Martina Hill

Martina Hill with Michael Kessler

Martina Hill (born 14 July 1974 in Berlin) is a German actress, comedienne and voice actress.

Life

Hill, the daughter of a nurse and a train driver, was born in 1974. She was born and grew up in Berlin-Wedding. She completed drama school at the Theaterstudio Berlin where she regularly acted in plays.

She has been a radio announcer for various stations including the Berlin-based stations Radio Eins und Radio Hundert,6 since 1998. She was first seen on television in 2003. She has also starred in television adverts for products such as cheese and credit institutes.

Hill’s big break came in the ProSieben comedy series Switch reloaded in which she has parodied, for example, Heidi Klum, Angela Merkel, Bill Kaulitz, Daniela Katzenberger and Lena Meyer-Landrut

Since 2009, Hill has played the part of „Tina Hausten“ (a parody of Bettina Schausten) in the satirical heute-show which broadcasts on ZDF.

Hill has also found fame in China as the lead actress in the first series of the sketch comedy show Knallerfrauen which broadcast on Sat. 1 in February and March 2012.^[1]

Martina Hill currently lives in Cologne.

Filmography (selection)

• 2003: Schwer verknallt, TV movie
• 2004: Happy Friday, sketch show
• 2004: Der Vater meines Sohnes, TV movie
• 2005: SOKO Köln, TV series
• 2005: Mädchen über Bord, TV movie
• 2006: Kunstfehler, TV movie
• 2006: Das Beste aus meinem Leben, early evening TV series
• 2006–2007: Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei, from the episode Flashback onwards, TV series
• 2007: 29 ...und noch Jungfrau, TV movie
• 2007: SOKO Wismar, TV series
• 2007: Der Dicke, TV series
• 2008: Die Schnüfflerin – Peggy kann’s nicht lassen, TV movie
• 2008: Putzfrau Undercover, TV movie
• since 2007: Switch reloaded, comedy series
• 2009: Undercover Love, TV movie
• since 2009: heute-show, news satire
• 2010: C.I.S. – Chaoten im Sondereinsatz, TV movie
• 2010: Cindy aus Marzahn und die jungen Wilden, comedy show
• 2011: Resturlaub, movie
• since 2011: Knallerfrauen, sketch comedy

Theater

• 2000: Erna in Kasimir und Karoline (Berlin)
• 2000: Nonne Isabella in Die Rund- und die Spitzköpfe (Berlin)
• 2001: Marjorie in Extremities (Berlin)
• 2001: Die Frau auf dem Sockel in Die Frau auf dem Sockel (Berlin)
• 2001: Medea in Medea (Berlin)

Voice over work

• 2009: Die Mannohnekopf Show (Sorry, I've Got No Head) for Anna Crilly in various roles
• 2011: Cars 2 for Emily Mortimer in the role of Holley Shiftwell
• 2013: Ich – Einfach Unverbesserlich 2 (Despicable Me 2) for Kristen Wiig in the role of Lucy

Awards

• 2007
  • Deutscher Comedypreis as a member of Switch reloaded (Best Sketch Show)
• 2008
  • Deutscher Fernsehpreis as a member of Switch reloaded (Best Comedy)
  • Deutscher Comedypreis as a member of Switch reloaded (Best Sketch Show)
• 2009
  • Romy (Fernsehpreis) as a member of Switch reloaded (Special Jury Prize)
  • Deutscher Comedypreis
    • for Best Actress
    • as a member of the heute-show (Best Comedy Show)
• 2010
  • Adolf-Grimme-Preis as a member of the heute-show (Category Entertainment)
  • Deutscher Fernsehpreis as a member of the heute-show (Category Best Comedy)
  • Deutscher Comedypreis as a member of the heute-show (Category Best Comedy Show)
• 2011
  • Deutscher Comedypreis
    • for Best Actress
    • as a member of the heute-show (Best Comedy Show)
• 2012
  • Deutscher Fernsehpreis
    • for Knallerfrauen (Best Comedy Show)
  • Deutscher Comedypreis
    • for Best Actress
  • Bambi Award (Category Comedy)
• 2013
  • Deutscher Comedypreis
    • for Best Actress

External links

• Officiall website (German)
• Martina Hill at the Internet Movie Database

References