Jessica Boehrs is a German actress and singer best known as the lead vocalist of the Eurodance duo Novaspace, with whom she scored multiple top-10 hits across Europe between 2002 and 2006.
She also gained international recognition for her role as Mieke in the 2004 Hollywood comedy EuroTrip, appearing alongside an ensemble cast in a film that reached audiences far beyond her home country.
Who is Jessica Boehrs?
Jessica Boehrs is a German actress and singer who built a career spanning both pop music and television drama over three decades.
She started in entertainment as a teenager, appearing in German TV films in the mid-1990s before launching her music career in 1996.
Her work with Novaspace brought her the widest audience of her career, with dance covers of classic 1980s songs reaching the top 10 in Germany, Austria, and Australia.
Beyond music, Boehrs maintained an active television presence throughout the 2000s and 2010s.
She took on recurring roles in several German soap operas and series, most notably playing Andrea Herbst across seven episodes of Kreuzfahrt ins Glück between 2010 and 2014.
Over a hundred episodes of Storm of Love in 2008 added to her television body of work. Boehrs divides her time between Munich and Potsdam.
Early Life of Jessica Boehrs
Jessica Boehrs was born on March 5, 1980, in Magdeburg, East Germany, in the years before German reunification.
Growing up in Magdeburg, she developed an early interest in performance. Her parents raised her in a city that would later become part of unified Germany, and she entered the entertainment industry while still in her early teens.
Little is publicly known about her parents or siblings, as she has kept those details private throughout her career.
Her first screen credit came in 1995 with a small role in the TV film Die Kreuzfahrt, playing the character Katja.
That debut opened doors to further roles in German television, and she continued acting through the late 1990s while also pursuing music.
By 1996, she had already started performing with her first band, JessVaness.
Jessica Boehrs Age / Birthday
Jessica Boehrs is 46 years old as of 2026, born on March 5, 1980. Her zodiac sign is Pisces, a sign often associated with creativity and artistic sensitivity.
She has remained active in film and television well into her forties.
Jessica Boehrs Ethnicity and Nationality
Jessica Boehrs is German by nationality, born in the former East Germany. Her ethnic background is German.
Her upbringing in Magdeburg, a city in the Saxony-Anhalt region, shaped her early cultural environment.
Jessica Boehrs Height and Weight
Jessica Boehrs stands at 5 feet 7 inches, or 1.70 meters tall, according to her IMDb profile.
Her weight is not publicly confirmed. She has a notably slim and poised physical presence, consistent with her on-screen appearances across film and television.
She also has a distinctive tattoo on her left shoulder blade, which has been noted in her public profile.
Jessica Boehrs Career
Jessica Boehrs built her career across two parallel tracks: acting in German television and performing as a vocalist in the European dance music scene.
Both tracks ran simultaneously for much of the early 2000s, giving her a wider public profile than most entertainers working in either field alone.
Her acting work spans TV films, soap operas, long-running drama series, and a Hollywood feature film.
Her music career produced chart hits across multiple European countries and three studio albums with Novaspace.
Early Career (1995–2001)
Boehrs made her acting debut in 1995 in the TV film Die Kreuzfahrt, playing a small role as Katja.
She then appeared in Julia – Kämpfe für deine Träume! in 1998 as Melanie Knaupp, followed by roles in Unschuldige Biester and Die Rote Meile in 1999.
In 2000, she took a guest role in SOKO 5113 as Lena Ries. By 2002, she had added roles in Marienhof as Melanie Neuhaus and in Der Bulle von Tölz.
These early credits built her reputation across German primetime television as a reliable supporting actress.
On the music side, she started with JessVaness in 1996. The band released one single, “Bla Bla Bla,” on ZYX Music in 1997, but it did not chart commercially.
She then spent time as a background singer, contributing vocals to tracks by the boy band Caught in the Act and the hip-hop trio Tic Tac Toe, including the chorus of the song “Laura.”
Novaspace Breakthrough (2002–2006)
The most significant chapter of Boehrs’ music career began in 2002. She met Stuttgart-based dance producer Felix Gauder, and together they formed the Berlin-based Eurodance project Novaspace.
Their debut single, a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s 1984 classic “Time After Time,” reached number 6 on the German singles chart and charted in Austria, the Netherlands, Australia, and the UK.
The video received MTV airplay, widening the project’s reach considerably.
Novaspace followed up with “Guardian Angel,” which peaked at number 9 in Germany and number 11 in Austria.
By 2003, the duo had released their debut album Supernova, which reached number 28 on the German album chart.
