Cordula Stratmann (born 10 November 1963) is a German comedian.

Life

After taking the ''

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'' school-leaving examination, Stratmann studied social work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences in

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, in

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. During her work at the family counselling section of the

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youth welfare office she also trained as a family therapist. For the

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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

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and on

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. 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

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show ''

Schillerstraße ''Schillerstraße'' (''Schiller Street'') was a German improvisational comedy show that aired weekly on Sat.1. It was recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent. The American broadcaster Fox has earned the licence for ''Sc ...

''.Cordula Stratmann und Annette Frier kollaborieren
", Gala.de, 12 February 2010, retrieved 30 July 2011 In October 2001, Stratmann was nominated for the

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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

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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

2005: ''Beste Komikerin (Best Comedian)'' * German Comedy Award 2005: ''Beste Impro-Comedy (Best Improvisational Comedy Show)'' * German Television Award 2005: ''Beste Comedy (Best Comedy Show)'' *''Goldene Kamera'' 2007: Comedy

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Official webpage
1963 births Living people German women comedians German television actresses {{germany-comedian-stub

Life

Awards

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