Anke Engelke
Biography
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.
Known For
Helena Stokowski
Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe
Chefin
Vollidiot
Mrs. Senator
Germanikus
Mila's Mother
Freche Mädchen
Self
Bahnhof für Bio - Alfred Biolek wird 70
Doris Dubinsky
Der Wixxer
Wutz (voice)
Urmel aus dem Eis
Iguanita (voice)
Der kleine Eisbär 2 - Die geheimnisvolle Insel
Fisch
Oh, wie schön ist Panama
Heidi Lohmann
Eingeschlossene Gesellschaft
Anneliese Funzfichler / Various
Fröhliche Weihnachten
Mila's Mother
Freche Mädchen 2
Frau Jakob / Böse Tante
Lippels Traum
Wutz (voice)
Urmel voll in Fahrt
Gloria
Der Onkel - The Hawk
Best of Harald Schmidt - Respektlos und Rezeptfrei
self
Frank Elstner - Noch eine Frage
self
Sowas wie Glück. Eine Reise mit Anke Engelke
Anke Engelke
Pastewkas Weihnachtsgeschichte
Anneliese Funzfichler / Various
Fröhliche Weihnachten 2
Mutter
self
Fast perfekt. Anke Engelke und die Selbstoptimierer
Irina
Schock
Eisverkäuferin
Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten
Anneliese
Die Helene Fischer Show 2011
Narrator (voice)
Unsere Väter – Die größten Showmaster Deutschlands
Anneliese Funzfichler
Fröhlicher Frühling
Bettina Maurer
Der zweite Kurzschluss
self
Danke, Anke! Weihnachten 1999
self
Danke, Anke! Weihnachten 2000
self
Danke, Anke! Weihnachten 2003
self
Danke, Anke! Weihnachten 1998
self
Danke, Anke! Weihnachten 2001
self
Danke, Anke! Weihnachten 2002
Christine
LiebesLuder
Jessica Höfel
Frau Müller muss weg!
Self - Presenter (archive footage)
The A-Z of Eurovision
Bettina Maurer
Kurzschluss
Hedwig Kümmelsaft
Gespensterjäger
Coco
Pinocchio
Prof. Dr. Kuhn
Überlast
Secretary
Mind Your Body
Ina
Just Get Married!
Fanny Reitmeyer
Einmal Hallig und zurück
Dr. Werner
Herman the German
Resepsjonist
Doktor Proktors tidsbadekar
Self
Lena, Stefan & Co. - Peter Urbans 25 legendäre ESC-Jahre
Alexandra
Happy Burnout
Therese Pönsgen
Wellness für Paare
Veronica Rell
Operation Dance Sensation
Zweite Eintagsfliege
Nur ein Tag
herself
Brett vor’m Kopp
Karin Berger
Tödliche Geheimnisse – Jagd in Kapstadt
Karin Berger
Tödliche Geheimnisse
Anne Lehmann
Südstadt
Cyrils Mutter Anja
Das schönste Mädchen der Welt
Angie
Rate Your Date
Mutter Eisbär (voice)
Der kleine Eisbär
Leder for Patentstyret
Doktor Proktors prompepulver
Karin Berger
Tödliche Geheimnisse - Das Versprechen
Marlene
Mein Sohn
Self
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt
Bettina Maurer
Kurzschluss hoch drei
Rita
Rita und Hans
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-12-21
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also Known As
Анке Энгельке