In 1985–86, Berger started a comeback in front of German-speaking audiences in the TV serial "Kir Royal". (In the 1980s, Berger discovered she was admired by Scottish drifter Arthur Richard Jackson who had attempted to murder American actress Theresa Saldana in 1982.) Further serial hits followed, like "Die schnelle Gerdi" ("The fast Gerdi", 1989–2002), where she played a taxi driver. In the same year, she also started a career as a singer of chansons. From 2003 to 2010, Berger was president of the German Film Academy, which seeks to advance the new generation of actors and actresses in Germany and Europe. Since 2005, the Academy assigns the annual German Film Awards or "Lola Awards".