Enissa Amani (

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: انیسا امانی; born 8 December 1981 in

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, 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 and hosted a viral panel talk about racism called in 2020, which led her to win the German Grimme Online Award; the Grimme Award is one of the most prestigious German television awards. Her comedy often focuses on the subjects of politics, social issues, racism, and ethnicity.

Life and career

Amani studied law at the

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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

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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. ''

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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

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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

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in London and appearances at the

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Los Angeles, and the Comedy Cellar New York. The German Broadcaster

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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. In March 2024, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of

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, Amani was one of a number of female celebrities had their likeness turned into Barbie dolls. 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

Films (selection)

* 2014: ''Ladies' Night'' (comedy) * 2014: ''The Satire Summit'' (comedy) * 2015: ''Let’s Dance'' (reality competition) * 2015: ''

Fack ju Göhte 2 '' Fack ju Göhte 2'' (intentional misspelling of "Fuck you, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 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 vo ...

'' (film) * 2018: ''Enissa Amani: Ehrenwort'' (stand-up comedy) * 2019: Enissa Amani "Comedians of the World" (standup comedy) Netflix

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