Born in Dusseldorf, Germany. She worked as a freelance photographer for magazines such as Stern, Spiegel, Qvest, ID, Arena and Rolling Stones. In 2001 she won the Kodak Up and coming Award. She moved to New York in May 2002 assisting Terry Richardson, who is her mentor. Cellina struck out on her own again in the summer of 2003, basing herself in Milan. With her photography published in Qvest and Zoo Magazine she won the Lead Award three times in a row: 2003 for Eastcost people (silver), 2004 for Who's that girl (gold) and 2005 for Ein Tag beim Renne (silver). Cellina is one out of the new Photographers 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival.