Désirée Nick

Désirée Gerda Saskia Pamela Amneris Aida Nick (born 30 September 1956 in West-Berlin) is a German reality television personality, actress, dancer, and author. Born in Berlin, Nick studied ballet at Berliner Tanzakademie. She became a member of the ensemble of Deutsche Oper Berlin and later of Bavarian State Opera in Munich. Between 1982 and 1985 she lived in Munich and studied Roman Catholic theology. She then worked as a teacher for a few years.

In the 1990s, Nick worked as an actress. Her first film role was in Neurosia (1995) by Rosa von Praunheim. In 2000 she wrote her autobiography, Bestseller einer Diva – Seit Jahren vergriffen. In 2004, Nick had a legal issue with actress Anouschka Renzi. That same year, Nick became popular in Germany, when she won the TV show Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

Since 2005, Nick wrote several books. In one of them, Eva go home, she faced the controversial claims on her motherhood and family, published by former TV presenter Eva Herman.

Nick was in a relationship with Prince Heinrich Julius of Hanover for seventeen years; they have one son together, Oscar Nick (29 September 1996 in Berlin). In 2017 he became a British citizen, his name is Oscar Julius Henry Hanover.In the 2020 film Enfant Terrible about the life of filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, directed by Oskar Roehler, Nick plays the role of Barbara Valentin.