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Anke Engelke

Known for: Acting

Born 21/12/1965

Place of birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Anke Engelke, born in Montreal/Canada in 1965, grew up trilingual. As a child, she gained early dubbing experience and hosted TV and radio shows. Engelke was part of the weekly show ensemble, her series Ladykracher is considered the most successful German sketch format with eight seasons. Since 2000, Anke Engelke has appeared regularly in feature films, soon in leading roles in Mein Sohn, Der Onkel and Mutter. Currently, Anke Engelke can be seen in the leading role in the Netflix series Das letzte Wort and on Amazon Prime Video in the first season of the acclaimed comedy format LOL - Last One Laughing. As a voice actress, she lends her voice to various characters: Marge on The Simpsons, Dory in Finding Nemo and in Finding Dory, Captain Ericka in Hotel Transylvania 3 and Silver in Angry Birds 2. In the pre-school television series Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten, Anke Engelke has been the inhabitant of Anke's World since its launch in 2007. Together with Kristian Thees, Anke Engelke can be heard on the SWR3 podcast Wie war der Tag, Liebling: Every Tuesday and Thursday, SWR3 presenter Kristian Thees calls his best friend Anke Engelke and the two tell each other their little stories of the day. Anke Engelke is on the road with various reading programmes: currently with KOMISCH - Iris Berben meets Anke Engelke and Letters of Note - Anke Engelke, Devid Striesow & Jörg Thadeusz, among others. Between 2003 and 2019, she presented the opening and the Bear Awards Gala of the Berlinale 13 times as host. In 2011, she co-hosted the German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) with Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers. From 2012 - 2017, Anke Engelke taught television dramaturgy and creative television production at the KHM in Cologne as a substitute professor. Alongside Dirk von Lowtzow, Prof. Diedrich Diederichsen and Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacke, Anke Engelke is a member of the advisory board of the Pop Institute of the Folkwang University of the Arts. Anke Engelke has been an ambassador for the medical aid organisation action medeor since 2003.

Filmography

Series ★ 5,3

Morgenmagazin

self

1992

Series ★ 5,3

Morgenmagazin

Self

1992

Series ★ 6,2

Scene of the Crime

Anke

1970

Series ★ 6,2

Scene of the Crime

1970

Series ★ 7,4

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Self

1995

Series ★ 5,2

Leute heute

Self

1997

Series ★ 6,8

Kölner Treff

Self

1976

Series ★ 6,6

NDR Talk Show

Self

1979

Series ★ 7,2

3 nach 9

Self

1974

Series ★ 6,0

Derrick

herself

1974

Series ★ 7,0

Zimmer frei!

Self

1996

Series ★ 7,2

Menschen bei Maischberger

Self

2003

Series ★ 5,6

Wetten, dass..?

Self

1981

Series ★ 6,7

Genial daneben

2003

Series ★ 7,4

Eurovision Song Contest

Self - Host

1956

Series ★ 9,0

Bambi

Self

1948

Series ★ 6,0

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

Self

1994

Series ★ 7,0

Tigerenten Club

Self

1996

Series

Grimme Award

Self

1964

Series ★ 6,2

Stern TV

Self

1990

Series ★ 7,4

Neo Magazin Royale

Guest

2013

Series ★ 7,0

Boulevard Bio

Self

1991

Series ★ 7,6

Pastewka

Anke Engelke

2005

Series ★ 5,2

Late Night Berlin

Self

2018

Series ★ 5,7

Goldene Kamera

Self - Laudatio

1984

Series ★ 5,7

Goldene Kamera

Self

1984

Series ★ 5,3

Mitternachtsspitzen

Self

1988

Series ★ 7,9

Through the Night with...

Self

2002

Series ★ 6,5

Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben

Self

2019

Series

Blauer Panther

Self

1989

Series ★ 6,1

Circus Halligalli

Self

2013

Series ★ 8,5

Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause

Self

2020

Series ★ 7,7

Wer stiehlt mir die Show?

Self

2021

Series ★ 8,0

Deutscher Fernsehpreis

Self - Host

1999

Series ★ 7,4

LOL: Last One Laughing Germany

Self

2021

Series ★ 7,2

Ladykracher

Various Characters

2002

Series

NDR Kultur – Das Journal

Self

2002

Series

Günther Jauch

Self

2011

Series ★ 7,5

Deutschland

Barbara Dietrich

2015

Series

Menschen hautnah

Self

1998

Series ★ 5,8

Kommissarin Lucas

Rike

2003

Series ★ 6,5

Die Wochenshow

Self

1996

Series ★ 7,7

The Discounters

Self

2021

Series

Hamburg Journal

self

2011

Series ★ 8,4

Krömer - Die internationale Show

Self

2007

Series ★ 7,0

The Carolin Kebekus Show

Self

2020

Series ★ 7,0

The Carolin Kebekus Show

2020

Series ★ 6,0

Menschen

Self

1982

Series

Gottschalk Live

Self

2012

Series ★ 7,0

The Interpreter of Silence

Edith Bruhns

2023

Series ★ 6,1

TV total

Self

1999

Series ★ 9,0

Bio’s Bahnhof

Self

1978

Series ★ 3,2

Schmidt & Pocher

2007

Series

RTL-Spendenmarathon

Self

1996

Series ★ 7,5

The Perfect Miss

Maria Lampe

2024

Series

German Comedy Award

Self

1997

Series ★ 5,0

Experte für alles

2025

Series ★ 8,0

Anke

2000

Series ★ 7,0

Elton.tv

self

2001

Series ★ 7,0

Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show

Self

1998

Series

Die Wiwaldi Show

Self

2012

Series ★ 7,0

Das Quiz mit Jörg Pilawa

Self

2002

Series ★ 10,0

Die WIB-Schaukel

self

2001

Series

1Live Talk mit Frau Heinrich

2011

Series ★ 6,0

Domian: Der Promi-Talk

Self

2004

Series

Böhmi brutzelt

Self

2021

Series

Quiz Taxi

Self

2006

Series ★ 9,0

Lesen! Mit Elke Heidenreich

Self

2003

Series ★ 8,2

Chabos

Martina Pfeffer

2025

Series ★ 6,3

The Last Word

Karla Fazius

2020

Series

Ladyland

Andrea Steinkamp

2006

Series ★ 8,0

Die 80er Jahre Show

Self

2002

Series ★ 10,0

Die Schöneberger Show

Self

2003

Film ★ 6,8

Manitou's Shoe

Mutter (extended edition)

2001

Series

Hallo Niedersachsen

Self

2012

Film ★ 4,8

Pinocchio

Coco

2013

Series ★ 6,8

Welke & Pastewka - Wiedersehen macht Freude

Self

2023

Series

Lachen tut gut - Comedy für Unicef

Self

1999

Film ★ 5,8

Impy's Island

Wutz (voice)

2006

Series ★ 7,6

LOL: Last One Laughing - Xmas Special

Self

2023

Series ★ 7,0

...und im Keller gärt es

1995

Series

Comedy Allstars – Meilensteine des Humors

Self

2024

Series ★ 6,2

5 Millionen SKL Show

Self

2003

Film ★ 5,7

Ghosthunters: On Icy Trails

Hedwig Kümmelsaft

2015