Christiane Vera Felscherinow (born 20 May 1962) is a German actress and musician who is best known for her contribution to the 1978 autobiographical book Christiane F. (original title: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo), and the film and television miniseries based on the book.
Christiane Felscherinow was born on 20 May 1962 in Hamburg, Germany, but her family moved to West Berlin when she was a child. She became best known as Christiane F (though she has also used Christiane X as an alias) after publishing her autobiographical book Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo (1978). Her life story became widely known when it was turned into a movie in 1981, with a soundtrack by David Bowie.
Trying to capitalise on the movie's success, Christiane F released a couple of records shortly after. Her first LP Gesundheit! was released in 1982 on Posh Boy and on the same year she released a 12" EP called Final Church.
In the early 1980s, together with Alexander Hacke, from the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, she collaborated in the Sentimentale Jugend project. They also appeared together in the 1983 German film Decoder, which also featured William S. Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge.
In 2003 she released the 12" EP Wunderbar / Health Dub. In 2013, Felscherinow published a second autobiographical book titled Mein Zweites Leben in which she writes about the second part of her life.
