Cordula Stratmann
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Cordula Stratmann is a German comedian. After taking the Abitur
school-leaving examination, she studied social work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia
, in Cologne
. During her work at the family counselling section of the Pulheim
youth welfare office she also trained as a family therapist. For the carnival
season in 1992, she invented the character "Annemie Hülchrath".
Stratmann had her first television appearances as the host of the comedy shows Manngold and Sonst gerne on tm3 and on ZDF
. In 1998 she acted in Zimmer frei! as "Annemie Hülchrath". In 2001 her first stage programme Andererseits wiederum … followed. In the years 2002 to 2004 she had a show called Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk on WDR
, and in September 2004 she started an improvisation comedy show Schillerstraße
.
In October 2001 Stratmann was nominated for the German Comedy Award as "Beste Komikerin" (best comedian). In October 2002 another nomination followed, and in 2005 she finally won the award for "Schillerstraße", as "Beste Impro-Comedy" (best improvisational comedy show).
In November 2005 her management confirmed the rumor that she was pregnant. To hide her pregnancy, her Schillerstraße character became very "fat" by means of a fatsuit
and finally had to go to a diet camp. On 31 March 2006 she gave birth to a son, Emil, from her marriage with Rainer Osnowski.
Abitur
Abitur is a designation used in Germany, Finland and Estonia for final exams that pupils take at the end of their secondary education, usually after 12 or 13 years of schooling, see also for Germany Abitur after twelve years.The Zeugnis der Allgemeinen Hochschulreife, often referred to as...
school-leaving examination, she studied social work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
, in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
. During her work at the family counselling section of the Pulheim
Pulheim
Pulheim is a city in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.Since the 1920s, a large substation of the RWE has been sited at Pulheim...
youth welfare office she also trained as a family therapist. For the carnival
Carnival
Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...
season in 1992, she invented the character "Annemie Hülchrath".
Stratmann had her first television appearances as the host of the comedy shows Manngold and Sonst gerne on tm3 and on ZDF
ZDF
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...
. In 1998 she acted in Zimmer frei! as "Annemie Hülchrath". In 2001 her first stage programme Andererseits wiederum … followed. In the years 2002 to 2004 she had a show called Annemie Hülchrath – Der Talk on WDR
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD...
, and in September 2004 she started an improvisation comedy show Schillerstraße
Schillerstraße
Schillerstraße is a German improvisational comedy show that airs weekly on Sat.1. It is recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent...
.
In October 2001 Stratmann was nominated for the German Comedy Award as "Beste Komikerin" (best comedian). In October 2002 another nomination followed, and in 2005 she finally won the award for "Schillerstraße", as "Beste Impro-Comedy" (best improvisational comedy show).
In November 2005 her management confirmed the rumor that she was pregnant. To hide her pregnancy, her Schillerstraße character became very "fat" by means of a fatsuit
Fatsuit
A fatsuit is a bodysuit-like undergarment used to thicken the appearance of an actress or actor of light to medium build into a heavy-set or obese character, in conjunction with prosthetic makeup. Other spellings include fat suit and fat-suit....
and finally had to go to a diet camp. On 31 March 2006 she gave birth to a son, Emil, from her marriage with Rainer Osnowski.
Awards
- German Comedy Award 2005: Beste Komikerin (Best Comedian)
- German Comedy Award 2005: Beste Impro-Comedy (Best Improvisational Comedy Show)
- German Television AwardDeutscher FernsehpreisThe Deutscher Fernsehpreis is a German award for television programming, created in 1999 by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL and Sat.1. It was created as a equivalent to the Emmy Awards though it is not organized by an academy and is awarded annually in September or October...
2005: Beste Comedy (Best Comedy Show) - Goldene Kamera 2007: Comedy