Esther Schweins
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| Born | 18 April 1970 |
| Website | www.estherschweins.de |
Esther Schweins (born 18 April 1970 in Oberhausen) is a German actress and comedian who became famous through her appearances on the RTL Samstag Nacht show for which she won the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in 1994.
Schweins survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake whilst on holiday with her mother in Sri Lanka.[1]
She provided the German voice of Princess Fiona for the dubs of the Shrek franchise.
She has a daughter (* 2007) and a son (*2008).[2]
In 2018, she played British suffragette and political activist Emmeline Pankhurst in the German docudrama We are half the World (Die Hälfte der Welt gehört uns) about the women's suffrage movement in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Superwife (1996)
References
- ^ "Esther Schweins kehrt Freitag aus Sri Lanka zurück". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ^ Hofmann, Esther (2014-09-06). "Warum Esther Schweins nicht heiraten möchte". BZ Berlin. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- ^ "We are half the World" (Press release). gebrueder geetz filmproduktion. 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Esther Schweins at IMDb
- Ester Schweins has practiced yoga since she was 12 years old. Arte Documentary https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/083923-003-A/sacred-varanasi
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