Iris Mareike Steen has lost her mother. The 30-year-old GZSZ actress posted a picture of herself and her beloved mother from her wedding in 2017 on Instagram. It is a great loss for the young woman – she was very close to her mother.

She addressed these words to her fans about the picture: "Dear ones, I usually try to keep very private things very private, but since I've always told a lot about my beloved mom in the past and we even did an interview two years ago about our incredibly close connection, I am often asked about her in interviews and have therefore decided to tell you that it was almost two weeks ago that I was able to hold my mom in my arms for the last time."

She still can't realize it and actually doesn't want to believe it, Steen continues. To the end she admired her mother's "indescribable joie de vivre" and resolved "to carry it on for her and for us and now to take to heart again what she taught me as a small child: that the world continues to shoot even after a heavy blow of fate and that it goes on if you just keep going." The innumerable beautiful moments with her mother, which stayed forever, take her with her on her way.

Iris Mareike Steen lost her father at the age of six, which brought her and her mother together.

Numerous "GZSZ" stars have expressed their sympathy under the post. "Iris again here, my condolences, she is with the angels now and watches over you," wrote Timur Ülker. Lars Pape and Marc Weinmann also expressed their "heartfelt condolences". Valentina Pahde and the former "GZSZ" actress Janina Uhse both left a heart emoji. Iris Mareike Steen has played the role of Lilly Seefeld in RTL Daily since 2010.