Katja Brandner
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Katja Brandner is a fictional character
on German
daytime soap opera
Verbotene Liebe
(Forbidden Love). The character was portrayed by actress Diana Frank from January 15, 2008 to January 5, 2009.
, Arno
(Konrad Krauss) takes his cousin Matthias
(Thomas Ohrner
) and his wife Katja with him, to stay with him for a little bit in Düsseldorf
. Katja enjoys the new town and wishes herself to live here with her family. In the first place, Matthias isn't into her plan, but after their daughter Lydia
(Theresa Underberg
) gets a job in Düsseldorf, Matthias reconsiders the idea. Lydia and Katja can persuade Matthias and the family stays, along with their younger son Fabian
(Shai Hoffmann), in Düsseldorf. At the "Goodbye"-party for Leonard von Lahnstein
(Lars Korten) and his wife Jana
(Vanessa Jung
), who is Arno's niece, Elisabeth von Lahnstein
(Martina Servatius) offers Katja a job as cook.
Her marriage impends to fall apart, when she had a one-night-stand with Sebastian von Lahnstein
(Joscha Kiefer
), her daughter's boyfriend. After they slept together, Sebastian and Katja only want forget about what happened and move on with their life's. But Sebastian talks to Katja that he can't lie any longer to Lydia and that she needs to know. Several times, Sebastian is short before to tell her everything, but refuses always in the last moment. Katja and Sebastian come to the end, that it's for the best, when Lydia doesn't know about their night.
But then, Katja gets sick and has the deep feeling that she might be pregnant. When she takes a test, Katja finds herself in a bad position. She is pregnant! And the child could be from Sebastian or her husband Matthias. Matthias, who already knows that she betrayed him, but doesn't now with whom, has a hard time dealing with it and is considering, if he might should just leave Katja and end their marriage. But his love for her is stronger and Matthias tells Katja to accept the child as his.
Soon later, Sebastian discovers that Katja is pregnant and asks her if the baby could be his. Katja denies it, but Sebastian later finds out the truth, when Matthias tells Lydia and him, in which week Katja is pregnant. Sebastian is shocked and doesn't know what to do, if the child is really his. Sebastian wants to tell Lydia again, but refuses also again, because Katja makes him clear, that this would ruin everybody life.
Sebastian and Katja then have an ongoing fight what is, if the child is really his. In this fight, Katja breaks down and Sebastian takes her to the doctor. That's the first time, Sebastian sees that little child on the ultrasonics
. They also find out that Katja is expecting a baby girl. From this moment on, Sebastian wants to play a life in the life of this child, if she is his.
Sebastian takes an ultrasonics photo of the child, not imaging that this would be the clue that let his one-night-stand with Katja expose. On a trip with the Brandner family, to celebrate Lydia's birthday, Matthias registers a fight between Katja and Sebastian and gets an unbelievable suspicion: Could Sebastian be the man, who slept with Katja? He later tells his son Fabian about this, who tells him that Katja would never do something like that to Lydia, her own daughter. But when Fabian later tells Judith
(Katrin Heß) about this, she can't stay quiet any longer. She tells Fabian that Matthias' suspicion was right and that Katja begged her to tell nobody about that. Fabian is outraged and hits Sebastian later for sleeping with his mother. Lydia doesn't know what is going on, until Sebastian tells her that he slept with another woman once, when they had a huge fight. Before he can tell her that is was Katja, Lyida runs off, searching for comfort by her mother. When Sebastian later arrives at the Brander house to finally tell Lydia the whole truth, Katja tells him that this will destroy her family once and for all. Then Lydia already walks in and wants to know what's going on. Sebastian then tells her, that the woman he slept with was Katja. After that, Fabian and Lydia don't want to have anything to do with Katja anymore and want her out of their lives. When Matthias comes back from a business trip, he walks in on another fight between Fabian, Lydia and Katja, where his wife tells him everything. Matthias can't believe what Katja has done, to her daughter, to their marriage and their entire family. He can't forgive her and throws her out of the house with the announcement that he wants a divorce. When her son David
(Sven Koller) returns from Australia
, he tries to reunite his parents, but their decision seems final.
