age many celebrities learned a completely normal profession.

Munich - Stars almost always cut a fine figure on the red carpet, at film premieres and public appearances.

As if they had done nothing else in their entire life.

But the impression is deceptive.

In an overview we present the previous jobs of the stars:

Sila Sahin

Sila Sahin is likely to have caught the eye of a wide audience for the first time during “Good times, bad times”.

From 2009 to 2014 she played the role of Ayla Höfer on the successful RTL soap.

Even after that she worked as an actress, but also appeared increasingly in entertainment shows.

In 2013, for example, she came second in “Let's Dance”.

Sila Sahin: Never gave up the dream of acting

Acting already played a major role in Sila Sahin's school days.

She played her first roles in a theater company.

At that time she was already modeling every now and then.

Despite her training as a beautician, she just couldn't let go of acting.

Parallel to her apprenticeship years, she attended the drama school in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

Not a bad idea, as it turned out later.

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf

They go together like chips and ketchup.

Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf.

For years the two have been “fooling” each other through TV - first with MTV, then with ZDF neo and, more recently, with ProSieben.

With “Joko & Klaas versus ProSieben” and “Duel um die Welt” they delight an audience of millions.

But it also works without Joko: Since 2018, Klaas has been running his own late night show, with his two colleagues Jakob Lundt and Thomas Schmitt he runs the podcast “Baywatch Berlin”.

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf learned a hairy profession

Klaas Heufer-Umlauf has had an exciting career.

Because before he turned to television, he wanted to become a hairdresser.

Yes, you read that right: hairdresser.

He even learned the trade, but then worked as a stylist and make-up artist in Weimar.

He then started his TV career at the youth and music channel VIVA.

Verona Pooth

Verona Pooth is often underestimated, but is a capable business woman.

From RTL's own late-night talk show "Veronas Welt" to the female lead in the movie "At World's End - The Truth About Men" - it is now part of the inventory on TV.

But Pooth - born Feldbusch - is also active as an entrepreneur.

She runs a boutique with a friend in Hamburg, she has designed lingerie and jewelry and is of course a well-known advertising face.

Verona Pooth worked with fabrics before her TV career

Verona Pooth was discovered as a model at the age of 15.

She was approached by a fashion photographer and then started her modeling career.

After completing secondary school, however, she first devoted herself to an apprenticeship as a tailor.

The native Bolivian broke this off, however, in order to focus more on beauty contests and her singing career with the band "Chocolate".

Marteria

"Purple clouds", "OMG!" Or "Kids (2 fingers on the head)" - these are just a small selection of Marteria's hits.

The rapper is one of the most famous musicians in Germany.

Already at the age of 16 he devoted himself fully to music, but he could have taken other paths ...

Marteria in front of a large audience - even at a young age

It could well have been that we could not have seen Marteria on stage, but in the big football stadiums of the world.

Born in Rostock, he played as a right-back in the youth of his home club - and he did it really well.

He was the captain of all of Hansa Rostock's youth teams and even played in the youth national team from U15 to U17.

He was discovered by a model scout on a trip to New York in 1999, and later he worked with top model Claudia Schiffer on a photo shoot.

This ended my football career very quickly, but modeling was not a long-term one either.

It should be the music in the end.

Daniela Katzenberger

It was so long ago, but Daniela Katzenberger should still be known to most of the people from the VOX program "Auf und vom - Mein International Diary".

At that time she tried in vain to meet Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

This marked her way into the docu-soap area.

With “Goodby Germany!

The emigrants ”she was followed by cameras as she opened her own cafe in Mallorca.

Meanwhile, the advertising face for numerous products has also gone to the authors.

With “The Cat Boils!” She brought a cookbook onto the market.

Daniela Katzenberger: A lot of work for the big dream

Daniela Katzenberger was born and raised in Ludwigshafen am Rhein.

She obtained secondary school leaving certificate at the Kopernikus Realschule and then completed an apprenticeship as a state-recognized beautician.

