Carolin Kebekus

Carolin Kebekus
Kebekus in 2021
Born (1980-05-09) 9 May 1980 (age 43)
Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
OccupationComedian
Websitecarolinkebekus.de

Carolin Kebekus (born 9 May 1980) is a German comedian and television personality.[1] The content of her comedy is highly feminist and satirical.[2]

Biography[edit]

Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Kebekus grew up as daughter of a social education worker and a banker in Köln-Ostheim. Her younger Brother David Kebekus is also a comedian.[3] She started her career as an intern at Freitag Nacht News, a weekly comedy show. One of the co-producers of the show, Hugo Egon Balder, saw her talent in acting and arranged for her to take acting classes parallel to her internship.[4] In 2002, she did an internship at 1 Live.[5]

Her parodies of the lead singer Bill Kaulitz of the band Tokio Hotel in the Freitag Nacht News were the catalysts of her breakthrough. However, in 2006 she also faced big backlash from the fan-community of Tokio Hotel and received hateful messages and threats.[6] From September 2006 until the show was cancelled in December 2006, Kebekus was one of the hosts of Freitag Nacht News together with Ingo Appelt and others.

In an interview with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger on 9 March 2022, Kebekus said that she had left the Roman Catholic Church, but continued to consider herself Catholic. "As a baptized person, no one can take that away from me or deny it. I have problems with the institution, its structures and power relations. That's why I left the church. But I feel that I belong to the community of believers."[7]

Filmography[edit]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sie ist ein Glücksfall für die ARD: Die Carolin Kebekus Show kommt mit doppelt so vielen Folgen zurück". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de (in German). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Es kann nur eine geben": Feminismus à la Carolin Kebekus, ndr.de (German), 8 October 2021
  3. ^ Hinz, Ingo (10 November 2018). "Interview mit David Kebe: Wie es ist, als Bruder von Carolin Kebekus Comedian zu sein". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ^ Hildebrandt, Antje (21 October 2014). "Carolin Kebekus: "Ich kann meine Penisse an einer Hand abzählen"". Welt. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. ^ WDR (20 November 2015). "Die Krönung zur Königin – Carolin Kebekus bekommt die 1LIVE Comedy-Krone 2015 – Presselounge – WDR". presse.wdr.de (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Tokio- Hotel- Fans bedrohen RTL-Moderatorin – Carolin Kebekus von "Freitag Nacht News" kriegt täglich Haßmails". 23 May 2006. Archived from the original on 23 May 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Carolin Kebekus: "Und ob ich katholisch bin!"". sueddeutsche.de. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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