Mirja Boes (born 13 September 1971 in

Viersen Viersen (; li, Veeëse) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east o ...

), also known under her stage name Möhre (German for "carrot"), is a German comedian, actress, and singer. Boes produces comedic party music, and also has released tracks of spoken comedy. She has released a number of singles and has also recorded with other German musicians, as part of the 'Mallorca All-Stars'. She won the 2007

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as a member of the ensemble of 'Frei Schnauze' (Best Comedy Show), and the 2008 German Comedy Award (Best Comedian).

Biography

Boes graduated from

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Municipal School in 1991, and studied at the

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and at the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

. In 1994, she was a member of the theater company 'Compagnia 82', and in 1996, she was with the 'Die Fabulösen Thekenschlampen'. She also played in the improvisational theatre 'Frizzles'. In the summer of 2001, Boes performed under her stage name Möhre in the nightclub Upper Bavaria in

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and released her first single. In 2003, her second single "Wir ham doch keine Zeit ..." was released. She was also one of the Mallorca All-Stars, a group of German musicians. In the same year, she worked as a presenter for

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. Since 2002, Boes has appeared regularly on television together with comedians

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, Mathias Schlung (from 2006), and

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. They performed until the end of 2006 in the sketch comedy show ''

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''. Following that, she was replaced by

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. Boes has had guest appearances on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Open Muzzle'', ''Clueless Genius,'' and the ''Gong Show''. In 2005, she played alongside

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in the feature film ''

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'' and in a comedy adaptation of ''

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''. From December 2006 to May 2007, Boes hosted the ''Karaoke Showdown''. She played the lead in the RTL series ''Angie'' from 2006 to 2008. Mirja Boes 04

In autumn 2007, she toured her first solo performance, ''Tomorrow I'll End! ... Probably!'', where she appeared at the

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. At the start of 2008, Boes played a leading role alongside

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in the film ''African Race''. In January 2009, Wunderlich Verlag published her first memoir: ''Boese: Unspeakably Embarrassing''. Boes also produced an audiobook version. She had a sketch comedy tour ''

Ich bin Boes ''Ich bin Boes'' is a German television series. It aired on 27 February 2010 for the first time in German Television. ''Boes'' (colloquial for ''böse'') is German for "evil". Actors Mirja Boes is shown in every single sketch. There are some ...

'' ("boes" is German for "evil") from February to April 2010. In mid-November 2010, Boes' tour "I'm growing up next week!" was canceled prematurely because she was pregnant at the time. In spring 2011, the program was continued. In 2015, she appeared in "Der Nächste, bitte!"

Personal life

Boes gave birth on 3 January 2011 to a boy.

References

External links

Official website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boes, Mirja 1971 births Living people People from Viersen German stage actresses German comedy musicians German women comedians Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf alumni University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni 21st-century German women singers RTL Group people