List of Verbotene Liebe characters

This is a list of major characters that appear (or have appeared) on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe.

Contents: Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Barbara von Anstetten
(Isabelle Carlson, 1995; Manuela Alphons, 1995-1999)
Born as Barbara von Sterneck, Barbara is the mother of Gero and Kati von Sterneck. She was married to Roberto Fiorani and Christoph von Anstetten. Both marriages were divorced. Had a long-time rivalry with Clarissa von Anstetten. Left Düsseldorf to begin a new life in Singapore.
Ben von Anstetten †
(Andreas Jung, 1996-1997)
Full name is Benedict von Anstetten and he was the younger brother of Christoph von Anstetten (deceased). Ben was the father of Rajan Rai and married to his death to Tanja von Anstetten. He was killed by the former butler of the Anstetten family, who wanted to kill Clarissa.
Carolin von Anstetten
(Jutta Fastian, 1998-2001, 2005)
Born as Carolin Mohr. She is the older sister of Isabell Mohr Brandner and was married to Henning von Ansetten. He divorced her, after he found out, that Carolin had an affair with his father Christoph. When she leaves town, Carolin is pregnant. It never came out, if it is Christoph or Henning's son. She tells her sister later in a letter, that her son is named Aaron. Four Years after she left Düsseldorf she is seen on the Düsseldorf Airport with two little girls.
Christoph von Anstetten †
(Jürgen Zartmann, 1995-2000)
Owned the Anstetten Holding and was married to Astrid von Anstetten to her death. He had one son, named Henning, with her. When the show started in 1995, Astrid was already dead and Christoph married to Clarissa von Anstetten, his second wife. He was the adoptive father of Clarissa's daughter Julia. After he divorced Clarissa, Christoph married Barbara von Sterneck. After she leaves him, Christoph began an affair with his daughter-in-law, Carolin. When the affair ended, Clarissa tricked Christoph to marry her again. When he couldn't longer live with that, he shot himself.
Clarissa von Anstetten
(Isa Jank, 1995-2001, 2011-present)
Born as Clara Prozeski. She has two children, Jan Brandner and Julia von Anstetten, with Arno Brandner. Was twice married to Christoph von Anstetten (deceased). Her best friend was Charlie Schneider. Had a long-time rivalry with Christoph's third wife Barbara and with Tanja von Anstetten. After Tanja's plan to kill Henning failed in 2001, Tanja pointed a gun on Clarissa, when they were on a plane together. However, the plane crashed and Clarissa ended up presumed death.
Hannes von Anstetten
(Daniel and Simon Kühn, 2005-2007, 2007-2008; Jonas Enderer, 2008-present)
For more information look under Hannes von Lahnstein.
Henning von Anstetten †
(Markus Hoffmann, 1995; Hendrik Martz, 1998-1999; Patrick Fichte, 1999-2002)
Was the heir to the Anstetten dynasty and the son of Christoph und Astrid von Anstetten (both deceased). Henning was married to Carolin Mohr and to Tanja von Anstetten. He divorced both of them, before he married Marie von Beyenbach in 2002. However, Henning died after he fall from a tower, when he had a fight with Mark Roloff.
Julia von Anstetten
(Valerie Niehaus, 1995-1997; Nina Bott, 2011-present)
For more information look under Julia Mendes.
Marie von Anstetten †
(Solveig Duda, 2000-2003, 2006)
Born as Marie von Beyenbach. She is the daughter of Martin von Beyenbach (deceased) and his first wife Sylvia Jones. She is also the sister to Felix von Beyenbach and half-sister to Franziska von Beyenbach. Marie was married to Henning von Anstetten to his death in 2002. After this tragic lost, Marie became a drug addict. She slept with a guy named Carsten and infects herself with the HIV. Later she leaves town with her teenage love Ray Marks and begins a new life in Los Angeles. She returned three years later to Felix' wedding, where she told her family and friends that she is still together with Ray and her condition is fine.
Tanja von Anstetten
(Miriam Lahnstein, 1995-1998, 2001, 2004-present)
For more information look under Tanja von Lahnstein.