But in the end, Matthias can't stay away from her and sees that Katja is his great love and he never will get over her. He takes her back and wants to give her another chance, which Lydia doesn't understand and fears to lose her father. But with time, Lydia begins to miss Katja too. Matthias hopes that he sooner or later can reunite his family. When Lydia helps Katja to give birth to her daughter Christina, the two finally reconcile. Matthias first doesn't know how to deal with Christina, still not knowing if she really is his daughter, but after a moment of soul searching he accepts Christina as his daughter. Together with David, Lydia and Christina, Matthias and Katja celebrate Christmas, before Katja starts to feel sick. Matthias is worried and wants her to see a doctor, but she won't listen. Short time later, Lydia promises her mother to take care of the family, before Katja dies in Matthias' arms.
Fictional character
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on German
Germany
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daytime soap opera
Soap opera
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Verbotene Liebe
Verbotene Liebe
Verbotene Liebe , often abbreviated to VL, is a Rose d'Or Award-winning German television soap opera. The show was created by Reg Watson and first broadcast on Das Erste on 2 January 1995...
(Forbidden Love). The character was portrayed by actress Diana Frank from January 15, 2008 to January 5, 2009.
Character's background
After a family visiting in FlensburgFlensburg
Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...
, Arno
Arno Brandner
Arno Brandner is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character is portrayed since the show's debut on January 2, 1995 by actor Konrad Krauss.-Background:...
(Konrad Krauss) takes his cousin Matthias
Matthias Brandner
Matthias Brandner is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe portrayed by actor and entertainer Thomas Ohrner. He made his first appearance on screen on January 15, 2008.-The arrival:...
(Thomas Ohrner
Thomas Ohrner
Thomas "Tommi" Ohrner is a German actor, singer and television host. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of four, Ohrner rose to prominence as a teen idol during the early 1980s, starring in the television series Timm Thaler, Merlin and Manni, der Libero, as well as achieving crossover...
) and his wife Katja with him, to stay with him for a little bit in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
. Katja enjoys the new town and wishes herself to live here with her family. In the first place, Matthias isn't into her plan, but after their daughter Lydia
Lydia Brandner
Lydia Brandner is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The role was originated by actress Theresa Underberg on January 16, 2008. Theresa announced on December 21, 2010 that she will leave the show in early 2011...
(Theresa Underberg
Theresa Underberg
Kira-Theresa Underberg is a German actress and radio play talker.Since 1994, she speaks for some popular radio plays. In 1999, she took over the voice of Anne in the German radio play version of Enid Blyton's The Famous Five . She continues her work on this series until today...
) gets a job in Düsseldorf, Matthias reconsiders the idea. Lydia and Katja can persuade Matthias and the family stays, along with their younger son Fabian
Fabian Brandner
Fabian Brandner is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was portrayed by Shai Hoffmann from January 22, 2008 to August 14, 2008 and in guest appearances from January 12, 2009 to January 22, 2009....
(Shai Hoffmann), in Düsseldorf. At the "Goodbye"-party for Leonard von Lahnstein
Leonard von Lahnstein
Dr. Leonard Antonio Sebastian von Lahnstein is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe portrayed by actor Lars Korten from March 11, 2004 to September 10, 2009.-Storylines:...
(Lars Korten) and his wife Jana
Jana von Lahnstein
Jana von Lahnstein is a fictional character on German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character was played by actress Friederike Sipp from October 1, 2002 to March 21, 2005...
(Vanessa Jung
Vanessa Jung
Vanessa Jung is a German actress.After school she went to New York and had a professional acting training. Before, she had a modern dance training in Munich....
), who is Arno's niece, Elisabeth von Lahnstein
Elisabeth von Lahnstein
Elisabeth von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe, portrayed by actress Martina Servatius...
(Martina Servatius) offers Katja a job as cook.
Her marriage impends to fall apart, when she had a one-night-stand with Sebastian von Lahnstein
Sebastian von Lahnstein
Sebastian von Lahnstein is a fictional character from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe . The character has been portrayed by actor Joscha Kiefer from November 26, 2007 to October 13, 2009...
(Joscha Kiefer
Joscha Kiefer
Joscha Kiefer is a German actor and best known for his role as Sebastian von Lahnstein on the soap opera Verbotene Liebe ....
