Her diverse credits include musical theater, like a original Viennese cast of the musical Cats, the name part within Peter Pan, a recreation of the Marlene Dietrich-created Lola in The Blue Angel, the original European Sally Bowles within the Paris production of Cabaret, and a original London revival Velma Kelley in Chicago.

Lemper, known as Billboard's Crossover Artist of the Year for 1993/1994, is a prolific recording artist, appearing on numerous cast recordings and compliation concerts, including Roger Waters' The Wall concert in 1990. As a solo creative person, her extensive discography includes ubiquitously easily-reviewed interpretations of Kurt Weill's compositions from the late 1980s, in addition to German cabaret songs, which were very political songs sung in underground location in 1930s Berlin and elsewhere. Of these disc of Lemper's, Illusions from 1992, is devoted to the songs of Marlene Dietrich and Édith Piaf, an interpretive effort that would become widely panned whenever virtually all creative person were to pursue it however for which Lemper standard rave reviews. She has many pop albums, variously around English, French, and German, and 2000's lauded modern Punishing Kiss. Punishing Kiss featured songs written especially for her per likes of Roger Waters, Elvis Costello, and Neil Hannon, the latter of whom performed using her in 2 of the disc's tracks. Lemper is known for uncivilized interpretations in discs rather a Sondheim tribute City of Strangers, containing a particularly skew-whiff version of the Elaine Stritch-popularized song The Ladies Who Lunch. In 1998, a Lemper compilation, All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper, was released. Within 2003 and 2006 Lemper's songwriting talents were shown on her discs from either either victims years when she moved from existence an interpretative singer to the singer/songwriter.

The painter in the neoclassical style, Lemper's paintings have been showcased within many galleries.

She has likewise appeared inside films like Prorva, Bogus, Jean Galmot, aventurier, ''Prospero's Books, Appetite and Prêt-à-Porter (in the latter appearing in a well-publicised nude scene filmed while she was pregnant). She has contributed to the soundtracks of many films, including Kissing Jessica Stein and Appetite.''

Lemper, the married mother of tercet, lives within Paris and New York City. She performs worldwide, recently possibly in the war-war-worn Middle East. She has as well authored the book & many journal articles.