Isa Andersen (actual name Isa Jank) is a German actress. She is best
known for her role as Clarissa von Anstetten on Verbotene Liebe
(Forbidden Love).Isa started her career in Hollywood in the middle of
the 1980s. She played at James Belushi's side in Real Men and other
roles in Night Angel, Cheers and Airwolf.In 1992, she decided to take
a turn in her career and accepted a role in the popular legal drama
Liebling Kreuzberg. For that she put her career in the United States
to rest and returned to Germany.In 1994, Isa joined the cast of the
German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love). She played the
role of Clarissa von Anstetten for almost three years before she was
temporarily written out in a successful kidnapping storyline, which
went on for almost six months. Isa returned to the show and stayed
another two years. In late 1999, Jank started having disagreements
about her character but returned as planned after an eight-week break
on-screen in February 2000. At this time the trust between Jank and
the producers of the show seemed already broken and she left the show
permanently in the summer of 2001 in a high-profile exit storyline,
where Clarissa got her final battle with archenemy Tanja von
Anstetten, played by Miriam Lahnstein. After a plane crash the
character was presumed dead but even with Lahnstein's return in 2004,
the show refused to confirm to the death of Clarissa.
known for her role as Clarissa von Anstetten on Verbotene Liebe
(Forbidden Love).Isa started her career in Hollywood in the middle of
the 1980s. She played at James Belushi's side in Real Men and other
roles in Night Angel, Cheers and Airwolf.In 1992, she decided to take
a turn in her career and accepted a role in the popular legal drama
Liebling Kreuzberg. For that she put her career in the United States
to rest and returned to Germany.In 1994, Isa joined the cast of the
German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love). She played the
role of Clarissa von Anstetten for almost three years before she was
temporarily written out in a successful kidnapping storyline, which
went on for almost six months. Isa returned to the show and stayed
another two years. In late 1999, Jank started having disagreements
about her character but returned as planned after an eight-week break
on-screen in February 2000. At this time the trust between Jank and
the producers of the show seemed already broken and she left the show
permanently in the summer of 2001 in a high-profile exit storyline,
where Clarissa got her final battle with archenemy Tanja von
Anstetten, played by Miriam Lahnstein. After a plane crash the
character was presumed dead but even with Lahnstein's return in 2004,
the show refused to confirm to the death of Clarissa.
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