{{short description|German actress (born 1952)}} {{refimprove|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Isa Jank | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Isa Andersen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|8|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Straupitz, East Germany | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1968–present | spouse = Oliver Geißen (married 1995-2000) }} '''Isa Andersen''' (real name '''Isa Jank''') is a German actress best known for her role as Clarissa von Anstetten in the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petrusch |first=Alexandra |date=2011-06-03 |title=Isa Jank kehrt am Dienstag, 21. Juni, zu "Verbotene Liebe" (montags bis freitags, 18 Uhr, ARD) zurück |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/deutschland-welt/deutschland-welt-vermischtes_artikel,-Isa-Jank-kehrt-am-Dienstag-21-Juni-zu-Verbotene-Liebe-montags-bis-freitags-18-Uhr-ARD-zurueck-_arid,244992.html |access-date=2020-04-22 |website=WESER-KURIER |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/kultur/fernsehen/verbotene-liebe-feiert-tv-comeback|title="Verbotene Liebe" feiert TV-Comeback|website=www.bz-berlin.de|date=11 June 2017 |access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/print/welt_kompakt/print_lifestyle/article136929932/Gibt-es-eine-Karriere-nach-Verbotene-Liebe.html|title=Gibt es eine Karriere nach "Verbotene Liebe"?|date=2015-01-30|work=DIE WELT|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.promiflash.de/news/2011/12/01/verbotene-liebe-star-isa-jank-ich-liebe-clarissa.html|title=Verbotene Liebe-Star Isa Jank: Ich liebe Clarissa!|date=2011-12-01|website=Promiflash.de|language=de|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvmovie.de/news/verbotene-liebe-star-isa-jank-ist-angeblich-bei-promi-big-brother-dabei-90037|title="Verbotene Liebe"-Star Isa Jank ist angeblich bei "Promi Big Brother" dabei!|date=2016-09-01|website=TVMovie|language=de|access-date=2020-04-22|archive-date=2019-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206112228/https://www.tvmovie.de/news/verbotene-liebe-star-isa-jank-ist-angeblich-bei-promi-big-brother-dabei-90037|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Career== Jank began her acting career in Hollywood in the 1980s, acting alongside James Belushi in ''Real Men'' and performing other roles in ''Night Angel'', ''Cheers'' and ''Airwolf''.
In 1992, she accepted a role in the German legal drama ''Liebling Kreuzberg (Darling Kreuzberg)''.
Jank joined the cast of the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe'' as Clarissa von Anstetten in the show's premiere episode on 2 January 1995, and left on 5 September 2001.<ref name="VL">{{Cite web |url=http://www.deutsche-dailys.de/verbotene-liebe/rollen/clarissa |title=Isa Jank as Clarissa von Anstetten |website=Deutsche Dailys |access-date=18 April 2023 |archive-date=29 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229002805/http://www.deutsche-dailys.de/verbotene-liebe/rollen/clarissa |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Jank returned to television in October of 2005, in the role of Annabelle Gravenberg in the ZDF telenovela ''Wege zum Glück''. Jank stayed with the telenovela for three years until her character died on-screen in November of 2008, shortly before the show ended.
Jank returned to ''Verbotene Liebe'' from 21 June 2011 to 21 March 2013.<ref name="VL"/>
In 2016, Jank became a housemate in the fourth season of ''Promi Big Brother''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/tv-film/promi-big-brother/promi-big-brother-2016-isa-jank-interview-kriegt-31886250|title=Mich kriegt man nicht klein!|date=2016-09-16|website=WEB.DE News|language=de|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>
Jank reprised the role of Clarissa von Anstetten in the 2020–2021 revival series, ''Verbotene Liebe: Next Generation''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brigitte.de/aktuell/verbotene-liebe---next-generation--comeback-fuer-serienbiest-clarissa-von-anstetten-11806022.html|title=''Verbotene Liebe: Next Generation'' – Comeback für Serienbiest Clarissa von Anstetten|website=Brigitte.de}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0026164}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jank, Isa}} Category:Living people Category:German film actresses Category:1952 births Category:German soap opera actresses Category:Actresses from Brandenburg