Anke Engelke

Anke Engelke
Anke Engelke at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival 2010
Born	Anke Christina Engelke December 21, 1965 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Other names	Anke Christina Fischer
Occupation	Comedian, Actress

Anke Christina Fischer (née Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Life

Engelke moved to Cologne in 1971 with her parents. Early on, she exhibited singing talent, and was discovered in 1978 by Georg Bossert at a performance of her school's choir.

From 1979 to 1986, she was the presenter of the daily children's television show broadcast from the Funkausstellung (a German radio exhibition, held every other year in Berlin), and the weekly children and youth's sports magazine show Pfiff. From 1978 to 1980, she hosted the show Moment mal (Wait a minute) on RTL. SWF3 first brought her on board in 1986 as an editor; later on, she was the presenter there until 1998. She has sung with Fred Kellner und die famosen Soul Sisters since 1989. Since 1993, she has been part of the SWF3-Comedy-Ensemble Gagtory.

From 1994 to 2000, Engelke was married to the keyboardist Andreas Grimm with whom she has a daughter. Currently she is married to musician Claus Fischer with whom she has two sons.

From 1996 to 2000, she was part of Die Wochenshow on Sat.1, a rather famous comedy TV show in Germany at that time, alongside Bastian Pastewka, Ingolf Lück and Marco Rima.

In 2003, Anke Engelke and Olli Dittrich were awarded the Grimme-Preis for the improv show Blind Date 2 - Taxi nach Schweinau.

In December 2003, Engelke provided the voice of the fish Dory in the German dubbing of the computer-animated film Finding Nemo, which is voiced by Ellen DeGeneres in the English original. She also provided the voice of Jane Porter in the German dubbing of the Disney movie Tarzan, who is voiced by Minnie Driver in the original version.

Engelke can also be seen in the successful sketch comedy show Ladykracher on Sat.1. On May 17, 2004, when the very successful Die Harald Schmidt Show left Sat.1, Engelke took over its timeslot with Anke Late Night, which was cancelled due to low ratings a few months later on October 21, 2004.

Engelke is the German voice of Marge Simpson on The Simpsons since her predecessor Elisabeth Volkmann died in the summer of 2006. Elisabeth Volkmann was Marge's German voice for 15 years until her death. Engelke's first episode was "My Fair Laddy", which aired in Germany on January 21, 2007.^[1]

In December 2009 she hosted the European Film Awards ceremony, a role she would repeat in 2010, 2011 and 2012.^[2]

In May 2011, she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf alongside Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers.^[3]

The following year, Engelke served as the spokesperson for Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 held in Baku, Azerbaijan. Before presenting the votes, she also gave a live statement on the human-rights issues in the hosting country, saying: "Tonight nobody could vote for their own country. But it is good to be able to vote. And it is good to have a choice. Good luck on your journey, Azerbaijan. Europe is watching you." She was the only spokesperson to articulately address human rights during the event. She had also served as one of Germany's national juries for the contest during that year.^[4][5][6]

In February 2013, her involvement with the Eurovision Song Contest continued as she hosted Unser Song für Malmö, the German national final.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	LiebesLuder	Christine
2001	Der Schuh des Manitu	Mutter	(extended edition)
	The Little Polar Bear	Mutter Eisbär	(voice)
2003	Operation Dance Sensation	Veronica Rell
	Just Get Married!	Ina
	Finding Nemo	Dori	(German voice-dub)
2004	Germanikus	Senator's wife
	Der Wixxer	Doris Dubinsky
2005	About the Looking for and the Finding of Love	Helena Stokowski
	The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island	Iguanita/Frieda	(voice)
2006	Urmel aus dem Eis	Wutz	(voice)
	Oh, wie schön ist Panama	Fish	(voice)
2007	Complete Idiot	Owl
2008	Urmel voll in Fahrt	Wutz	(voice)
	Freche Mädchen	Mila's mother
2009	Lippels Traum	Frau Jakob / Böse Tante
2010	Freche Mädchen 2	Mila's mother
2015	Frau Müller muss weg!	Jessica Höfel
	Ghosthunters - On Icy Trails	Hetty Cuminseed

