Sascia Haj was born and raised in Hamburg. Blonde, bouncy and beautiful, Haj started acting in the late 1990s, soon becoming a regular on German TV, especially as the cute angel in a TV commercial for Philadelphia cream cheese in the early 2000s. She guest starred on shows like
Bronski & Bernstein (2001),
Klinik am Alex (2009),
Streit um Drei (1998) and
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992) and was booked for many ads and music videos.
Peter Weck cast Haj in his made-for-TV movie
Am Ende siegt die Liebe (2000) alongside
Marianne Sägebrecht in 2000. Later, she co-starred with
Marco Girnth,
Katja Woywood and
Oliver Korittke in romantic comedies like
Good in Bed? (2007) or
Love Greeting of an Angel (2008). She proved her versatility in various short films made between 2007 and 2017. In 2009 and 2010, she created the part of Stefanie 'Steffi' Graf, a sharp-tongued psychologist/astrologer, in
Alex und der Löwe (2010) and
Men to Kiss (2012).
Rosa von Praunheim then gave her a substantial supporting role in his art house drama
Tough Love (2015).
Haj resides in Berlin and Hamburg.