- Was already a opera singer at the age of 13.
- Her song "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" (1974, lit. engl.: "You forgot the color film") was one of the biggest hits in the German Democratic Republic.
- Her song "Schön ist die Welt," a cover of Zarah Leander's "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt," became the official song of Expo 2000 in Hanover.
- Her album "Nina Hagen in Ekstasy" featured a hardcore punk version of Frank Sinatra's "My Way".
- Her fashion was, among others, designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier.
- Daughter of Eva-Maria Hagen and Hans Oliva.
- Mother of actress Cosma Shiva Hagen. Her father was the Dutch guitarist Ferdi Karmelk, who died in 1988.
- Her son Otis Hagen Chevalier, with Franck Chevallier, was born in 1990.
- Member of Reinhard Lakomy's vocal group "Reinhard Lakomy Chor" (1972).
- Member of "Fritzens Dampfer-Band" together with Achim Mentzel (1975).
- Her infamous appearance on Club 2 (1976), where she talked very clearly about female sexuality, became legendary (1979).
- Dated Herman Brood.
- Collaborated with many artists such as Sulpa, Thomas D, Meret Becker, Oomph!, Max Raabe, AnNa Err and Peter Plate of Rosenstolz.
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