Sandra Maischberger

She grew up in middle-class circumstances in Frascati near Rome and in Garching near Munich. As a child, Maischberger attended school in Italy for five years, so her first language is Italian. After her return to Germany, she attended high school in Garching near Munich until 1985. In addition to her talk on n-tv, the presenter started a new talk show "People at Maischberger" on September 2, 2003, which is broadcast on Tuesday evenings on ARD. The resigned TV presenter Alfred Biolek acted as producer, and Maischberger's talk was now placed on his former ARD slot ("Boulevard Bio"). On n-tv, Maischberger was spared from the station's program cancellations, which took place in November 2003 for financial reasons. On the occasion of the 200th birthday of the Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen in 2005, Maischberger was appointed fairy tale ambassador, as which she promoted the ABC Foundation's fight against illiteracy. In October 2004, Sandra Maischberger published "You have to know them - people make history", a reference work for children with over 250 of the most important scientists, artists and politicians from antiquity to the present.

On March 21, 2005, Maischberger celebrated her 1,000th birthday. Broadcast on n-tv. For the anniversary, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder was a guest at "Maischberger". In 2007 she settled in Berlin. In 2008 she was awarded the Golden Camera in the "Best Information" category. In addition to numerous TV documentaries, she presented the program "Helmut Schmidt and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - A Male Friendship" in 2013. In the same year she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon. On January 13, 2016, her talk show was renamed just "Maischberger". She was also awarded the "Romy" media prize in the information category in 2016.