Angela Merkel
Known for: Acting
Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German former politician and scientist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), she previously served as Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000 to 2018. Merkel was the first female chancellor of Germany. During her tenure as Chancellor, Merkel was frequently referred to as the de facto leader of the European Union (EU), the most powerful woman in the world, and since 2016 the leader of the free world. Merkel was born in Hamburg in then-West Germany, moving to East Germany as an infant when her father, a Lutheran clergyman, received a pastorate in Perleberg. She obtained a doctorate in quantum chemistry in 1986 and worked as a research scientist until 1989. Merkel entered politics in the wake of the Revolutions of 1989, briefly serving as deputy spokeswoman for the first democratically elected Government of East Germany led by Lothar de Maizière. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. As the protégée of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Merkel was appointed as Minister for Women and Youth in 1991, later becoming Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in 1994. After the CDU lost the 1998 federal election, Merkel was elected CDU General Secretary, before becoming the party's first female leader and the first female Leader of the Opposition two years later, in the aftermath of a donations scandal that toppled Wolfgang Schäuble. Following the 2005 federal election, Merkel was appointed to succeed Gerhard Schröder as Chancellor of Germany, leading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Merkel was the first woman to be elected as Chancellor, and the first Chancellor since reunification to have been raised in the former East Germany. At the 2009 federal election, the CDU obtained the largest share of the vote, and Merkel was able to form a coalition government with the Free Democratic Party (FDP). At the 2013 federal election, Merkel's CDU won a landslide victory with 41.5% of the vote and formed a second grand coalition with the SPD, after the FDP lost all of its representation in the Bundestag. At the 2017 federal election, Merkel led the CDU to become the largest party for the fourth time; Merkel formed a third grand coalition with the SPD and was sworn in for a joint-record fourth term as Chancellor on 14 March 2018. ...
Filmography
Series
maybrit illner
Self
1999
Series
Mentiras verdaderas
Self (archive footage)
2011
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
Kulturzeit
Self (archive footage)
1995
Series
BILD LIVE
Self
2021
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
3 nach 9
Self
1974
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Günther Jauch
Self
2011
Series
Beckmann
Self
1999
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003
Münchner Runde
Self
2000
Series
ANNE WILL
Self
2007
Series
Nano - Die Welt von morgen
Self
2000
Series
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Self (archive footage)
2024
Bericht aus Berlin
Self
2003
Sabine Christiansen
Self
1998
Series
The World in Front
Self
1987
Series
Zur Person
Self
1963
Series
Emigratis
Self
2016
Berlin direkt
Self
2000
Series
Στο Χιλιοστό
2026
Film
Agora: From Democracy to the Market
self (archive footage)
2015
Koschwitz
Self
2000
Series
Coronavirus, Explained
Self (archive footage)
2020
Halb 12
Self
1995
Was Nun?
Self
1997
Film
Before the Flood
Self (archive footage)
2016
Klartext
Self
2017
Series
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
Arte Journal
Self
2010
Menschen
Self
1982
Series
Ein Herz für Kinder
Self
1998
Schleswig-Holstein Magazin
Self
2012
Series
Код доступа
Self
2017
Series
Right-Wing Extremism: The New Terrorist Threat
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Self
2017
Goldene Henne
Self
1995
Eine Stunde ZEIT
Self
2020
Film
Tomorrow
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
Film
Navalny
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
Bild.Macht.Deutschland?
Self
2020
Series
Willem-Alexander & Máxima
Self (archive footage)
2026
Series
Angela Merkel ‧ The Fateful Years of a Chancellor
Self
2024
Film
Laissez-faire
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Self (uncredited)
2018
Series
House of Saud: A Family at War
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
Mesut Özil – Among Friends
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
On Day Eight
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
In Their Own Words
Self
2015
Forum Pariser Platz
Self
2000
Film
Laboratory Greece
Self (archive footage)
2019
Gabi Bauer
Self
2002
Farbe bekennen
Self
2010
Film
Prelúdio
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
The Arc de Triomphe: A Nation's Passion
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Team
Self
2014
Film
The Billions of Others
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
trustWHO
Self
2018
Film
In the Grip of Gazprom
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Film
Master of the Universe
Self
2013
Film
White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
The Forum
Self
2019
Series
Angela Merkel – Frau Bundeskanzlerin
Self
2021
Film
Putin's Bears - The Most Dangerous Hackers in the World
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
TV total
Self
1999
Film
Becoming Navalny
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2024
Film
Vaccine Diplomacy
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Ivanka Trump- America's Real First Lady?
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Film
The Queen and the Prime Ministers
Sig selv (arkiv)
2024
Film
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
Self
2006
Film
Merkel
Self
2022
Film
Rebel with a Bow Tie
Self
2025
Film
Angela Merkel - Im Lauf der Zeit
Self
2022
Film
The Great European Disaster Movie
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Sassnitz vs. Trump: The Dispute Over Nord Stream 2
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Die Ära Merkel - Gesichter einer Kanzlerin
Self
2021
Film
When Multinationals Attack Nation States
Self (archive footage)
2016
Film
What Is a Good Tax?
Self
2019
Film
The Rise of Germany’s New Right
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Julius
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018
Film
Google and the World Brain
Self
2013
Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
D-Day 75: A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2019
Film
Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära
Self (archive footage)
2021
10 Jahre danach: Geflüchtete im Gespräch mit Angela Merkel
self
2025
Film
Die PARTEI
Self
2009
Film
Wagenknecht
Self
2020
Film
François Hollande, le mal-aimé
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Angela Merkel: Die Unerwartete
Self
2016
Film
Germany’s Neo-Nazis & the Far Right
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Henryk from the Back Row
Self
2012
Film
Vote for Henryk!
Self
2003
Film
Russian Lessons
Self
2010
Film
Schockwellen. Nachrichten aus der Pandemie
Self
2021
Film
Hello, Dictator: Orbán, the EU and the Rule of Law
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2021
Film
The Godmother
Self
2014
Film
Angela Merkel im Gespräch
Angela Merkel
2022
Film
Angela Merkel - Freiheit
Angela Merkel
2024