Angela Merkel: Angela Merkel. Actress: The Secret World. Angela Merkel was born on 17 July 1954 in Hamburg, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Secret World (2008), BILD.Macht.Deutschland? (2020) and Sonneborn rettet die Welt (2013). She has been married to Joachim Sauer since 30 December 1998. She was previously married to Ulrich Merkel.