Anne Onken
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Anne Onken is a German radio presenter and comedian.
Onken was born as the daughter of a priest in Oldenburg, and started to imitate voices from an early age. Her first successful radio programme was Die Pisa-Polizei with N-Joy
and SWR 3 in which she confronted schoolchildren on the street and asked them difficult questions from various subject areas.
In 2005 she began to imitate the voice of politician (and later Federal Chancellor) Angela Merkel
on The Gerd Show. Her successful work with Elmar Brandt
(who imitated Gerhard Schröder
) culminated in the popular song Im Wahlkampf vor mir liegt ein Zonenmädchen, which reached no. 25 in the German charts during the run up to the 2005 German federal elections
.
Shortly before the elections the television broadcaster Sat.1
showed short sketches with Onken and Brandt. Since then Onken has been acclaimed as the best imitator of Angela Merkel in Germany.
In October 2005 The Gerd Show was replaced by a new comedy serial, Angela - Schicksalsjahre einer Kanzlerin - Eine Frau geht seinen Weg. Like The Gerd Show, it was produced by Elmar Brandt and played by Onken using her imitation of Angela Merkel.
Onken was born as the daughter of a priest in Oldenburg, and started to imitate voices from an early age. Her first successful radio programme was Die Pisa-Polizei with N-Joy
N-Joy
N-Joy is a German, public radio station by the Norddeutschen Rundfunk made for listeners with an age between 14 and 29. The headquarters is in Hamburg. Program director is Norbert Grundei....
and SWR 3 in which she confronted schoolchildren on the street and asked them difficult questions from various subject areas.
In 2005 she began to imitate the voice of politician (and later Federal Chancellor) Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany . Merkel, elected to the Bundestag from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000, and chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.From 2005 to 2009 she led a...
on The Gerd Show. Her successful work with Elmar Brandt
Elmar Brandt
Elmar Brandt is a German impressionist, best known for his imitations of politicians. He was born in Düsseldorf.His most famous series is The Gerd Show, in which actual events are lampooned using an imitation of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder...
(who imitated Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor...
) culminated in the popular song Im Wahlkampf vor mir liegt ein Zonenmädchen, which reached no. 25 in the German charts during the run up to the 2005 German federal elections
German federal election, 2005
German federal elections took place on 18 September 2005 to elect the members of the 16th German Bundestag, the federal parliament of Germany. They became necessary after a motion of confidence in Chancellor Gerhard Schröder failed on 1 July...
.
Shortly before the elections the television broadcaster Sat.1
Sat.1
Sat.1 is a privately owned German television broadcasting station. Sat.1 was the first privately owned television broadcasting station in Germany, having started one day before RTL Television....
showed short sketches with Onken and Brandt. Since then Onken has been acclaimed as the best imitator of Angela Merkel in Germany.
In October 2005 The Gerd Show was replaced by a new comedy serial, Angela - Schicksalsjahre einer Kanzlerin - Eine Frau geht seinen Weg. Like The Gerd Show, it was produced by Elmar Brandt and played by Onken using her imitation of Angela Merkel.
External links
Clips of Die Pisa-Polizei Clips of Angela - Schicksalsjahre einer Kanzlerin- This article is based on a translation of the corresponding German-language Wikipedia article, retrieved on July 6, 2006.