Kristin Hallenga (11 November 1985 – May 2024) was a West German-born British columnist and philanthropist. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, when she was 23, she became an activist for raising awareness about the disease among young people, and founded the charity CoppaFeel!.
Kristin Hallenga was born to a German father and English mother in Norden, Lower Saxony, West Germany on 11 November 1985.[2][3][4] Her parents divorced when she was nine, and her mother returned to England with Hallenga and her two sisters, where they lived in Daventry, Northamptonshire.[2][5] She was an honorary graduate of Nottingham Trent University.[6] Hallenga was profiled in Kris - Dying to Live, a documentary that covered her experience with terminal breast cancer. In 2009, she won a Pride of Britain Award.[7] In November 2014, Hallenga was featured as a special guest on Russell Howard's Good News where she talked about her charity and experiences.[8] Her memoir, Glittering a Turd, was published in 2021 and it became a Sunday Times bestseller.[9] She lived in Newquay, Cornwall.[10]