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Maria di Balbi †
(Simone Ritscher, 2009-2011)
Younger sister of Francesca and Carlotta di Balbi. Had once an affair with Francesca's fiancé Johannes von Lahnstein and is the mother of his only son, Ansgar von Lahnstein. Is the aunt of Carla, Leonard and Constantin von Lahnstein. Spend many years in a mental hospital. Had a romance with Ludwig von Lahnstein, later tried to kill him in a fire. Commits suicide when she's taken back in psychiatric care.
Fiona Beckmann †
(Ingrid Capelle, 1995-1996)
Was one of the few to know the secret of Jan Brandner and Julia von Anstetten and was a temporarily caretaker of Jan. Had a relationship to Max Orbis to his death. She later died off-screen.
Bernd von Beyenbach
(Ron Holzschuh, 2003-2007)
Younger brother of Martin von Beyenbach. Had once an affair with Martin's first wife Sylvia Jones. Father of Vanessa von Beyenbach and uncle to Marie, Felix and Franziska von Beyenbach. Former lover of Laura Tirado. Married to Martin's second wife Beatrice to her death. Married later divorced to Carla von Lahnstein. Was engaged to Charlie Schneider and had an affair with her niece Olivia.
Marie von Beyenbach
(Solveig Duda, 2000-2003, 2006)
For more information look under Marie von Anstetten.
Sylvia von Beyenbach
(Heike Brentano, 2002-2005, 2006)
For more information look under Sylvia Jones.
Achim Brandner
(Matthias Haase, 2003, 2005)
Brother of Arno and cousin of Philipp and Matthias. He is also the father of Jana von Lahnstein and her older brother Robin. Achim always had trouble with his children after his wife Vera died. In 2003, he found out, that Vera cheated on him years ago with Johannes von Lahnstein and that Nico isn't his daughter. When he returned two years later, he made peace with his children and Robin moved with him to San Luca.
Arno Brandner
(Konrad Krauss, 1995-present)
Arno is the father of Jan, Julia, Florian and Susanne. He also is the brother of Achim and cousin to Philipp and Matthias Brandner. He had once a relationship with Clarissa von Anstetten and shares to children, Jan and Julia with her. With his late wife he shares another two children, Florian and Susanne. He was also married to Elisabeth, but divorces her after she has an affair with Johannes von Lahnstein. Since then, Arno has a feud with the Lahnstein family, which becomes even more tension, when Arno's niece Jana, who is married to Leonard von Lahnstein dies. Arno takes the blame on Leonard and Johannes' daughter Sarah Hofmann, because they betrayed Jana, when they had an affair.
David Brandner
(Sven Koller, 2008-2010)
Son of Matthias and Katja Brandner and brother to Lydia and Fabian. He lived in Australia until he reunites with his family, after he heard about the trouble in his family. He leaves again, after a failed relationship to Rebecca von Lahnstein.
Fabian Brandner
(Shai Hoffmann, 2008, 2009)
Fabian is the son of Matthias and Katja Brandner and the brother to Lydia and David. He first had a short affair with Lisa Brandner, before he dated Judith Hagendorf. But after she knew about his mother's one-night-stand with Sebastian von Lahnstein and didn't told him about, he broke up with her. Soon after, he leaves town and is now living in Australia.
Florian Brandner
(Frédéric A. Komp, 1995-1996, 1997, 1998; Alex Huber, 2002-2004)
He is the son of Arno Brandner and his late wife Iris. Florian almost got arrested in 1997, after he fled from his work in the German armed forces. But he got out of it, when he agreed to work for five years in Africa for a relief organization. At this time he left together with his girlfriend Bastiane von Dannenberg. When Florian returned in 2002, Bastiane and he broke up and Florian soon began a relationship with Jule Roth. But they broke up, when Jule decided to leave for a new life in Greece. After that Florian got closer with Jule's best friend Isabell Mohr and they became a couple. But Isabell got raped by Florian's old friend and was expecting his child. Florian first didn't know how to deal with it, but then he proposed Isabell and they got married. When Isabell gave birth to a little baby girl, Florian accepted her as his own. Isabell later forgave him an affair, before the happy couple moved to Milan, where Florian got a new job as photographer. In 2008, Arno mentioned that his son and Isabell are still happy together and still living in Milan.
Isabell Brandner
(Tanja Wenzel, 1999-2004)
Born as Isabell Mohr. She is the mother of Carolin Brandner, who is named after her sister, Carolin von Anstetten. Isabell had first a relationship with Mark Roloff, before she later married Florian Brandner. In 2003, Isabell got raped by Florian's old friend Sven and became pregnant with Carolin. However, Florian accepted the child as his own. In 2004, Florian became a generous job offer in Milan. First he refused, but Isabell wanted him to take the job and promised to follow him with Carolin. After Florian left town already, Isabell had a short affair with Leonard von Lahnstein, before she moved to Milan too. In 2008, Arno mentioned that Isabell and Florian are still together with Carolin and that the little family is still living in Milan.
Iris Brandner †
(Regina Nowack, 1995-1996)
Born as Iris Sander. Mother to Florian and Susanne Brandner and sister to Erika Sander. Was married to Arno Brandner. Iris separated from her husband, when she found out about his affair with Clarissa von Anstetten. After that she had a relationship with Jürgen May - with a tragic end, when Iris died because of a oviduct pregnancy.
Jan Brandner
(Andreas Brucker, 1995-1997; Hubertus Grimm, 2011-present)
He's the son of Arno Brandner and Clarissa von Anstetten. Jan has a twin-sister, Julia von Anstetten, he didn't know for twenty years. He eventually falls in love with her without knowing who she is. After the truth comes out, Julia and Jan try to forbid their love for each other several times. In 1997, Jan tries to forget about Julia and starts a new life with girlfriend Kerstin Richter in Paris.
Katja Brandner †
(Diana Frank, 2008-2009)
Mother to Lydia, David, Fabian and Christina Brandner. She was married to Matthias Brandner to her death. After a one-night-stand with Sebastian von Lahnstein, the paternity of her latest child, Christina, remains unsure.
Lisa Brandner
(Lilli Hollunder, 2005-2008)
Born as Lisa Hansen. She is the daughter of Silke Hansen (deceased) and Alex Wiegand. When Alex married later Susanne Brandner, she adopted Lisa. She is also the adoptive sister of Paul Brandner.
Lydia Brandner
(Theresa Underberg, 2008-2011)
For more information look under Lydia von Lahnstein.
Matthias Brandner
(Thomas Ohrner, 2008-2010, 2011-)
Cousin of Achim, Arno and Philipp Brandner. Husband of Katja Brandner and father of Lydia, David and Fabian. He begins working as a construction manager for Arno and marries Nathalie Käppler, after the death of his first wife Katja. Together with Nathalie they decide to start a new life in New Zealand.
Nathalie Brandner
(Jenny Winkler, 2004-2010)
She's the niece of Elke Käppler and cousin to Sarah von Lahnstein. She was once married to Ansgar von Lahnstein, before getting involved with Matthias Brandner. After an affair with Ansgar's cousin Constantin, she decides to marry Matthias anyway and the couple starts a new life in New Zealand.
Paul Brandner
(Tobias Schönenberg, 2005-2007)
Adoptive son of Susanne Brandner and adoptive brother to Lisa Brandner. Was the best friend of Constantin von Lahnstein. Had once a crush on Carla von Lahnstein, before he fall in love with his English teacher Anne Siebert. When Anne quit her job to be with Paul, they moved to France and were joined one year later by Susanne and Lisa.
Philipp Brandner
(Steve Hudson, 1999-2000, 2005)
Philipp is the troubled cousin of Achim, Arno and Matthias. When he comes to town in 1999, he begins to work for his cousin Arno and embezzles money. Later he tried to kill Steffi Sander and her boyfriend Max Jansen, but they survived. When Philipp was convinced for attempted murder, he could extricate from the guard and flee. Five years later, Philipp was seen in the bistro 'Schneider's', where begged guests for money, until a waiter throw him out.
Robin Brandner
(Nils Brunkhorst, 2002-2005)
Son of Achim and Vera Brandner (deceased). Brother of Jana von Lahnstein and half-brother of Nico von Lahnstein. Had relationships with Cécile de Maron (deceased) and Coco Faber and was a gamble addict, when he was with Cécile. Moved to San Luca after his relationship with Coco didn't worked out.
Susanne Brandner
(Claudia Scarpatetti, 1995-1997, 2005-2008)
Nicole Büchner
(Sotiria Loucopoulos, 1995-1996)
Daughter of Max Orbis and half-sister of Alex Wiegand. Became the best friend of Julia von Anstetten and had a relationship with her twin-brother Jan Brandner. She found happiness with Sebastian Schröder and the two left town together.

