Meret Becker (German:[ˈmɛʁɛtˈbɛkɐ]ⓘ; born 15 January 1969) is a German actress and singer.
Life and career
Meret Becker was born in
Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and
Rolf Becker. She was raised in Berlin by her mother with her stepfather
Otto Sander along with her brother
Ben Becker. She is the granddaughter of comedian Claire Schlichting and the niece of the acrobat and comedian
Jonny Buchardt.
In 1996, she married
Alexander Hacke, a member of the band
Einstürzende Neubauten, who contributed songs to Becker's albums, including Noctambule. They separated in 2000 and divorced two years later. Becker was a guest musician on Einstürzende Neubauten's album Ende Neu, singing Stella Maris in a duet with
Blixa Bargeld.
Meret has since recorded two studio albums, Nachtmahr, which featured
Robert Rutman playing his giant
sheetmetal instruments on several tracks, and Fragiles. Just like the first album, both of them contain songs, poetry and short stories, played with unusual instruments and avant-garde arrangements. In 1993, she appeared as the female singer in the
U2 video for "
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)". In 2005, she was a supporting actress in the film Munich, directed by
Steven Spielberg[2].