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996–2000	Die Wochenshow	Host and sketches	German Television Award for Best Entertainment Program shared with Ingolf Lück, Bastian Pastewka, Markus Maria Profitlich, Ralf Guenther and Josef Ballerstaller (1999) German Comedy Award for Best Comedy/Variety Show shared with Josef Ballerstaller, Rainer Bender, Ralf Guenther, Ingolf Lück, Bastian Pastewka and Marco Rima (1999) Goldene Kamera-Audience Camera (1999) Adolf Grimme Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement (1999)
1997	Tatort	Anke	Episode: "Tod im All"
1998	...und im Keller gärt es		Episodes: "Umbau", "Klapsmühle", "Prinz"
2001	Blind Date	Yvonne
2000–2001	Anke	Anke	German Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian (2000–2001)
2002	Blind Date 2 - Taxi nach Schweinau	Ruth	Bavarian TV Award shared with Olli Dittrich (2003) Adolf Grimme Award in Gold for Fiction/Entertainment shared with Olli Dittrich (2003) Nominated-German Television Award for Best Comedy Program shared with Olli Dittrich (2002)
	Blind Date 3 - Der fünfbeinige Elefant	Constanze Pillmann
2002–2010	Ladykracher	Various Roles	German Television Award for Best Comedy Program (2002) German Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian (2002) German Comedy Award for Best Comedy/Variety Show shared Ralf Guenther and Josef Ballerstaller Golden Rose for Best Performance - Comedy - Female (2004) Nominated-German Comedy Award for Best Comedian (2003) Nominated-Goldene Kamera for Best Entertainment Show (2009)
2003	Lindenstraße	Conny / Moderatorin	Episode: "Heldentum"
	Blind Date 4 - London, Moabit	Caroline
2004	Blind Date 5 - Blaues Geheimnis	Sonja Mette
	Anke Late Night	Host and sketches	43 episodes
2005	Blind Date 6 - Tanzen verboten	Elke
2006–2007	LadyLand	Andrea Steinkamp / various other roles	11 episodes
2006–2009	Pastewka	Anke Engelke	3 episodes
2007-present	the Simpsons	Marge Simpson	German voice
2007	Fröhliche Weihnachten	Anneliese / Mario Barth / Nina Hagen / Shakira / various other roles	German Comedy Award for Best Comedy Event shared with Bastian Pastewka (2008) Bavarian TV Award shared with Bastian Pastewka (2008) Adolf Grimme Award for Entertainment shared with Bastian Pastewka (2008) Nominated-German Television Award for Best Comedy shared with Bastian Pastewka (2008)
2007–2010	Komissarin Lucas	Rike	8 episodes
2008	Mitternachtsspitzen	Amy Winehouse / Frau Schmickler	Episode: "20 Jahre Mitternachtsspitzen"
2009	Fröhliche Weihnachten II	Various roles
2009	22nd European Film Awards	Anke Engelke
2010	23rd European Film Awards	Anke Engelke	host with Märt Avandi
2011	Fröhlicher Frühling	Various roles
2011	Eurovision Song Contest 2011	Anke Engelke	host with Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers
2011	24th European Film Awards	Anke Engelke
2012	Eurovision Song Contest 2012	Anke Engelke	Spokesperson presenting German votes. National jury for Germany.
2012	25th European Film Awards	Anke Engelke
2013	Unser Song für Malmö	Anke Engelke
2013	Anke hat Zeit	Anke Engelke	Originally titled Helge hat Zeit and presented by Helge Schneider who terminated his version of the show after 2 episodes

References

This article is based on the corresponding article in the German Wikipedia (retrieved February 3, 2004).

1. "Anke Engelke spricht Marge Simpson!". ProSieben. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
2. "European Film Awards Archive". European Film Awards. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
3. "ESC 2011: Moderatoren stehen fest". Eurovison.de. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
4. "Umstrittener Eurovision Song Contest. Danke, Anke!". Der Spiegel. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
5. "Anke's brave message to Baku. Final. 2012 Eurovision Song Contest". YouTube. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
6. "GERMAN AND FINNISH JURY VOTING REVEALED". 5 June 2012. escToday. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

External links

• Brainpool's Anke Engelke page (in German)
• Article on sbznet.de: "Late-Night-Talk: Anke macht's für Harald" (23 December 2003) (in German)
• Anke Engelke at the Internet Movie Database
• Zeit (14/2004) Interview with Anke Engelke at the beginning of her Late-Night-Show (in German)
• Zeit (01/2005) Interview with Anke Engelke near the end of her Late-Night-Show (in German)
• Anke Engelke: Interview (Germany)