She later worked as a waiter in her mother's bistro and began her modeling career with nudes.

The rest is history ...

Cro

Rapper Sido was known for his mask that hid his face.

With a (panda) mask appears on rapper colleague Cro.

The difference: To this day, he has not given up his veils.

In 2012 he released his single "Easy" and won triple gold.

With “Once Around the World” or “Infinity”, other hits followed, which were really well received by the audience.

Cro with apprenticeship before rapper career

Years ago, Cro decided to train as a media designer and completed it.

He then worked as a cartoonist for a newspaper.

Even if he is currently mainly active as a musician, designing does not let go of him completely.

He designs clothes for his fashion label and also produces his music videos himself.

Lena Meyer-Landrut

It all started with the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.

After her surprise success in Oslo, Lena Meyer-Landrut really took off and became “Everybody's Darling”.

Of course, she has remained loyal to music today and has now released five studio albums.

Up to the eighth season - with two exceptions - Lena was also on the jury of the ProSieben show "The Voice Kids".

Lena Meyer-Landrut: ESC victory changed your life

2010 was not only the year of her ESC triumph, in the same year Lena Meyer-Landrut also graduated from high school.

Born in Hanover, she then enrolled at the University of Cologne.

However, she broke off her studies in “Languages and Cultures of Africa” and “Philosophy” - her full focus was on the recording of her third album.

Not a bad decision.

Nena

“99 Luftballons” and Nena are inextricably linked - even abroad.

The musician has sold 25 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful artists in German music history.

For her 60th birthday on March 24th, 2020 Nena released the single "Licht".

After a long time a musical sign of life from her again.

Nena: Training at the parents' request

Before her great singing career, Nena attended high school in her home country, but only up to the eleventh grade.

At the request of her parents, she trained as a goldsmith.

How fitting: With her music she won gold five times in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Ruth Moschner

Ruth Moschner, as the rate queen for “The Masked Singer”, causes controversy again and again.

Some love them for their thick phone book, others just find them annoying.

As is so often the case, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Ruth is actually an absolute TV guest: “Big Brother”, “Friday Night News”, “Genial besides - The Quiz” or “Riverboat”, to name just a few shows with her.

It is fair to say that she is an absolute TV professional.

Ruth Moschner: Internship as a start in the media industry

Ruth Moschner already had smaller acting roles in the theater as a child, so the path to show business was mapped out.

All the more surprising: Ruth also learned something “right”.

She began an apprenticeship as a bank clerk, but broke it off to do an internship at the radio station "Energy Munich".

So then something with the media ...

till Lindemann

The band "Rammstein" has been around since the mid-90s.

Till Lindemann is responsible for the singing.

Born in January 1963, the native of Leipzig and his band colleagues are a real German export hit.

The band sold over 20 million records worldwide.

Till Lindemann wasn't always today's spectacle rocker

Rammstein is known worldwide for lush stage shows.

Pyrotechnics in particular play a very special role.

Things were quieter with young Till Lindemann.

In the days of the GDR he trained as a construction carpenter and then worked as a basket maker, carpenter and technician.

Then came the music ...

Oliver Pocher

Oliver Pocher * appeared on TV for the first time in October 1998.

In Bärbel Schäfer's afternoon talk show, he tried to make the audience laugh.

It failed miserably and was whistled.

But that shouldn't stop them.

Via VIVA he made it to ProSieben, where he was able to show himself to a larger audience for the first time with “Rent a Pocher”.

Later he was Harald Schmidt's sidekick, currently he has his own show on RTL - together with his wife Amira.

Oliver Pocher started his professional life quite “stuffy”

It's hard to believe, but Oliver Pocher didn't always do comedy.

The son of a financial accountant and an insurance clerk started his professional career as an insurance and financial clerk.

How appropriate.

But he has always had the urge to do something different: Even during his training, he worked for various radio stations and also as a DJ.

Bushido

From aggro Berlin rapper to mainstream star.

Rapper Bushido has made a steep climb.

