Geburtsname: Anke Christina Engelke
Geburtsdatum: 1965-12-21
Geburtsort: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Details
Alternative Namen: Анке Энгельке
Körperliche Merkmale: N/A
Karriere
Erste Auftritte: - Danke, Anke! Weihnachten 1998 (1998) als self
Wichtigste Rollen: - About the Looking for and the Finding of Love (2005) als Helena Stokowski
- Vollidiot (2007) als Chefin
- Germanikus (2004) als Mrs. Senator
- Freche Mädchen (2008) als Mila's Mother
- Bahnhof für Bio - Alfred Biolek wird 70 (2004) als Self
- The Trixxer (2004) als Doris Dubinsky
- Impy's Island (2006) als Wutz (voice)
- The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (2005) als Iguanita (voice)
- The Trip to Panama (2006) als Fisch
- Locked in Society (2022) als Heidi Lohmann
Karriere-Highlights: - About the Looking for and the Finding of Love (2005)
- Vollidiot (2007)
- Germanikus (2004)
- Freche Mädchen (2008)
- Bahnhof für Bio - Alfred Biolek wird 70 (2004)
- The Trixxer (2004)
- Impy's Island (2006)
- The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island (2005)
- The Trip to Panama (2006)
- Locked in Society (2022)
Auszeichnungen
Auszeichnungen: - Won Honorary Award (2022)
- Nominated for 1 Adolf Grimme Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement (2012)
- Won Adolf Grimme Award - Entertainment (2008)
- Won Adolf Grimme Award - Fiction/Entertainment (2003)
- Won Adolf Grimme Award - Outstanding Individual Achievement (1999)
- Won Bambi - Comedy (1999)
- Won Bavarian TV Award - Comedy (2008)
- Won Bavarian TV Award - Comedy (2003)
- Won Ernst Lubitsch Award (2015)
- Won German Television Award - Best Comedy (Beste Comedy) (2011)
- Won German Television Award - Best Entertainment Program/Best Host in an Entertainment Program (Beste Unterhaltungssendung/Beste Moderation - Unterhaltung) (2011)
- Nominated for 1 German Television Award - Best Comedy (Beste Comedy) (2008)
- Won German Television Award - Best Comedy Program (Beste Comedy) (2002)
- Nominated for 1 German Television Award - Best Comedy Program (Beste Comedy) (2002)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Camera - Best Entertainment Show (2009)
- Won Audience Camera (1999)
- Won Golden Rose - Best Performance - Comedy - Female (2004)
- Won Romy - Favorite Actress (Beliebteste Schauspielerin) (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Romy - Favorite Cabaret Artist (Beliebtester Kabarettist) (2010)
- Nominated for 1 Romy - Favorite Cabaret Artist (Beliebtester Kabarettist) (2008)
Vollständige Biografie
Anke Engelke, born on December 21, 1965, in Montreal, Canada, is one of Germany’s most versatile and influential entertainers, renowned as a comedian, actress, and voice artist. She rose to national stardom in the late 1990s as a lead cast member of the sketch show Die Wochenshow and further solidified her status with her multi-award-winning sketch comedy series Ladykracher. Beyond comedy, she has demonstrated her range in dramatic roles, such as in the Netflix series The Last Word, and has become a fixture in German cinema.
In addition to her on-screen presence, Engelke is one of Germany’s most prominent voice actresses, most notably serving as the German voice of Marge Simpson in The Simpsons since 2007 and Dory in the Finding Nemo franchise. In recent years, she has reached new audiences through the hit Amazon Prime series LOL: Last One Laughing and her 2024 collaboration with longtime partner Bastian Pastewka in the series Perfekt Verpasst. A polyglot fluent in German, English, and French, Engelke is also widely respected for her philanthropic work as an ambassador for the medical aid organization action medeor.
