Anke Engelke
German comedian and actress
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- Anke Christina Fischer ( née Engelke ; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice-actress, and television presenter.
- Early on, she exhibited singing talent, and was discovered in 1978 by Georg Bossert at a performance of her school's choir.
- She was married to musician Claus Fischer from 2005 to 2015, with whom she has two sons.
- From 1978 to 1980, she hosted the show Moment mal (Wait a minute) on RTL.
- She has sung with Fred Kellner und die famosen Soul Sisters since 1989.
Anke Christina Fischer (née Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice-actress, and television presenter.
Personal life
Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early on, she exhibited singing talent, and was discovered in 1978 by Georg Bossert at a performance of her school's choir.
From 1994 to 2000, Engelke was married to the keyboardist Andreas Grimm with whom she has a daughter. She was married to musician Claus Fischer from 2005 to 2015, with whom she has two sons.
Career
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 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, Engelke and Olli Dittrich were awarded the Grimme-Preis for the improv show Blind Date 2 – Taxi nach Schweinau.
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