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Adrian Degenhardt
(Klaus Zmorek, 2007-2009)
Father of Leonard and Constantin von Lahnstein, who were both raised by his rivalry Johannes von Lahnstein, the husband of his late great love Francesca, who is the mother of his children. Adrian tries to destroy the Lahnstein family since he came to town. By now, his hate has gone so far, that he kidnapped the daughter of Carla von Lahnstein to get money, after Ansgar von Lahnstein ruined him. He also had an affair with Ansgar's great love Nathalie von Lahnstein, which he only used against his enemy.

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Coco Faber
(Mariangela Scelsi, 2004-2008)
Full name is Carola Faber. Ex-girlfriend of Robin Brandner and Christian Mann. Left town after she broke up with Christian. She currently lives in Goa, India and works there as disc jockey.
Roberto Fiorani
(Gojko Mitic, 1996, 1997)
Father of Gero and Kati von Sterneck. Was married to Barbara von Sterneck. Had an affair with Clarissa von Anstetten. Later engaged to Charlie Schneider, which he left on the altar.
Andi Fritzsche
(Dominic Saleh-Zaki, 2001-2007, 2009-present)
Brother of Daniel Fritzsche. Ex-boyfriend of Franziska von Beyenbach, Jana Brandner and Nico von Lahnstein. Former lover of Olivia Schneider. He left town in November 2007, when Olivia pretended to be pregnant and it turned out to be a lie.
Gina Fröhlich
(Regina Gisbertz, 1995-1997)
Half-sister of Markus Fröhlich. Had a relationship with Ramon Santos. Moved to London.

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Lisa Hansen
(Lilli Hollunder, 2005-2008)
For more information look under Lisa Brandner.
Sarah Hofmann
(Sina-Valeska Jung, 2006-2009)
For more information look under Sarah von Lahnstein.

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Sylvia Jones
(Heike Brentanto, 2002-2005, 2006)
Born as Sylvia Novak and also known as Sylvia von Beyenbach. Was married to Martin von Beyenbach (deceased) until she had an affair with his brother Bernd. She spend also several years in prison, is the mother of Marie von Anstetten and Felix von Beyenbach and the sister of Hanna Novak. Before she returned to Düsseldorf, she was married to Bradley Jones to his death. In Düsseldorf she then became romantically involved with attorney Lars Schneider. Sylvia later had an affair with her ex-husband Martin, before he divorced her second wife Beatrice and reunited with his ex-wife. But Martin soon died after that. However, Sylvia fell in love with Hagen Berg and left town with him, after Tanja von Anstetten threated both of their lives. Sylvia returned in 2006 to the wedding of her son Felix, were she told him, that she is still happy with Hagen and that she began a new life with him in Canada. She also has good contact to her daughter Marie, who lives in Los Angeles as well.

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Nathalie Käppler
(Jenny Winkler, 2004-2010)
For more information look under Nathalie Brandner.
Sarah Käppler
(Sina-Valeska Jung, 2006-2009)
For more information look under Sarah von Lahnstein.
Anna Konrad
(Alexandra Schalaudek, 1995-1997)
Daughter of Fritz and Hannelore Konrad. Had a relationship with Florian Brandner. Started an affair with her teacher Paul Schöner. Together they started a new life in Münster.

