Marie Christine Meltzer Lind (born 4 December 1974 in

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) is a

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television hostess, actress and comedian. She rose to fame as an impersonator on the

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comedy show Hey Baberiba. She has also hosted the Swedish version of ''

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'' and hosted the 2010 Melodifestivalen with

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and

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. Since 2010, she has taken over as main host of ''

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'', she has been named "Sweden's funniest woman".

Career

Meltzer's television career began in 1997 when she hosted ''Lattjo Lajban'' with David Hellenius. In 2001 Meltzer hosted the dating show ''När och fjärran'' and the following year she presented the Swedish version of

for Kanal 5. In 2004 ''

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'' called Meltzer "something rare in Swedish scenes: a young girl that both can and dare let stylish clip blanket and be asrolig". In 2005 Meltzer's big break came when she was one of three comedians to star in the comedy show Hey Baberiba. She did impressions for many well known celebrities including

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and

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. In 2007 she took part in the first series of ''Tack gode gud'' (Swedish version of the Australian ''

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''). In 2010 Meltzer, together with

and

hosted the 2010 edition of the Melodifestivalen., the winner of the festival was

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with the song " This Is My Life", in addition Meltzer provided the SVT television commentary at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest along with

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. In 2011 she hosted the 2011 edition of ''Inför Eurovision Song Contest''.

Personal life

Meltzer is married to Niclas Lind, the couple have two children.

References

External links

Christine Meltzer at imdb
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