Cosma Shiva Hagen

Cosma Shiva Hagen is an American-German actress who was born in Los Angeles. Although she speaks English, her acting roles have been predominantly focused in German-language film and television productions. She has also appeared in international projects, including an Irish film.

Hagen comes from a artistic family background. Her mother is the German singer, songwriter, and actress Nina Hagen, and her maternal grandmother was the singer and actress Eva-Maria Hagen. Additionally, her maternal grandfather, Hans Oliva-Hagen, was a Holocaust survivor who was imprisoned in Moabit from 1941 to 1945 prior to liberation by Soviet forces.

Over the course of her career, Hagen has appeared in a wide variety of film and television projects. In 1998, she performed as Sandra in Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit and played Ilonka in the television miniseries Der Laden. She continued taking on roles in German productions, including starring as Effi in the 2002 television film Die fabelhaften Schwestern.

Among her notable feature film performances, Hagen portrayed the character of Snow White in the 2004 production 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood, a role she later reprised in the 2006 sequel 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough. Outside of German cinema, she starred as Catherine in the 2005 Irish feature film Short Order.

Hagen's acting credits also include roles in films such as Cutting Edge in 2007, where she played Sylvia Göbel, and Fire! in 2009, in which she portrayed Nicole Hart. In 2014, she played Connie in the feature film The Man Cave.

Throughout her television career, she has been featured in several made-for-television films. These projects include her roles as Gloria Hasselt in Schade um das schöne Geld and Johanna Bachmann in Bible Code, both released in 2008, as well as her performance as Mona Müller in the 2011 television film Schief gewickelt.