Gisela "Gisa" Flake was born in
Braunschweig, at that time close to the
border that divided the
two German states. Even before leaving school, she had appeared on the cabaret stage in
Braunschweig, in various shows such as "Geben sie acht! – Die
Georg Kreisler-Revue" (
"Watch out! – The Georg Kreisler Review"). She concluded her school career, passing her
school final exams (Abitur) at the
IGS:FF school in
Braunschweig, and went on to study drama in
Munich at the
Bayerische Theaterakademie August Everding. That led to her degree in acting, which she received in 2010. Since then she has appeared in a range of film, television and theatre productions, sung in blues and soul bands, and featured in cabaret productions. Her film debut came in 2009 with her appearance in the action-comedy
Vicky the Viking as the wife of Tjure (played by
Nic Romm). She took the same role two years later in the sequel,
Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods. and went on a national tour with a programme entitled
Ich glaub, ’ne Dame werd ich nie (loosely:
I believe I were never no lady). In 2010 she featured as Tanya Gleason in
Simon Stephens' production,
Punk Rock when it came to the
Deutsches Schauspielhaus (theatre) in
Hamburg. She was in
Tobias Ginsburg's "Radikal. Monument der Verwesung" (
Radical. Monument of decay) at the
i-camp/Neues Theater in Munich in 2014. Her new cabaret programme
Scham & Schande followed in 2015. For the television sitcom
Bully macht Buddy she returned in 2013 to a working partnership with
Michael Herbig. She took on a main role alongside
Rick Kavanian and Herbig himself. That was transmitted in November/December 2013 across Germany on the
ProSieben channel. In 2015 she appeared alongside
Jürgen Vogel in the
ZDF thriller series
Blochin – The living and the dead. == References ==