Most commercially successful were his hits “All is lost”, “Forever young” and “Everything will be fine”.

Bushido came to music by spraying graffiti, which he painted under the pseudonym "fox".

Bushido: met rapper colleagues at work

Even the toughest rapper must have learned something clever.

At least that's what Bushido thought.

At a young age he trained as a painter and varnisher.

Incidentally, he got to know his friend and colleague Fler.

How small the world is.

Stefan Raab

What Stefan Raab tackles turns into gold.

With Lena he won the "Eurovision Song Contest".

With “TV Total”, “Schlag den Raab” and the “Wok World Championships” he revolutionized the television business.

After his retirement from the public, Raab continues to produce many TV shows - but now he stays in the background.

Stefan Raab: The TV revolutionary

Stefan Raab is probably the most famous butcher in Germany.

After graduating from high school, he completed his training in his parents' butcher business.

And of course: He delivered right there too.

District best of the Cologne Chamber of Crafts, rating "very good".

Stefan Raab doesn't know anything by halves.

Whereby: He broke off his law studies after the fifth semester.

But it didn't hurt him.

Detlef D. Soost

Detlef D. Soost became known to a wide audience as the coach of the casting show "Popstars".

Never at a loss for a saying and also happy to be tough.

The choreographer has been helping people lose weight since 2012.

With his training and nutrition program, the pounds should fall off.

Detlef D. Soost: Training still in the GDR

Soost was born in East Berlin, so he grew up in the former GDR.

As it was then, he trained as a tool mechanic in Berlin-Marzahn, but then worked in a completely different area after reunification - as a financial broker.

DJ Bobo

14 studio albums, 6 live albums, 56 singles.

DJ Bobo is not someone who is lazy.

But on the contrary.

His hits like “Somebody Dance with Me”, “Chihuahua” or “Freedom” are still popular today.

DJ Bobo: Education taught him discipline

In 1984 DJ Bobo (pictured with his wife Nancy) decided to train as a baker and pastry chef.

Before that, he earned a little extra money as a groundskeeper at the local soccer club in his Swiss home town of Kölliken.

Music has always been his great passion.

After completing his apprenticeship, he didn't go to the bakery, instead he concentrated on his DJ activities.

Jürgen Klinsmann

World champions 1990, European champions 1996, two UEFA Cup winners, one German championship: Jürgen Klinsmann's track record as an active footballer does not read badly.

Not to forget: At the 2006 home World Cup, he led the DFB selection as a coach in third place.

A real summer fairy tale.

Jürgen Klinsmann: From the bakery to the soccer field

Jürgen Klinsmann's parents had actually planned something different for their son.

He should first do an apprenticeship as a baker in his own company.

Then he went to the German Armed Forces, and then started as a professional footballer in 1981.

At that time, the rest of the Stuttgart Kickers.

Maria Furtwängler

Maria Furtwängler was able to gain her first experience in front of the camera at the age of seven.

In the meantime she has been working as a crime scene commissioner in Hanover and all of Lower Saxony since 2002.

But it could have turned out quite differently ...

Maria Furtwängler even received the Federal Cross of Merit

A rogue would say: Maria Furtwängler also learned something right.

After all, she successfully completed a medical degree in order to then begin training as a psychotherapist.

But then she decided against the life of a doctor and for acting.

However, she received the Federal Cross of Merit for her work as a doctor in crisis areas.

Mario Barth

70,000 people came to the Berlin Olympic Stadium in the summer of 2008 - and "just" to see Mario Barth.

His appearance was a world record as a "live comedian with the most viewers".

Barth is a welcome guest both on TV and on the country's comedy stages.

Mario Barth: World record in the Olympic Stadium

Mario Barth wasn't always a comedian.

Born in Berlin, he previously worked at Siemens as an electronics technician for information and telecommunications technology in his home country.

Only then did it go to drama school and comedy workshops.

Bela B.

Bela B. is part of the “Doctors”.

