In 2004, she became known for her role in Jargo, 2005 to a broad public through her participation in the police procedural television series "Tatort". For her performance in the series, she received the New Faces Award by Bunte in 2009. In addition, she was honored in 2010 at the film festival Max Ophüls Award for the film "Schwerkraft" as best young actress. Internationally she appeared as the role of Magdalena Kopp in Olivier Assayas biopic "Carlos", which was celebrated in at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and was awarded a Golden Globe in 2011. In 2011 she appeared in a short film as a testimonial for the Austrian beverage bottler . In 2012, she starred in the international TV adaptation of Ken Follett's novel "World Without End", and in 2015 in Austrian TV series Altes Geld. In 2016, she starred in Olivier Assayas "Personal Shopper" with Kristen Stewart and Lars Eidinger which won Best Director award for Assayas in Cannes Film Festival.