Anke Engelke, born December 21, 1965 in Montreal, Canada, presented TV programmes on Radio Luxemburg and ZDF since she was a child. From 1986 to 1998 she was editor and presenter for SWF and from 1996 to 2000 she was part of the Comedy-ensemble of "Wochenshow" on Sat.1, followed by her own shows "Anke", "Ladykracher" and "Anke Late Night". For an episode of the improvisation "Blind Date" Engelke alongside with her partner Olli Dittrich received Grimme Preis in 2003.

After a small part in "Tatort – Tod im All" (1997) Engelke played in Detlev Buck"s "Liebesluder" (2000), followed by further film parts where she could play out her special comic talent, as in "Der Schuh des Manitu" (Manitou"s Shoe, 2001) by Michael "Bully" Herbig or in Tobi Baumann"s "Der Wixxer" (2004). Also as a dubbing artist she succeeded, for example as Doris in the german version of "Finding Nemo" (2003) or as lizard Iguanita in "Der kleine Eisbär 2 – Die geheimnisvolle Insel" (The Little Polar Bear 2: The mysterious Island, 2001). In January 2007, Anke Engelke became the voice of "Marge Simpson" in the cult series "The Simpsons" after Elisabeth Volkmann, the former dubbing voice, had died in late 2006.

In 2006, Anke Engelke started her new comedy show "Ladyland", a sequel to her comedy show "Ladykracher". Since September 2007, Engelke also participates in the pre-school TV series "Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten". Engelke"s numerous TV appearances include the TV series "Kommissarin Lucas" that features Engelke as the younger sister of the female inspector, played by Ulrike Kriener. On the big screen, Engelke was recently seen in key supporting roles in Helmut Dietl"s love story "Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe" (About the Looking for and the Finding of Love), and alongside her comedy fellow Oliver Pocher in the film version of the novel "Vollidiot" ("Complete Idiot").