Biography

Anika was born in Berlin (Germany). At the age of 7 she was on stage for the first time playing the part of the smallest Indian in Peter Pan and from then on she knew she wanted to act for a living. In addition to school she played different roles in theatre, (e.g. as Snowhite in Snowhite) and was also trained in dancing and singing. She studied at the Folkwang University in Essen and after that won over the audience through different roles: the press celebrated her for her role as Hamburg's beautiful Buhlschaft in Jedermann, as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and also in playing the part of Zeitel in Fiddler on the roof, next to Gustav Peter Wöhler. The TV viewers got to know the versatile and spirited actress in a row of TV roles like Einsatz in Hamburg, Alles was zählt, Heiter bis tödlich / Morden im Norden, Notruf Hafenkante and in the movie Ein weites Herz. From April 2013 until Mai 2014 Anika shot for the famous German ARD-telenovela Rote Rosen (1,4 million viewers). She inspires her fans playing Rieke, a globetrotter and sommeliere, stepsister of Merle (Anja Franke) and here she can also show her humorous side. Anika loves to combine the different arts, being multi-talented, she did musicals like Marie Antoinette, Dracula and so on. She works as a singer and dubber, recently she lent her voice to René for the German dubbed version of the Danish series The Legacy. Also in advertisement she feels at home, being on TV with the new commercial for the Deutsche Bahn. Anika loves new challenges, speaks fluent English, some Spanish and Italian, lives in Hamburg and Berlin and feels at home in the big world.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anika Lehmann