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Ansgar von Lahnstein
(Wolfram Grandezka, 2004-present)
Is the illegitimate son of Johannes von Lahnstein with his wife's sister Maria di Balbi. He has a son, Hannes with his second wife, Tanja von Anstetten. He was also married to Nathalie Käppler and had an adulterous affair with Lydia Brandner, his cousin's wife. Lydia later gave birth to their son Nick Brandner. Ansgar also has a daughter Kim Wolf from a one night stand with Viktoria Wolf. Both Ansgar and Kim are unaware of the connection.
Carla von Lahnstein
(Claudia Hiersche, 2003-2009)
Cécile von Lahnstein †
(Yvonne Burbach, 2001-2006)
For more information look under Cécile de Maron.
Constantin von Lahnstein
(Milan Marcus, 2004-2008, 2009, 2010-2011)
Son of Adrian Degenhardt and the late Francesca di Balbi. Was raised by her husband Johannes. Brother of Leonard and half-brother of Ansgar and Carla. His best friend was Paul Brandner until he left town with his great love Anne Siebert. Constantin had a relationship with Paul's adoptive sister Lisa Brandner and was in love with Judith Hagendorf, with whom he left to study in London for a while. After his return he had an affair with Nathalie Käppler. But she ended things to marry her boyfriend Matthias Brandner.
Elisabeth von Lahnstein
(Martina Servatius, 1999-present)
Sister of Irene Cornelius. Mother of Nina Ryan and granddaughter of Lara Cornelius. Was married to Nina's father to his death. Married and later divorced Arno Brandner. Had adulterous affairs with Luke Esser and Johannes von Lahnstein. She then was married to Johannes to his death. Currently married to Johannes' half-brother Ludwig von Lahnstein.
Hannes von Lahnstein
(Daniel and Simon Kühn, 2006-2008; Jonas Enderer, 2008-present)
Also known as Hannes von Anstetten. He is the son of Tanja von Anstetten and Ansgar von Lahnstein and was the temporary main heir to the Lahnstein fortune, thanks to a faked will of his grandfather Johannes by his father. His aunt Carla became his legal guardian after Tanja and Ansgar lost custody of him. He is raised together with his cousin Sophia for a while, before going back to his parents when they get married in summer 2008.
Helena von Lahnstein
(Renée Weibel, 2009-present)
Is the daughter of Ludwig von Lahnstein, the twin-sister of Tristan and sister to Hagen, Sebastian and Rebecca. She is also the cousin of Carla and Ansgar von Lahnstein, Sarah Hofmann and Nico von Lahnstein. Her uncle is the late Johannes von Lahnstein. Helena studies archeology at the University of Heidelberg.
Jana von Lahnstein †
(Friederike Sipp, 2002-2005; Vanessa Jung, 2005-2008)
Johannes von Lahnstein †
(Thomas Gumpert, 2003-2008)
Leonard von Lahnstein
(Lars Korten, 2004-2009)
Also known as Dr. Leonard von Lahnstein. He is the son of Francesca von Lahnstein and her former lover Adrian Degenhardt, but is raised by Johannes von Lahnstein. When Leonard comes to town, he falls in love with an attractive young woman the first time he lays eyes on her. He is shocked when he finds out that this woman is his new stepmother Cécile de Maron. The two have an affair together, before Johannes finds out and divorces Cécile. Later Leonard and Cécile are expecting a child and get married. But days after their wedding, Cécile and their unborn child die after a terrible car accident. Leonard then finds new love in Sarah Hofmann, who turns out to be Johannes' daughter. Not knowing that he isn't Johannes' biological son, he moves on and marries Jana Brandner, a good friend of Sarah's. But the truth about Adrian being Leonard's real father comes out eventually and Leonard sleeps with Sarah. Jana later dies after being in a car accident with her rival Sarah; uniting Leonard and Sarah on her deathbed. Sarah needs some time before getting into a relationship with Leonard. The two get married in fall 2008. Leonard moves to Boston with his new wife in the following year.
Ludwig von Lahnstein
(Krystian Martinek, 2009-present)
Is the supposedly dead brother of the late Johannes von Lahnstein. He's also the father of Hagen, Sebastian, Helena, Tristan and Rebecca von Lahnstein. He has three nieces, Carla von Lahnstein, Nico von Lahnstein and Sarah Hofmann, as well as one nephew, Ansgar von Lahnstein. One of his best friends was his brother's rival Adrian Degenhardt, who became their surrogate father after Ludwig was believed to be dead.