With his colleagues Farin Urlaub and Sahnie he founded the punk rock band.

He also worked as an actor from time to time.

For example, he had a cameo in “Inglourious Basterds”.

Bela B .: Looking for the right job

Bela B. really didn't know what to do.

He broke off his training as a police officer.

His job as a window dresser at the Hertie department store at the time wasn't really successful either.

He was released because his hair was dyed.

As a musician it finally worked.

Frauke Ludowig

Somehow it already belongs to the inventory at RTL - at least when it comes to gossip.

Since May 1994 she has been moderating “Exclusiv”.

The older ones will also remember that she co-moderated “Domino Day” for years.

But that was a good while ago.

Frauke Ludowig: a talent for moderation in her blood

After successfully completing her Abitur, Frauke Ludowig completed an apprenticeship as a banker.

But it wasn't really the right thing after all, from 1988 to 1990 the present presenter volunteered at radio ffn.

Later I switched to RTL.

Sonja Zietlow

Sonja Zietlow has hosted the RTL reality show "I'm a star - get me out of here!" Since 2004

Before that, she gained experience at Sat.1, RTLII and kabeleins.

And she can also sing: In 2020 Sonja Zietlow was in the ProSieben show "The Masked Singer"

to see.

Disguised as a rabbit, she took fourth place

Sonja Zietlow has a license

Sonja Zietlow is a trained Lufthansa pilot.

After completing her training, she flew a Boeing 737 first mate from 1991 to 1993. She ended her piloting career when she was discovered for television.

Harald Schmidt

Harald Schmidt started his career at ARD by showing shows like "Pssst ..."

and moderated by “Schmidtanders”.

From October 1992 to May 1995 he took over the ARD show “Do you understand fun?”

Albeit with moderate success

He celebrated his breakthrough with his "Harald Schmidt Show" by

From 1995 to 2003 it was broadcast on Sat.1.

After a one-year break, he returned with his broadcast on ARD, before celebrating his comeback on Sat.1 in 2012.

His late night show was last seen on pay TV channel Sky before it was discontinued in 2014.

Harald Schmidt has a weakness for church music

Harald Schmidt is an avowed lover of classical music.

In an interview with

Welt Online

, the moderator describes himself as an “experienced amateur”, having taken piano lessons for twelve years.

As an organist, Schmidt has the C-license with which he coped with everyday life as an auxiliary organist.

Luke Mockridge

Luke Mockridge is popular with young audiences as a comedian and presenter.

Shows like “Luke!

The week and me ”,“ Luke!

The year and me ”and“ Luke!

School and I "reached millions.

He has been awarded the German Comedy Prize several times for his solo program and his moderation.

Luke Mockridge: He graduated in 2012

Luke Mockridge comes from a family who are comfortable in the spotlight.

His father Bill started the improvisation theater Springmaus in 1982, mother Margie Kinsky is known to the public as an actress and cabaret artist.

Before Luke Mockridge sought his way onto the big stage, he studied media and communication studies in Canada, England and Germany.

Chris Tall

Chris Tall celebrated his breakthrough in 2013 when he won the RTL Comedy Grand Prix.

In the following years, the native of Hamburg established himself in the scene, in 2016 he received the German Comedy

Award for Best Newcomer.

The following year, Tall got his first prime-time show

“

Shall we bet ?!

Bülent versus Chris. ”, In which he measures himself against his colleague Bülent Ceylan.

Chris Tall began training as an insurance salesman

Chris Tall graduated from secondary school before taking the technical diploma.

He then began training as an insurance salesman.

During this time he was able to celebrate his first successes as a comedian.

Michael "Bully" Herbig

Michael "Bully" Herbig is one of the most commercially successful directors in Germany.

He became known to a wide audience through the “Bully Parade” before he filled the cinemas with the films “Der Schuh des Manitu” and “(T) Raumschiff Surprise - Period 1”.

In addition to his role behind the camera, the director works as a producer, actor, comedian, screenwriter and voice actor.