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{{Short description|German television presenter}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2026}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Collien Ulmen-Fernandes in 2024.jpg
| name = Collien Fernandes
| caption = Fernandes in 2024
| other_names = Collien Ulmen-Fernandes
| birth_name = Collien Monica Fernandes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|09|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Hamburg]], [[West Germany]]
| occupation = TV presenter, actress
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Christian Ulmen]]|2011|2026|end=div}}
| children = 1
| website = {{url|https://www.collienulmenfernandes.de}}
}}

'''Collien Monica Fernandes''' (previously '''Collien Ulmen-Fernandes'''; born 26 September 1981) is a German television presenter, [[VJ (media personality)|VJ]], and actress.

== Early life ==
Fernandes was born in [[Hamburg]] to an Indian father of [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] and Indian descent and a [[Hungarians in Germany|Hungarian German]] mother.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collien Ulmen-Fernandes {{!}} Steckbrief, Bilder und News |url=https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/thema/collien-ulmen-fernandes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504130900/https://web.de/magazine/unterhaltung/thema/collien-ulmen-fernandes |archive-date=2019-05-04 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=[[Web.de]] News |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Collien Ulmen-Fernandes |url=https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/Collien+Ulmen+Fernandes/00/27158 |access-date=2026-03-25 |website=Munzinger.de}}</ref> She grew up with her little sister in [[Schenefeld, Pinneberg|Schenefeld]].<ref name=":0" /> At age 15, she moved out from home to begin her career as a model. Fernandes was interested in music and started singing with the band ''Yam Yam''. She went to [[Dance studio|dance schools]] in Hamburg and London.

== Career ==
Fernandes featured in a number of music videos as background dancer for artists such as [[Enrique Iglesias]] and [[Dieter Bohlen]]'s band [[Modern Talking]]. Producers took note of this, and she soon signed a record contract with [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]].

Fernandes began her TV career in 2000 presenting a number of shows and in the autumn of 2001 became the new presenter of ''[[Bravo TV (TV series)|Bravo TV]]'' on [[RTL II|RTL2]]. This followed with guest appearances on ''[[The Dome (TV program)|The Dome]]'' and ''[[TV total]]''. Since 2003, she has been a presenter of a number of shows on the music television channel [[Viva (TV station)|VIVA]] and [[Deutsches Sportfernsehen|DSF's]] ''Maxim TV''.

In February 2004, Fernandes appeared in her first movie ''{{ill|A2 Racer (film)|de|3=Autobahnraser (Film)|lt=A2 Racer}}''. That same year, she appeared in ''[[Night of the Living Dorks]]''. In 2007, she appeared in two more films, namely ''{{ill|Ossi's Eleven|de|Ossi's Eleven}}'' and ''{{ill|Instructor Schmidt|de|Morgen, ihr Luschen! Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film}}'', in which she played the leading female role. In 2007, she was nominated along with the rest of the cast from the new [[Sat.1]] series ''[[Dr. Molly & Karl]]'' for an [[Adolf Grimme Awards|Adolf Grimme Award]]. And in 2009 she starred in the [[RTL Television|RTL]] show ''[[Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police]]''. Since the beginning of June 2009, Fernandes has been the presenter of the [[ProSieben]] show ''MyVideoStar''.

In September 2009, Fernandes was ejected from the [[Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin]] for asking [[Lady Gaga]] during a press conference whether she had a penis or a vagina.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 September 2009 |title=Lady GaGa wirft 'Viva'-Star raus |url=http://www.gala.de/stars/aufgeschnappt/73064/Collien-Fernandes-Lady-GaGa-wirft-Viva-Star-raus.html |access-date=7 February 2010 |work=[[Gala.de]] |language=German}}</ref>

=== Modelling ===
Fernandes has modelled for a number of companies, including [[Otto GmbH|Otto]], Neckermann and [[Triumph International|BeeDees]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Triumph hat BeeDees neu ausgerichtet |url=http://www.textilwirtschaft.de/news/schlagzeilen/pages/show.php?id=53181 |accessdate=7 February 2010 |publisher=TextilWirtschaft.de |language=German}}</ref> She has also been in television advertisements for [[Ferrero SpA|Ferrero's]] [[Kinder Bueno]] and [[Mercedes-Benz]].

Fernandes was elected "Woman of the Year" in 2003 and 2006 by the readers of the German ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''. She has also appeared in other editions of Maxim{{snd}}in [[Russia]], [[Spain]], [[Ukraine]] and the [[United States]]. In 2010, she was elected "[[FHM#FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World|Sexiest Woman in the World]]" by the readers of the German ''[[FHM]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 5, 2010 |title=FHM wählt 100 Sexiest Woman of the World - Collien Fernandes gewinnt |url=http://talk.excite.de/fhm-wahlt-100-sexiest-woman-of-the-world-collien-fernandes-gewinnt-N9459.html |url-status=dead |website=[[Excite.de]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616030706/http://talk.excite.de/fhm-wahlt-100-sexiest-woman-of-the-world-collien-fernandes-gewinnt-N9459.html |archive-date=16 June 2018 |access-date=17 July 2010 |language=German}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2012 - Christian Ulmen - Collien Ulmen-Fernandes.jpg|thumb|Fernandes with her ex-husband [[Christian Ulmen]] in 2012]]
Fernandes met German actor [[Christian Ulmen]] in August 2010 and the couple wed on 22 June 2011. Their daughter was born in April 2012. In 2023, the family moved from [[Potsdam]] to [[Mallorca]]. In September 2025, the couple announced their separation, and in March 2026, their divorce. Since the separation, Fernandes has been appearing in public as Collien Monica Fernandes.

In March 2026, ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' reported that Fernandes had filed a complaint against her ex-husband Ulmen with the district court in Palma, alleging, among other things, identity-theft, public defamation, and assault. He is alleged to have created fake social media accounts in her name over the course of several years to distribute fake nude photos and videos of her; she felt "virtually raped". Ulmen hired media lawyer Christian Schertz to take legal action against ''Der Spiegel''. Schertz considers the reporting unlawful because it spreads "untrue facts based on a one-sided account". Without commenting on the validity of the allegations in this specific case, Federal Minister of Justice [[Stefanie Hubig]], in response to the publication of the allegations against Ulmen, spoke out about existing gaps in criminal liability and called for harsher punishment for perpetrators of digital violence.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 March 2026 |title=Collien Fernandes zeigt Ex-Mann Christian Ulmen an: 'Du hast mich virtuell vergewaltigt' |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article69bbeb7fd3cf984a3adb791f/collien-fernandes-zeigt-ex-mann-christian-ulmen-an-du-hast-mich-virtuell-vergewaltigt.html |access-date=20 March 2026 |website=[[Die Welt]] |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Connor |first=Richard |date=20 March 2026 |title=Germany to target pornographic deepfakes amid celebrity case |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-to-target-pornographic-deepfakes-amid-celebrity-case/a-76457460 |access-date=26 March 2026 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref>

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[[Category:1981 births]]
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[[Category:Actresses from Hamburg]]
[[Category:21st-century German actresses]]
[[Category:German female dancers]]
[[Category:German female models]]
[[Category:German film actresses]]
[[Category:German people of Hungarian descent]]
[[Category:German people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:German people of Portuguese descent]]
[[Category:German television presenters]]
[[Category:German women television presenters]]
[[Category:People of Goan descent]]

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