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Anke Christina Fischer (née Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
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.
Anke Engelke is well known for her ability to jump into different female roles, playing them very convincingly, and changing them in the blink of an eye. A very wide variety of facial expressions (which tend to the funny side) is also at her disposal. In 2003, Anke Engelke and Olli Dittrich were awarded the golden Adolf Grimme Prize 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.
In May 2011, she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf alongside Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers.
In December 2011 she hosted the European Film Awards ceremony.
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
(voice)
2004
Germanikus
Frau Senator
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
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
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
2010
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
Presenting the German votes
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