Esther Schweins
About Esther Schweins
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 provided the German voice of Princess Fiona for the dubs of the Shrek franchise. In 2018, she played British suffragette and political activist Emmeline Pankhurst in the German docudrama We are half the World (Die Halfte der Welt gehort uns), about the women's suffrage movement in Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
Schweins survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake while on holiday with her mother in Sri Lanka. She has a daughter and a son with a farmer from Mallorca in Spain whom she has not married because she does not believe in marriage.
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Who is Esther Schweins?
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.
What award did Esther Schweins win?
She won the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis in 1994 for her appearances on the RTL Samstag Nacht show.
What voice role is Esther Schweins known for?
She provided the German voice of Princess Fiona for the dubs of the Shrek franchise.
Who did Esther Schweins play in We are half the World?
In the 2018 German docudrama We are half the World, she played the British suffragette and political activist Emmeline Pankhurst.
Did Esther Schweins survive a natural disaster?
Yes. She survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake while on holiday with her mother in Sri Lanka.
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