Anjorka Strechel (born 12 January 1982) is a German film and theater actress. Her television credits include ''

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'' and ''

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''. Her film credits include '' My Friend from Faro'' and ''

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''.

Life

Anjorka grew up in

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, Germany. She went to

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg The Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg is one of the larger universities of music in Germany. It was founded 1950 as ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik'' (Public college of music) on the base of the former private acting school of Annem ...

to study acting for four years. After her diploma she was engaged at Theater Osnabrück from 2005 to 2010 and performed in more than 40 plays. Since 2010 she has worked as a freelance actor and lives in

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. She played at well known theaters such as Thalia Theater Hamburg, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Staatstheater Hannover, Staatstheater Braunschweig as well as in off productions in

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, Belgrade,

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, and

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. She studies sports sciences and philosophy at Humboldt Universität Berlin since 2013. Her first appearance on screen was Mel in ''My Friend from Faro''. This movie by Nana Neul won several awards at film festivals all over the world. Anjorka was preselected for the nominations for the German Film Award in 2008. In 2009/10 she worked in

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with

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and

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for ''

''. For her role as Elsa, Anjorka won the

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(a Russian film award) and was nominated for the NIKA. ''The Edge'' was nominated for the Golden Globe in 2011 and was the Russia's entry for the 83rd

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as best foreign language film. ''The Strange Little Cat'' premiered at

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in 2013 and had its theatrical release in

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in 2014. In 2014's ''Viktoria'', Anjorka played a paralympic champion in a racing wheel chair who starts to feel her legs again.

Career

Theater (selection)

;Burgfestspiele Jagsthausen * 2002: Der eingebildete Kranke ... as ''Louison'' (Dir.: Helmut Stauss) * 2014: Pope Joan ... as ''Joan/Johannes Anglicus'' (Dir.: Eva Hosemann) ;Kampnagel * 2003: Edgar Wibeau ... as ''Charlie'' (Dir.: Julius Seyfarth) ;Thalia Theater Hamburg * 2004 bis 2005: Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn ... as ''Amy Lawrence'' (Dir.: Henning Bock) * 2005: White Trash ... as ''Sunny'' (Dir.: Andreas Kriegenburg) ;Theater Osnabrück * 2005: Spargelzeit ... as ''Lisa'' (Dir.: Doro Schroeder) * 2005: Die Schneekönigin ... as ''Gerda'' (Dir.: Katja Wolff) * 2006: Der Entenfreund ... as ''Nachfolgerin'' (Dir.: Matthias Kaschig) * 2006: Cosí – Was Mozart nie zu träumen wagte ... as ''Lucy/Julie'' (Dir.: Katja Wolff) * 2006: Heimatort ... as ''Sally'' (Dir.: Peter Hailer) * 2006: Schneckenportrait ... as ''Patientin'' (Dir.: Nina Gühlstorff) * 2007:

Frühlings Erwachen ''Spring Awakening'' (german: Frühlings Erwachen, links=no) (also translated as ''Spring's Awakening'' and ''The Awakening of Spring'') is the German dramatist Frank Wedekind's first major play and a foundational work in the modern history of ...

... as ''Wendla'' (Dir.: Henning Bock) * 2007: Elektra ... as ''Chrysothemis'' (Dir.: Ingo Berk) * 2007: Musst Boxen ... as ''Conny/Moni'' (Dir.: Dariusch Yazdkhasti) * 2007: Die Ballade vom Nadelbaumkiller ... as ''Anna'' (Dir.: Doro Schroeder) * 2007: Schule der Arbeitslosen ... as ''Regien Lichtenstein'' (Dir.: Nina Gühlstorff) * 2008:

Nathan der Weise ''Nathan the Wise'' (original German title: ', ) is a play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing from 1779. It is a fervent plea for religious tolerance. It was never performed during Lessing's lifetime and was first performed in 1783 at the Döbbelinsch ...

... as ''Recha'' (Dir.: Wolfram Apprich) * 2008: Bunbury - The Importance of being Earnest ... as ''Cecily Cardew'' (Dir.: Jos van Kan) * 2009:

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... as ''Barblin'' (Dir.: Jürgen Bosse) ;Staatstheater Braunschweig * 2010:

Dirty Hands ''Dirty Hands'' (french: Les Mains sales) is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre. It was first performed on 2 April 1948 at the Theatre Antoine in Paris, directed by Pierre Valde and starring François Périer, Marie Olivier and André Luguet. A poli ...

