Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: انیسا امانی; born 8 December 1981 in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, Iran) is an Iranian-German comedian, artist and activist. She was the first European Woman with an international Netflix special in 2018 called and a follow-up short-special called "Comedians of the World" also on Netflix. She produced an hosted a viral panel talk about racism called in 2020, which led her to win the German
Grimme Online Award
The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.
Amani studied law at the
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...
in Germany and won several beauty pageants, such as ''Miss West-Germany'' She quit law to study literature and philosophy and presented as a host on
QVC
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for only a few months before she went to an open mic in 2013.
Shortly thereafter, she appeared in several German TV and late night shows and won the German Comedy Award for best Newcomer of the Year in 2015. ''
TV total
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'', '' NightWash'', ' and '.
In 2014 she was nominated for the (jury prize). On 2 January 2015, she took part on the '. In 2015, she was a contestant on the RTL Show '' Let's Dance'' with as dancing partner, a multiple winner on the show. The duo took fourth place.
In 2018 she was the first German and first European woman with an international Netflix Special
And a second one “Comedians of the World” in 2019.
In 2020 she created, produced, and hosted a show about racism called which led her to win the prestigious German .
Since 2019 she is a prominent activist for human rights targeting racism in Germany, human rights in Iran, Sexism, Afghanistan, Antisemitism and Islamophobia.
She is regularly invited by politicians to hold speeches such as on the Frankfurt Römerberg for Black Live Matter in 2020 and Woman Life Freedom in 2022.
Since 2019 she started doing English standup and had shows in the
Soho Theatre
The Soho Theatre is a theatre and registered charity in the Soho district of the City of Westminster, in London, England. It produces and presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret, across three performance spaces.
The the ...
in London and appearances at the
Laugh Factory
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Endurance record
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Los Angeles, and the
Comedy Cellar
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New York. The German Broadcaster
ZDF
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accompanied her to New York for the Documentary "Heroes".
On Instagram she is followed by the German foreign minister and several German high ranking politicians.
In November 2022 she went viral with a clip from her appearance on the Political Satirical Show with a speech about humanity.
She won several awards:
* 2015: Deutscher Comedy Preis "Best Newcomer"
* 2019: "Glammy Award" Character of the year 2019 from the Glamour Germany-Magazin
* 2021: for
* 2022: Emotion Magazin Award
* 2022: "Hamza Kurtovic" Award for fight against Racism
* 2022: Hurz Award
Fack ju Göhte 2
'' Fack ju Göhte 2'' (intentional misspelling of "Fuck you, Goethe") is a 2015 German comedy film directed by Bora Dağtekin and starring Elyas M'Barek, Karoline Herfurth and Jella Haase, while upcoming actors Max von der Groeben and Volker ...
'' (film)
* 2018: ''Enissa Amani: Ehrenwort'' (stand-up comedy)
* 2019: Enissa Amani "Comedians of the World" (standup comedy) Netflix