Lydia von Lahnstein
(Theresa Underberg, 2008-2011)
Born as Lydia Brandner, she's the daughter to Matthias and Katja Brandner and sister to David, Fabian and Christina. Lydia marries Sebastian von Lahnstein in spite of him having a daughter with Katja. She later has an adulterous affair with Sebastian's cousin Ansgar; leading them to separate. Lydia divorces Sebastian and even gets engaged to Ansgar; expecting his child. But the two eventually break up over Ansgar's schemes and Lydia leaves him and Düsseldorf, moving to her father and his wife Nathalie to Auckland in New Zealand. Off-screen she gives birth to son Nick Brandner in July 2011.
Nathalie von Lahnstein
(Jenny Winkler, 2004-2010)
For more information look under Nathalie Brandner.
Nico von Lahnstein
(Verena Zimmermann, 2002-2007, 2008, 2010-present)
Rebecca von Lahnstein
(Jasmin Lord, 2008-present)
She is the daughter of Ludwig von Lahnstein and the younger sister of Hagen, Sebastian, Helena, and Tristan. She comes to Düsseldorf to visit Sebastian and soon becomes interested in coffee lounge owner Gregor Mann. After the romance doesn't last and Rebecca seems to have problems finding the right man, she finds herself surprisingly attracted to waitress Miriam Pesch.
Sarah von Lahnstein
(Sina-Valeska Jung, 2006-2009)
Born as Sarah Käppler and well known as Sarah Hofmann. She is the illegitimate daughter of Johannes von Lahnstein as a result of a one-night-stand with his maid Elke Käppler. Sarah was married to Gregor Mann and is currently married to Leonard von Lahnstein. While married to Gregor, she got pregnant, but lost the child in a car accident. She also was a drug addicted, after she blames herself with the death of Leonard's second wife Jana. Sarah marries Leonard in 2008, after getting divorced from Gregor. In the following year, the couple moves to Boston.
Sebastian von Lahnstein
(Joscha Kiefer, 2007-2009; Sebastian Schlemmer, 2009-present)
He's the son of Ludwig von Lahnstein and his late wife Madeline. Sebastian is also the brother to Hagen, Helena, Tristan and Rebecca von Lahnstein. After dating Lydia Brandner, he has a one-night-stand with her mother Katja, which results in his daughter Christina, who's raised by Lydia's father Matthias. He later marries Lydia in spite of all, only to see his marriage fall apart one year later, when Lydia has an adulterous affair with Sebastian's cousin Ansgar von Lahnstein. Currently, Lydia is expecting either Sebastian or Ansgar's child.
Tanja von Lahnstein
(Miriam Lahnstein, 1995-1998, 2001, 2004-present)
Born as Tanja Wittkamp and well known as Tanja von Anstetten. Is the daughter of Annegret Wittkamp and the sister of Meike Breuer. Tanja has a son, Hannes, with her former fiancé Ansgar von Lahnstein. She was married to Ben von Anstetten to his death. Soon later, she married his son Rajan Rai to get the money that Ben left for him. However, as soon as they were married, Tanja killed Rajan. She is also the murderer of Tim Sander, Cleo Winter and her former boss Donald Rush. Tanja had a long-time rivalry with Clarissa von Anstetten. Currently Tanja has Charlie Schneider and Ansgar's great love Nathalie von Lahnstein as enemies. In the moment, Tanja got Nathalie behind bars for attempted murder, because she wants to marry Ansgar to become access to the Lahnstein fortune.
Tristan von Lahnstein
(Jens Hartwig, 2009-present)
Is the son of Ludwig von Lahnstein, the twin-brother of Helena and sister to Hagen, Sebastian and Rebecca. He is also the cousin of Carla and Ansgar von Lahnstein, Sarah Hofmann and Nico von Lahnstein. His uncle is the late Johannes von Lahnstein.
Jackie Lamers
(Aline Hochscheid, 1995-1999, 2005)
Best friend of Katie von Sterneck. Had a relationship with Dennis Krüger. Found happiness with priest Patrick Brockmann and moved with him to New York.
Frank Levinsky
(Christian Wunderlich, 1995-1999)
Brother of Sophie Levinsky. Was flirting with Barbie Marx and had an affair with Cleo Winter. He later solved the murder of his best friend Ramon Santos, before traveling around the world.
Sophie Levinsky
(Meike Gottschalk, 1995-1997, 2005)
Sister of Frank Levinsky. Had a one-night-stand with Jan Brandner. Was in relationships with Henning von Anstetten, Gero von Sterneck and Markus Fröhlich. Found happiness with Daniel Aminati and moved with him to Los Angeles.

