Anjorka Strechel


Anjorka Strechel is an award-winning German film and theater actress. Her television credits include Polizeiruf 110 and Tatort. Her film credits include My Friend from Faro and The Edge.

Life

Anjorka grew up in Lüneburg, Germany. She went to Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg 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 Berlin. 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 Munich, Belgrade, Serbia, and Sibiu, Romania. 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 Russia with Vladimir Mashkov and Alexei Uchitel for The Edge. For her role as Elsa, Anjorka won the Golden Eagle 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 Academy Awards as best foreign language film. The Strange Little Cat premiered at Berlinale in 2013 and had its theatrical release in Los Angeles 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
;Kampnagel
;Thalia Theater Hamburg
;Theater Osnabrück
;Staatstheater Braunschweig
;Deutsches Theater Berlin
;Fringe Festival Hamburg/100° Berlin
;Staatstheater Hannover
;Lichthof Theater Hamburg
;Schauspielhaus Wien
;Ballhaus Ost/spreeagenten Berlin/BITEF Belgrad
;MaximiliansForum München
;Theater an der Ruhr Mülheim
;Lichthoftheater Hamburg/Theater am Lend Graz
;Altonaer Theater