Overview

• Stern appears nude in the September issue of Playboy, which hits newsstands August 7 to mark the 20th anniversary of ARD’s Sturm der Liebe.
• She frames the South Africa shoot as an explicit stand against unsolicited remarks about body shape and calls on society to end appearance-based insults.
• Only her partner Jonathan Beck, close family members and colleague Tanja Lanäus knew of the shoot until publication to ensure a surprise for her Sturm der Liebe castmates.
• Stern rejects cosmetic surgery, describing her healthy body as a gift she would not risk undergoing unnecessary operations to accelerate her career.
• She advocates for acting schools to teach students how to handle external judgments on their appearance, particularly emphasizing support for women.