She's 70??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not only do they bring back Irene Weigel! Anna Weigel gets a recast. The last actress Marylu-Saskia Poolman got axed in episode 4895.. Now nearly 3000 episodes and 12 years later the character is finally back!

Marie Zielcke joins the cast on April 16th 2026 in episode 7851! 2960 episodes was the character of Anna gone which should never have happened or at least be that long for an original character

I just checked the GZSZ Cast List and there are just like 4 people or 5 who Never left the Show since they joined.

Everyone else left at some point before rejoining the show. Crazy

On 4/10/2026 at 9:34 PM, AMCOLTLLover said:

I just checked the GZSZ Cast List and there are just like 4 people or 5 who Never left the Show since they joined.

Everyone else left at some point before rejoining the show. Crazy

It depends on what you mean by "leaving".
Many of the current female cast members have taken maternity leave once (and some even twice), but they never officially left the show (Nina Ensmann, Chryssanthi Kavazi, Olivia Marei, Anne Menden, Eva Mona Rodekirchen, Maria Wedig).
Others took extended breaks – like three to six months – while remaining under contract the entire time (Niklas Osterloh, Jörn Schlönvoigt, and several others).
Some actors also started out in recurring roles, left the show for a while, and later returned as regular cast members (Ulrike Frank, Patrick Heinrich, Lars Pape, Charlott Reschke, Lara Dandelion Seibert).

The only current cast members who officially left (i.e., did not renew their contracts) and then returned a year later are Felix von Jascheroff (John) in 2015 and Eva Mona Rodekirchen (Maren) in 2023.