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Michaela Schaffrath

German television actress and former pornographic actress

Axel Schaffrath

(m. 1990; div. 2005)

Michael Wanhoff

(m. 2009; sep. 2013)

Websitemichaela-schaffrath.de

Michaela Schaffrath (née Jänke; born 6 December 1970) is a German television actress and former pornographic actress.

A former nurse, she got started in the adult film industry after she posed nude for Coupé, a German adult magazine.^[1] She gained international notoriety during her career as a pornographic actress under the stage name Gina Wild.^[1] She won two Venus Awards, for Best New Starlet in 1999 and Best German Actress in 2000.^[1]^[2]

In 2001, Schaffrath retired from pornography and moved into mainstream acting,^[3] and has since appeared in numerous German television series, such as TV total, In aller Freundschaft, and Wer wird Millionär?.^[4] After being recognized by a fan, she admitted in 2003 that she was working in a Frankfurt brothel, but stated it was because she was addicted to sex, rather than to make money.^[3] In 2005, she put the rights to her stage name and the brand 'Gina Wild' up for sale, in an attempt to shed her porn star past.^[1]

She is managed by her former husband, and as of 2009, lived in both Frankfurt and Hamburg.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Rhett Pardon (5 September 2005). "Porn Star Gina Wild Selling Her Stage Name". XBiz.com. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
^ "Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner des "Venus Award 2000"". 14 November 2000. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
^ ^a ^b Rhett Pardon (21 July 2003). "Germany's most famous ex-porn star Gina Wild is addicted to sex". AINews.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Michaela Schaffrath". IMDB.com. Retrieved 2 November 2008.