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Christian Mann
(Thore Schölermann, 2006-present)
Gregor Mann
(Andreas Jancke, 2005-2010)
Stella Mann
(Anne Wis, 2008-2009, 2010)
Is the cousin of Christian and Gregor Mann. She works for the Lahnstein family as caretaker of Castle Königsbrunn.
Cécile de Maron †
(Yvonne Burbach, 2001-2006)
Also known as Cécile von Lahnstein. Cécile suffered multiple sclerosis and was engaged to Henning von Anstetten, before she had a relationship with Robin Brandner. In 2004, she married Johannes von Lahnstein, but soon after the wedding she fell in love with his returned son Leonard. They had a passionate affair, until Johannes found out and divorced Cécile. After that she tried to reunite Johannes and Leonard, but failed. In 2006, she married Leonard and was expecting their first child, when Cécile died after a car accident in Leonard's arms. Shortly before, their son Julius died at birth. After Leonard lost wife and kid, Johannes and he reunited on Cécile's grave.
Julia Mendes
(Valerie Niehaus, 1995-1997; Nina Bott, 2011-present)
Born as Julia Prozeski, formerly von Anstetten and Sander. Daughter to Arno Brandner and Clarissa von Anstetten, but legally adopted by Christoph von Anstetten. She has a twin brother, Jan Brandner, and two half siblings, Susanne and Florian Brandner. Her great love became her own brother Jan, because she didn't know about him and their parents kept it a secret, after they were born and raised separated. Julia thought for years that Christoph was her biological father. With the forbidden love to her brother, Julia married later Tim Sander. The marriage was short-lived, but Julia ended up pregnant, giving birth to a boy with the name Timo. Shortly after Julia found happiness with Ricardo Mendes and married him, even though she never forgot about Jan.
Timo Mendes
(Remo Schulze, 2011-present)
Timo is the son of Julia von Anstetten from her short marriage to Tim Sander. He grows up believing that Julia's present husband Ricardo Mendes is his father. As Timo realizes how little he knows about his mother's family and past, he starts asking difficult questions.
Ricardo Mendes
(Daniel Sellier, 2011-present)
He is a successful doctor and married to Julia von Anstetten. He adopted her son Timo from her previous marriage and decided together with Julia not to tell Timo about his biological father.
Carolin Mohr
(Jutta Fastian, 1998-2001, 2005)
For more information look under Carolin von Anstetten.
Isabell Mohr
(Tanja Wenzel, 1999-2004)
For more information look under Isabell Brandner.

