- Born
- March 24, 1960 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
- Also known as
- Nena Kerner, Gabriele Susanne Kerner
- Titles
- 6 titles
Biography
Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known by her stage name Nena is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons", re-recorded in English as "99 Red Balloons". "Nena" was also the name of the band with whom she released the song. With the re-recording and subsequent release of some of her old songs, her career re-emerged in 2002. In 2007, she co-founded the school "Neue Schule Hamburg".
