Ina Müller: 60 and not a bit quiet

Whether Low German, pop music or pointed pub talks – Ina Müller has been thrilled with wit, voice and attitude for decades. On July 25th, the singer and entertainer celebrates her 60th birthday.

Ina Müller was born as a real northern light on July 25, 1965 in Köhlen in Lower Saxony. Together with her parents and four sisters, she grew up on a farm. After graduation, she completed an apprenticeship as a pharmaceutical-technical assistant and then worked in a pharmacy. Because of love, she moved to Sylt – and found her true calling there: the stage.

In 1994 she founded the cabaret and music duo Queen Bee together with the artist Edda Schnittgard (53). For eight years, the two toured successfully through northern Germany before they finally separated. “You should stop when it is most beautiful,” she explained her decision at the time. Ina Müller then started as a solo artist – first with her music, later also on television and as a moderator.

Ina Müller delights her audience with songs in Low German and with pop music. Her albums like “female, single, 40”, “Love makes deaf”, “that would have been your song”, “I am the” and “55” reached gold and platinum status several times.

In addition to her music, Ina Müller also publishes books with which she gives the Low German and North German culture new visibility. For example, she wrote and read for the traditional Low German Hörfreihe “Listen to Beten to” of the NDR. From 2006 she toured with the program “Ina Müller reads and sings op platt” through Germany. During this time, she was also drawn on television: from 2005 to 2008 she moderated the travel documentation “Inas North”.

From 2007, Ina Müller developed cult status with her own late night show “Inas Nacht”. To this day, the 60-year-old inspires her audience in the Hamburg cult pub “Zum Schellfischposten”. There she welcomes prominent guests, chats and sings with them – and thus ensures the best entertainment in the late hour. It was awarded many times for her format, including the German TV Award, the German Comedy Prize and the Grimme Prize.

Resting is out of the question for Müller: In addition to her own show and various music projects, she can also be seen regularly in other TV formats. It was only last year for the comedy show “LOL: Last One Laughing” by Michael “Bully” Herbig (57) in front of the camera. Her new album “Ina Müller 6.0” will also be released in November, with which she will go on tour in 2026 and 2027.

Already in 2009, Ina Müller met her long -standing partner Johannes Oerding (43) at work: the singer appeared in a recording of “Inas Nacht” at the time. Two years later, they officially made their relationship.

Her love was considered unconventional, for example because the two lived in separate apartments. On the subject of children, the entertainer once commented on her famous pub counter: with a big chef Tim Mälzer (54) she said that she would never like to be pregnant. “For me it goes so far that I was unable to get children because the only idea that you get pregnant …” But instead of ending the sentence, Müller only bended without a word. Even the wedding never occurred. “A wedding is currently not necessary. Why should we change something that is going well,” said Oerding 2019.

In May 2023, Müller and Oerding announced their separation after twelve years together. “A lot has changed in our two lives and we have been going their separate ways for some time,” said Oerding about the “dpa”. They are still friendly and still like to work together. Müller also had a similar statement spread about her management.

Since then, little has been known about Müller’s private and love life again. And that is definitely wanted. Although she often shows up very personally in her songs, interviews usually avoid. “I don’t find it bad to stand on the stage and be private. It will be bad when you have to give an interview. That is often too intimate for me,” she explained once. “Everything is already said in many texts, so that I often see no need to comment in detail in interviews. What I am ready to tell can be heard in the songs,” said Müller.