Désirée Nosbusch Explained

Désirée Nosbusch
Birth Date:14 January 1965
Birth Place:Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Other Names:Désirée Becker
Occupation:Actress, singer and television presenter
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    Children:2

    Désirée Nosbusch (born 14 January 1965) also known as Désirée Becker, is a Luxembourgish actress and television presenter. She was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1984.

    Early and personal life

    Nosbusch was born in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg to a Luxembourgish father and an Italian mother. She speaks Luxembourgish, German, French, English, Italian and Spanish.

    From 1991 to 2002, Nosbusch was married with Harald Kloser, with whom she had two children. She was later married to Mehmet Kurtuluş. She has been married to Tom Alexander Bierbaumer since 2018.[1]

    Career

    Nosbusch has acted in both French-language and German-language films and television productions since her mid-teens. She was a member of the youth drama group of the Lycée Hubert Clément of Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg).

    At twelve years old, she started working at Radio Luxemburg, and then did a show with Anke Engelke on ARD. At 16, she held the leading role of the German film After Midnight.

    She appeared in some Italian-language TV miniseries. She presented the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg, and hosted a kids' version of the game show Ruck Zuck called "Kinder Ruck Zuck".

    Nosbusch is also a singer. In 1984, she recorded a duet with Austrian singer Falco, "Kann es Liebe sein?".

    In 2001, she directed her first short film, Ice Cream Sundae.[2] In 2014, she directed the film Succès Fox about the actor Fernand Fox.

    In 2021, she launched the production of the feature film Poison, an adaptation of Lot Vekemans' play, starring Tim Roth and Trine Dyrholm.[3]

    In 2024, Nosbusch was one of the hosts of the Luxembourg Song Contest, the national final to select Luxembourg's first Eurovision Song Contest entry after an absence of 31 years. She was also the spokesperson for the Luxembourgish national jury in the Grand Final.[4]

    Publications

    Selected filmography

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Désirée Nosbusch . 2023-04-05 . gala.de . de.
    2. Web site: Désirée Nosbusch prepares Poison, her first fiction feature film as director . 2023-04-05 . . en.
    3. Web site: Tim Roth and Trine Dyrholm to lead the cast of Désirée Nosbusch’s debut Poison . 2023-04-05 . . en.
    4. Web site: Spielmann . Jeff . Schmit . Sandy . 22 April 2024 . Désirée Nosbusch announces points, Sarah Tapp and Meredith Moss to comment English livestream . 22 April 2024 . RTL Today.