Isa Andersen (real name Isa Jank) is a German actress best known for her role as

Clarissa von Anstetten Clarissa von Anstetten (née Prozeski and formerly Kaufmann) is a fictional character on German soap opera '' Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)'', portrayed by actress Isa Jank from 1995 to 2001, and again from 2011 to 2013. She reprised the role i ...

in the German soap opera ''

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(Forbidden Love)''. Jank began her acting career in Hollywood in the 80s, acting alongside

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in ''

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'' and performing other roles in '' Night Angel'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 1992, she accepted a role in the German legal drama ''

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(Darling Kreuzberg).'' In 1994, Jank joined the cast of the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe''. She acted as Clarissa von Anstetten for almost three years, before being temporarily written out in a kidnapping storyline which went on for almost six months. Jank returned to the show and stayed another two years. She left the show permanently in the summer of 2001 in a high-profile exit storyline involving a final battle with her archenemy, Tanja von Anstetten, played by

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. Jank's character, Clarissa von Anstetten, was presumed dead after a plane crash. Jank returned to television in October of 2005, in the role of the

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telenovela ''

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''. Jank stayed with the telenovela for three years until Annabelle died on-screen in November of 2008, shortly before the show ended. In early 2011,

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announced Jank's return as Clarissa von Anstetten. She first reappeared in June of 2011, and was part of a six-month special that was filmed on the Spanish island of

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before joining her colleagues in

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. Jank stayed for another year and was then written off the show, with her last appearance on 20th of March, 2013. In 2016, Isa Jank became a housemate in the fourth season of Promi Big Brother.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jank, Isa Living people German film actresses 1952 births German soap opera actresses Actresses from Brandenburg