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Birge Funke (born August 24, 1974 in Hagen , North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actress and singer.

Life

Funke began playing at the Hagen City Theater as a child . For five years she took private acting and singing lessons and studied acting, singing and dance with a diploma at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK). In Disney's musical " Beauty and the Beast " she performed the Belle several times and performed with it. a. at “ Wetten, dass ..? " on. She played the main role in the play "Lola Blau" in Hagen. She also worked as a producer. Funke was also seen in Disney's “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at the Stella Musical Theater in Berlin. Another stop was the Theater an der Wien , where she played the role of Nannerl in the musical “ Mozart! “Slipped. As Eliza from “ My fair Lady ”, she was seen at the Hagen Theater and the Augsburg City Theater . “ Baby Talk ” was also produced by her, and she also played the main role of Charlotte in this piece in the Marscheider locksmith's shop in Hagen. In Cologne she sang in a concert "Best of Musicals" in the Kölnarena .

In the theaters Komödie am Kurfürstendamm , Berlin, Komödie Dresden , Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus , Hamburg and on tours, Funke played the rosette from “ Beauberdes Fräulein ”, Marie from “The Comedian Harmonists visit Frau Luna” with the “Berlin Comedian Harmonists” and the Irma from "My sister and me" with Herbert Herrmann .

Television and film

Funke dubbed Brigitte in “Jedermanns Fest”, some figures from the Augsburger Puppenkiste and various roles in “ CSI ”. She played in various commercials and was seen in the short films "How Time Flies" as Sandra and in "Phia and Phileas" as Annika. From November 16, 2009 to September 17, 2010 she was in the Sat.1 daily soap “ Eine wie keine ” as secretary Karin Keller . For the Augsburger Puppenkiste she also acted as a spokeswoman for the movie The Christmas Story .

Singing (excerpts)

Birge Funke sang along with many CD recordings, including a. Disney's “Beauty and the Beast”, Mozart !, and “The Comedian Harmonists visit Ms. Luna”. She took second and first place in the national singing competition and wrote her own solo program "Wouldn't be hurt ...". Since 2005 she has been the front singer of the swing band "Les Belles du Swing".

Theater engagements

  • 1996: Pippi from "Pippi Longstocking" at Theater Hagen (director: P. Bisang) and sister Leo from "Nonnsense" at Theater Hagen (director: P. Pietsch)
  • 1996/97: Sister Hella from "Nonnsense" at the Schauspielhaus Dortmund and Janet from "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Schauspielhaus Dortmund
  • 1997: Shirley from "Lady be good" at the Neuköllner Oper, Berlin and Kurt Weill Festival, Dessau (directed by P. Lund)
  • 1999: Lola from "Lola Blau" at the Marscheider locksmith's shop, Hagen (director: I. Gebhard)
  • 1999: Disney's “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” at the Stella Musical Theater, Berlin (Potsdamer Platz) (Director: J. Lapine)
  • 1999/2000: Nannerl from "Mozart!" At the Theater an der Wien, Vienna (director: H. Kupfer)
  • 2000/01: Eliza from "My fair Lady" at Theater Hagen, Hagen (Director: FB Gottschalk)
  • 2000-02: Rosette from “Beauberdes Fräulein” at the Comedy Berlin, Comedy Dresden, at the Winterhuder Fährhaus, Hamburg; Tour (Director: J. Wölffer)
  • 2002: Charlotte from " Baby Talk " at the Schlosserei Marscheider, Hagen (director: P. Zeug)
  • 2003: Sister Amnesia from "Nonnsense" at the Tribüne Berlin (directors: A. Gergen, G. Michael)
  • 2003-04: Cabaret artist in "Die Durchhalte Revue 2003" at the Cabaret Obelisk, Potsdam (Director: H. Fensch)
  • 2004: Singer in the concert “Best of Musicals” in the Kölnarena
  • 2005: Eliza from "My fair Lady" at Theater Augsburg (director: G. Mittendrein)
  • 2006-08: Marie from "The Comedian Harmonists visit Frau Luna" in the comedy Berlin, at the Winterhuder Fährhaus, Hamburg (director: Jürgen Wölffer)
  • 2006-08: Irma from "My sister and me" at the Winterhuder Fährhaus, Hamburg, Comedy Berlin (directors: Herbert Herrmann and Jürgen Wölffer)
  • 2011: You in "Achterbahn" (original title: Les Montagnes Russes) at the Schloßpark Theater Berlin (director: Roland Lang)
  • 2012: in "A man for the rough" at the Schloßpark Theater Berlin (director: Frank-Lorenz Engel)

CD recordings

  • 1997: for Disney's Beauty and the Beast
  • 1998: for The Juggler's Tale
  • 1999: for Mozart!
  • 2002: for Bewitching Miss
  • 2003: for Nonnsense
  • 2004: for Dracula
  • 2005: for Les Belles du Swing
  • 2006: for The Comedian Harmonists visit Mrs. Luna
  • 2007: for Les Belles du Swing
  • 2008: for my sister and me

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vita Birge Funke
personal data
SURNAME Spark, Birge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen , North Rhine-Westphalia