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Sylvia Novak
(Heike Brentano, 2002-2005, 2006)
For more information look under Sylvia Jones.
Hanna Novak †
(Katharina Dalichau, 2002-2004)
Was the younger sister of Sylvia Jones and aunt to Marie von Anstetten and Felix von Beyenbach. After she had a relationship with the attorney Lars Schneider, Hanna fell in love with the lesbian Carla von Lahnstein. She became Carla's great love. After a fall down the stairs, she soon recovered, but had a dream that she would die. Carla took her a last time to the sea, where Hanna died in Carla's arms, suffered from a stroke.

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Clara Prozeski
(Isa Jank, 1995-2001)
For more information look under Clarissa von Anstetten.
Julia Prozeski
(Valerie Niehaus, 1995-1997; Nina Bott, 2011-present)
For more information look under Julia Mendes.
Ulli Prozeski
(Andreas Stenschke, 1997-2001, 2005)
After two years on the show, character came out as gay after falling in love with housemate Dr. Tom Seifert, played by Kay Böger. After several months, Ulli took a job in Munich, which broke up their affair. He returned six months later in an attempt to rekindle the romance, but Seifert was now living with boyfriend Oliver Sabel, played by Jo Weil. On the 10th anniversary of Verbotene Liebe, which took a look at where the characters had evolved, Ulli and Tom were now back together.

