Katja Werker is a German singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was born in Essen, Germany, in 1970. She is famous for her debut studio recording Contact Myself (2000) and for her appearance in the television series Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast. Werker is a self-taught musician who learned to play the guitar and piano before her talent was discovered by a local pastor. Her debut album reached number 54 on the German charts and featured the track “Carried the Cross”, which she performed on television in 2000. Her discography includes the studio recordings Leave that thing behind (2006), Dakota (2008), and Lieder vom Küchentisch (2014), the latter of which was funded through a successful crowdfunding campaign. Her work also includes the studio recordings Neuland (2011) and Mitten im Sturm (2011), often released under the name Katja Maria Werker. In 2015, a feature in the series Marie Brand led to her debut material reappearing on the digital charts.