... als ''Olga'' (Dir.: Charlotte Koppenhöfer) ;Deutsches Theater Berlin * 2010: PUTERNICII ... as ''Programmiererin/Dragona'' (Dir.: Susanne Chrudina) ;Fringe Festival Hamburg/100° Berlin * 2010/11: Das kleine Hasenstück ... Solo/Performance (Dir.: Kathrin Mayr) ;Staatstheater Hannover * 2011: Die Schneekönigin ... as ''Gerda'' (Dir.: Dorothea Schroeder) ;Lichthof Theater Hamburg * 2011: Mein kleines deutsches Schuldgefühl ... as ''Good Girl'' (Dir.: Kathrin Mayr and Johannes Ender) ;Schauspielhaus Wien * 2012: zwanzig komma drei meter ruhe ... as ''L'' (Dir.: Kathrin Mayr) ;Ballhaus Ost/spreeagenten Berlin/BITEF Belgrad * 2012: Frogs in hot water ... as ''Marina'' (Dir.: Susanne Chrudina) ;MaximiliansForum München *2012: Fluchtraeume ... as ''Holly/Mallory'' (Dir.: Sebastian Hirn) ;Theater an der Ruhr Mülheim *2013: Scham ... as ''tochta'' (Dir.: Albrecht Hirche) ;Lichthoftheater Hamburg/Theater am Lend Graz *2013: Du bist mein Wunder oder: Zieh die Arbeit aus dem Bild as ''Performer'' (Dir.: Kathrin Mayr) ;Altonaer Theater * 2014: Pope Joan ... als ''Joan/Johannes Anglicus'' (Dir.: Eva Hosemann) * 2017
Sophia, der Tod und ich
... as Sophia (Dir.: Hans Schernthaner)

Filmography/Selection

* 2005:

– ''Vorwärts wie rückwärts'' ... as ''Svenja'' (Dir.: Hannu Salonen) * 2006:

– ' ... as ''Alexa'' (Dir.: Michael Gutmann) * 2007: My friend from Faro ... as ''Mel'' (Dir.: Nana Neul) * 2010: ''

'' ... as ''Elsa'' (Dir.: Alexei Utschitel) * 2011:

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... as ''China Blue'' (Dir.:

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) * 2011: Die Besucher ... as ''Karla'' (Dir.: Constanze Knoche) * 2011: The strange little cat ... als ''Karin'' (Dir.: Ramon Zürcher) * 2013:

Soko Wismar ''SOKO Wismar'' is a German police procedural television series that premiered on 6 October 2004 on ZDF. It is the fifth offshoot of ''SOKO München'', launched in 1978 under the name ''SOKO 5113''. "SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word ...

... as ''Sandra Krüger'' (Dir.: Sascha Thiel) * 2013/14:

Danni Lowinski ''Danni Lowinski'' is a German legal dramedy that premiered on Sat.1 on April 12, 2010, featuring Annette Frier as the eponymous character. The show was created by Marc Terjung, who also created the legal dramedy ''Edel & Starck'', and Benedikt G ...

... as ''Hashtag'' (Dir.: Uwe Janson, ) * 2014: Letzte Spur Berlin ... as ''Kostner'' (Dir.:

) * 2014:

- Vielleicht ... as commissioner ''Maria Schuh'' (Dir.: Klaus Krämer) * 2014: Viktoria ... as ''Viktoria'' (Dir.: Monica Lima) * 2015:

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- Zwischen Himmel und Hölle ... as Tanja Göbel (Dir.: Tom Zenker) * 2015:

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... as Regine Schilling (Dir.: Daniel Helfer) * 2015:

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- Schlechte Chancen ... as Svenja Kollmann (Dir.: Heidi Kranz) * 2016: Marie Brand und das ewige Wettrennen ... as Ina Konrad (Dir.: Mike Zens) * 2016:

- Magdeburg ... as Blondie (Dir.: Jochen Alexander Freydank) * 2016:

- Berlin - Muttertag ... as Melanie Opitz (Dir.: Eoin Moore) * 2017: Margot Honecker ... as Edith Baumann (Dir.: Saskia Weisheit) * 2017: Stuttgart Homicide ... as Svenja Müller (Dir.: Daniel Helfer)

References

External links

Official website
* * Anastasia Gorokhova

Interview mit Anjorka Strechel in Russland Heute, 3. Februar 2011 * Franca Burmeier
''Anjorka Strechel''
TV-Beitrag in: RTL-Regional, 4. Mai 2011
Agenturseite von Anjorka Strechel

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