Diana Amft (born 7 November 1975 in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia) is an award winning German film and television actress. She is best known for playing Gretchen Haase in the RTL sitcom Doctor's Diary.

Biography

Diana Amft was born in Gütersloh. Her father was a janitor. She grew up in Herzebrock-Clarholz and one of her after school jobs was in a videothek. She completed her vocational training as a judicial clerk at the Amtsgericht Rheda-Wiedenbrück. She took singing lessons in Bielefeld and unsuccessfully applied to study at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen.

She was accepted at the Schauspielschule Zerboni in Munich when she was twenty years‘ old, and, following appearances in theatre, she was cast for her first roles on television in 1999.

Amft became better known following her role as Inken in the Film Mädchen, Mädchen, which was unexpectedly successful, and its sequel Mädchen, Mädchen 2 – Loft oder Liebe. In 2002, the film Knallharte Jungs, in which she was the leading actress, won the Deutscher Comedypreis as best cinema film. She regards her leading role in the series Doctor’s Diary as a breakthrough.

On the soundtrack of Mädchen Mädchen 2 - Loft oder Liebe, she sang Funky Freakshow with Tears, the girl group launched by Popstars in Switzerland.