Anke Engelke

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

## 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.

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

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.

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

### Movie

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|_LiebesLuder_|Christine||||||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Der Schuh des Manitu_|Mutter|(extended edition)||||
|_The Little Polar Bear_|Mutter Eisbär|(voice)||||||
|rowspan="3"|2003|_Operation Dance Sensation_|Veronica Rell|||||
|_Just Get Married!_|Ina|||||||
|_Finding Nemo_|Dori|(voice)||||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Germanikus_|Frau Senator|||||
|_Der Wixxer_|Doris Dubinsky|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2005|_About the Looking for and the Finding of Love_|Helena Stokowski|||||
|_The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island_|Iguanita/Frieda|(voice)||||||
|rowspan="2"|2006|_Urmel aus dem Eis_|Wutz|(voice)||||
|_Oh, wie schön ist Panama_|Fish|(voice)||||||
|2007|_Complete Idiot_|Owl||||||
|rowspan="2"|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||||||

### Television

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|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)|||||
|rowspan="2"|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)|||||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Lindenstraße_|Conny / Moderatorin|**Episode**: "Heldentum"||||
|_Blind Date 4 - London, Moabit_|Caroline|||||||
|rowspan="2"|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|_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||||||

## References

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

## Other websites

- Brainpool's Anke Engelke page (in German)
- Article on sbznet.de: "Late-Night-Talk: Anke macht's für Harald"  (23 December 2003)  (in German)
- 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)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Anke Engelke
- **image**: MJK 45300 Anke Engelke (Deutscher Filmpreis 2019).jpg
- **caption**: Engelke in 2019
- **birthname**: Anke Christina Engelke
- **birth place**: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- **nationality**: German
- **othername**: Anke Christina Fischer
- **occupation**: Comedian, Actress