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Oliver Sabel
(Jo Weil, 1999-2002, 2007-present)
Is the nephew to Charlie Schneider and Lars Schneider as well as the cousin to Olivia Schneider. His mother is Henriette Sabel. Oliver is bisexual and had a very passionate relationship with the doctor Tom Seiffert. After they broke up, Oliver cruised around the world as a seaman. He returned five years after he left and soon begins to fall for Christian Mann. But Christian isn't into men and is in a relationship with Coco Faber. Things turn around, however, and after Christian and Oliver share a kiss it's never again like before. After Christian needed his time dealing with his feelings for Oliver, the two become a couple.
Erika Sander
(Raphaela Dell, 1996, 1997-2000, 2005)
Sister of Iris and Tim Sander. Mother of Steffi and Milli Sander. Aunt to Susanne and Florian Brandner and to Timo Mendes. Was engaged to her late sister's husband Arno Brandner before starting an affair with Nina Ryan. Takes a job in London, before reuniting with Nina and moving to Greece.
Iris Sander †
(Regina Nowack, 1995-1996)
For more information look under Iris Brandner.
Julia Sander
(Valerie Niehaus, 1995-1997; Nina Bott, 2011-present)
For more information look under Julia Mendes.
Tim Sander †
(Roland Pfaus, 1996-1998)
Brother of Iris and Erika Sander. Father of Timo Mendes. Uncle to Susanne and Florian Brandner and Steffi and Milli Sander. Was married to Julia von Anstetten, who's also the mother of his only child. Had an affair with Tanja von Anstetten and was engaged to Cleo Winter to her death. Was murdered by Tanja in 2001.
Ramon Santos †
(Mirco Wallraf, 1995-1998)
Son of Maria Santos and brother of Gabriella Santos. Was HIV-positive and the best friend of Frank Levinsky. Had relationships with Gina Fröhlich and Cleo Winter. He got murdered in a fight over a precious statue.
Charlie Schneider
(Gabriele Metzger, 1995-present)
Sister of Henriette, Lars and Thomas Schneider. Aunt to Olivia and Oliver Sabel. Best friend of Clarissa von Anstetten. Friends with Arno Brandner and Elisabeth von Lahnstein. Enemy of Tanja von Lahnstein. Had a one-night-stand with Ludwig von Lahnstein when she was a teenager. Was once engaged to Roberto Fiorani, Peter Kaufmann and Bernd von Beyenbach. She was also romantically linked to Lukas Roloff, Johannes von Lahnstein, Sascha Göbel and Stella Mann. In 2010 she reunited with Ludwig in another one-night-stand.
Lars Schneider
(Herbert Ulrich, 2002-2005, 2006-2008)
Brother to Henriette, Thomas and Charlie Schneider. Uncle to Olivia and Oliver Sabel. He has a daughter, Sophia von Lahnstein, with Carla von Lahnstein via sperm donation. He is a successful lawyer and had relationships to Sylvia Jones, her late sister Hanna Novak and to Nathalie von Lahnstein. After his first departure in 2005, he worked in Hamburg until returned in 2006. When he left again in 2008, Lars took a job offer in Munich.
Olivia Schneider
(Kristina Dörfer, 2006-2009)
Barbara von Sterneck
(Isabelle Carlson, 1995; Manuela Alphons, 1995-1999)
For more information look under Barbara von Anstetten.
Jessica Stiehl
(Jana Julie Kilka, 2010-present)
The scheming niece of Justus Stiehl. Pretended that Andi Fritzsche raped him in order to break up his relationship with Helena von Lahnstein. Former fiancé of Tristan von Lahnstein. Had a threesome with a drunk Andi and Christian Mann. She also had a short affair with Ansgar von Lahnstein, while working for him as a spy. Is currently the personal assistant, shared with Kim Wolf, of Tanja von Lahnstein.

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(Luke J. Wilkins, 1999-2001)

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Luise von Waldensteyck
(Mascha Müller, 2009-2010)
Distance relative of the Lahnstein family. Daughter of the deceased Wilhelm von Waldensteyck. Former fiancé of Eduard von Tepp. Currently married to Gregor Mann.
Alexander Wiegand
(Frank Behnke, 1995-1996, 2006, 2007)
Alex is the father of Lisa Brandner and was married to Susanne Brandner until she divorced him. He is also the son of Max Orbis and half-brother of Nicole Büchner. Alex was diagnosed with Schizophrenia in 1996, after he took Sophie Levinsky hostage. In 2006, when Alex returned to Susanne's wedding with Carla von Lahnstein he fliped out again and shot Susanne's father Arno, after he took several guests hostage. In early 2007, Alex fled out of the psychiatry and kidnapped his daughter Lisa. But Lars can rescue her and Alex was arrested.
Cleo Winter †
(Dinah Alice Schilffarth, 1996-1998)
Born as Gisela Köster. Former prostitute, who wanted to start a new life. Had relationships with Ramon Santos and Tim Sander. Was murdered by Tanja von Anstetten.
Tanja Wittkamp
(Miriam Lahnstein, 1995-1998, 2001, 2004-present)
For more information look under Tanja von Lahnstein.

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