Michaela Winterstein was born in Leipzig in 1967 and grew up in Potsdam. She studied acting at the University for Music and Theatre
„Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy".
She became a founding member of the "Freie Kammerspiele Magdeburg" in 1991 and has subsequently acted in Berlin, Dresden, Bregenz, Cottbus and in the independent scene in Berlin. She has worked with directors such as Jo Fabian, Armin Petras, Jan Jochymski and Cornelia Crombholz.

She is a guest lecturer at the Film University Babelsberg "Konrad Wolf" and works as a voice-over artist for dubbing and audio books.

Since 2020 she is represented by the agency Red Carpet Actors and gained great experiences with directors like Sherry Hormann, Arabella Bartsch, Hagen Bogdansky, Mia Spengler, Uljana Havemann and Özgür Yildirim.