), her daughter's boyfriend. After they slept together, Sebastian and Katja only want forget about what happened and move on with their life's. But Sebastian talks to Katja that he can't lie any longer to Lydia and that she needs to know. Several times, Sebastian is short before to tell her everything, but refuses always in the last moment. Katja and Sebastian come to the end, that it's for the best, when Lydia doesn't know about their night.
But then, Katja gets sick and has the deep feeling that she might be pregnant. When she takes a test, Katja finds herself in a bad position. She is pregnant! And the child could be from Sebastian or her husband Matthias. Matthias, who already knows that she betrayed him, but doesn't now with whom, has a hard time dealing with it and is considering, if he might should just leave Katja and end their marriage. But his love for her is stronger and Matthias tells Katja to accept the child as his.
Soon later, Sebastian discovers that Katja is pregnant and asks her if the baby could be his. Katja denies it, but Sebastian later finds out the truth, when Matthias tells Lydia and him, in which week Katja is pregnant. Sebastian is shocked and doesn't know what to do, if the child is really his. Sebastian wants to tell Lydia again, but refuses also again, because Katja makes him clear, that this would ruin everybody life.
Sebastian and Katja then have an ongoing fight what is, if the child is really his. In this fight, Katja breaks down and Sebastian takes her to the doctor. That's the first time, Sebastian sees that little child on the ultrasonics
Ultrasonics
Ultrasonics is a term meaning the application of ultrasound. It is often used in industry as a shorthand term for any equipment employing ultrasonic principles....
. They also find out that Katja is expecting a baby girl. From this moment on, Sebastian wants to play a life in the life of this child, if she is his.
Sebastian takes an ultrasonics photo of the child, not imaging that this would be the clue that let his one-night-stand with Katja expose. On a trip with the Brandner family, to celebrate Lydia's birthday, Matthias registers a fight between Katja and Sebastian and gets an unbelievable suspicion: Could Sebastian be the man, who slept with Katja? He later tells his son Fabian about this, who tells him that Katja would never do something like that to Lydia, her own daughter. But when Fabian later tells Judith
Judith Hagendorf
Judith Hagendorf is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe portrayed by actress Katrin Heß from February 18, 2008 to September 15, 2009, when the character was surprisingly written out without any conformation from the production.-Storylines:In the beginning, Judith finds...
(Katrin Heß) about this, she can't stay quiet any longer. She tells Fabian that Matthias' suspicion was right and that Katja begged her to tell nobody about that. Fabian is outraged and hits Sebastian later for sleeping with his mother. Lydia doesn't know what is going on, until Sebastian tells her that he slept with another woman once, when they had a huge fight. Before he can tell her that is was Katja, Lyida runs off, searching for comfort by her mother. When Sebastian later arrives at the Brander house to finally tell Lydia the whole truth, Katja tells him that this will destroy her family once and for all. Then Lydia already walks in and wants to know what's going on. Sebastian then tells her, that the woman he slept with was Katja. After that, Fabian and Lydia don't want to have anything to do with Katja anymore and want her out of their lives. When Matthias comes back from a business trip, he walks in on another fight between Fabian, Lydia and Katja, where his wife tells him everything. Matthias can't believe what Katja has done, to her daughter, to their marriage and their entire family. He can't forgive her and throws her out of the house with the announcement that he wants a divorce. When her son David
David Brandner
David Brandner is a fictional character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe portrayed by actor Sven Koller from September 11, 2008 to June 15, 2010.-Storyline:David lived in Australia and worked there as a surf teacher...
(Sven Koller) returns from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, he tries to reunite his parents, but their decision seems final.
But in the end, Matthias can't stay away from her and sees that Katja is his great love and he never will get over her. He takes her back and wants to give her another chance, which Lydia doesn't understand and fears to lose her father. But with time, Lydia begins to miss Katja too. Matthias hopes that he sooner or later can reunite his family. When Lydia helps Katja to give birth to her daughter Christina, the two finally reconcile. Matthias first doesn't know how to deal with Christina, still not knowing if she really is his daughter, but after a moment of soul searching he accepts Christina as his daughter. Together with David, Lydia and Christina, Matthias and Katja celebrate Christmas, before Katja starts to feel sick. Matthias is worried and wants her to see a doctor, but she won't listen. Short time later, Lydia promises her mother to take care of the family, before Katja dies in Matthias' arms.