Their second album, Cubes, arrived in 2004 and peaked at number 27 in Germany and number 24 in Austria.
The single “Beds Are Burning,” a cover of the Midnight Oil track, became one of the project’s biggest chart entries.
Over her time with Novaspace, Boehrs scored five international top-10 hits. She left Novaspace in 2006, with the project later continuing under a different vocalist.
Acting Career and Later Work (2004–Present)
While still with Novaspace, Boehrs crossed into American cinema in 2004.
She played Mieke in the Hollywood sex comedy EuroTrip, the European pen pal who becomes the object of the main character’s vacation quest. The role introduced her to audiences outside Germany.
In 2005, she appeared in the documentary Peace, Love & Bikinis as herself. The following year proved especially busy for her acting career.
In 2006, she took on multiple roles: Lacy in the thriller They Know, Biggi in Die Familienanwältin, Marian Simmons in Rosamunde Pilcher, and Isabella Hofer across 21 episodes of Eine Liebe am Gardasee (A Love on Lake Garda).
Between 2006 and 2007, she played Nina Waldgruber in 44 episodes of Schloss Einstein on the children’s channel KiKa.
From March to October 2008, Boehrs played Jana Schneider in over 100 episodes of Sturm der Liebe (Storm of Love), one of Germany’s most-watched daily soaps on Das Erste.
That same year she also appeared in Im Tal der wilden Rosen and the TV film Ein Ferienhaus auf Ibiza.
In 2010, she began appearing in Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (Cruise to Happiness), a ZDF travel romance anthology series, playing recurring characters Andrea Herbst and Manuela Müller across seven episodes through 2014.
Later, she attended the Bernard Hiller International Masterclass from 2009 to 2012, continuing her formal acting training.
She continued taking roles into the late 2010s. In 2018, she appeared in SOKO Stuttgart and the feature film Phantomschmerz. In 2019, she took a role in the MDR series Familie Dr. Kleist.
Jessica Boehrs Discography
Novaspace Albums
| Year | Album | Chart Position (GER) |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Supernova | 28 |
| 2004 | Cubes | 27 |
| 2006 | DJ Edition | 68 |
Selected Singles
| Year | Single | Peak (GER) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | “Bla Bla Bla” (JessVaness) | — |
| 2002 | “Time After Time” | 6 |
| 2002 | “Guardian Angel” | 9 |
| 2003 | “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes” | — |
| 2004 | “Beds Are Burning” | Top 10 |
| 2006 | “All Through the Night” | 50 |
Jessica Boehrs Ex-Husband Marcus Grüsser
Jessica Boehrs married German actor Marcus Grüsser in July 2010. The two met on the set of Eine Liebe am Gardasee in 2006, where they both had roles in the series.
Grüsser is known for his role as Max Strehle in the TV series Wildbach. The couple had a private wedding ceremony in Munich attended by close friends and family.
After five years together, the marriage ended in divorce in March 2015. Boehrs has not publicly confirmed a new relationship since the divorce.
Jessica Boehrs Son
Jessica Boehrs became a mother in September 2015, several months after her divorce from Marcus Grüsser.
She has one son, born that September. The child’s name has not been publicly confirmed by Boehrs.
She has kept details of her son’s life largely private since his birth.
Jessica Boehrs Net Worth
Jessica Boehrs’ estimated net worth is $4 million as of 2026. Her income comes from a combination of her acting career in German television and film, and her earnings during her years as the lead vocalist of Novaspace.
Her music career with Novaspace, which ran from 2002 to 2006, produced three studio albums and multiple chart-topping singles across Germany, Austria, and other European markets.
Alongside those releases, her role in the 2004 Hollywood production EuroTrip added to her profile and earnings.
Her television work has been a consistent income stream over a 30-year career, with long-running stints in shows like Storm of Love and Kreuzfahrt ins Glück.
Guest roles in productions on ZDF, ARD, and Sat.1 have kept her active across Germany’s main broadcasting networks.
Jessica Boehrs Social Media
Boehrs maintains an online presence, though her verified social media accounts are not widely publicized.
Her IMDb page remains the most complete public record of her acting credits.
Her professional profile is also listed on crew-united.com, a German-language actor and crew directory, where her filmography through 2019 is documented.
Conclusion
Jessica Boehrs built a dual career in German television and European dance music that few entertainers manage to sustain across three decades.
Her chart success with Novaspace in the early 2000s and her role in EuroTrip gave her international visibility, while her continued work in German TV productions has kept her a consistent presence on screen.