Ilka Bessin (born 18 November 1971) is a German comedian and actress,
best known for her role as Cindy aus Marzahn (German for "Cindy from
Marzahn").Bessin was born in Luckenwalde, East Germany. After
finishing school, Bessin studied culinary arts and later trained to be
a hotel manager. She worked as a chef until the Berlin Wall fell in
1989, and Germany was reunified. Shortly after that, she was a
bartender in a disco and later the chief clerk. In 1999, she changed
careers and became an entertainment director and comedy performer on a
cruise liner. It was there that she invented her most famous character
"Cindy aus Marzahn". Marzahn is a blue collar section of East
Berlin.In 2004, she won the final season of the ProSieben network's
Quatsch Comedy Club stand-up show. With this win, her career as a
comedian and actress began. In 2009, she was set in the role of the
landlady Ilka in the Sat.1 comedy show Schillerstraße. In January
2010, she started her own comedy show, named Cindy aus Marzahn und die
jungen Wilden ("Cindy from Marzahn and the Wild Youth"). In spring
2011, the third season started Nicht jeder Prinz kommt uff'm Pferd!
("Not Every Prince Comes on a Horse"). Followed by the Pink is
Bjutiful 2013.Cindy aus Marzahn is a fictional character from the
Berlin working class area Marzahn. Her character of a frumpy,
sarcastic "Ossie" woman has endeared her to millions of Germans, Swiss
and Austrians, and she is one of the most famous and highly paid
female entertainers and comedians in those countries. Her humorous
observations about everyday life can be compared to Roseanne Barr of
the USA, with more sweetness added. Cindy is most famous for her
flaming pink velour track suit, and curly blond hair, with
over-the-top makeup. Cindy's television comedy specials, usually taped
in Halle (Saale), Germany, consistently attract strong audiences, and
top guest stars and comedians from German comedy. Following the
retirement of Thomas Gottschalk and Michelle Hunziker as presenters of
the very famous German TV show "Wetten, dass..?", she assisted new
presenter Markus Lanz as a co-host. Though very private about her
personal life, reports are she has a daughter, and is single.
best known for her role as Cindy aus Marzahn (German for "Cindy from
Marzahn").Bessin was born in Luckenwalde, East Germany. After
finishing school, Bessin studied culinary arts and later trained to be
a hotel manager. She worked as a chef until the Berlin Wall fell in
1989, and Germany was reunified. Shortly after that, she was a
bartender in a disco and later the chief clerk. In 1999, she changed
careers and became an entertainment director and comedy performer on a
cruise liner. It was there that she invented her most famous character
"Cindy aus Marzahn". Marzahn is a blue collar section of East
Berlin.In 2004, she won the final season of the ProSieben network's
Quatsch Comedy Club stand-up show. With this win, her career as a
comedian and actress began. In 2009, she was set in the role of the
landlady Ilka in the Sat.1 comedy show Schillerstraße. In January
2010, she started her own comedy show, named Cindy aus Marzahn und die
jungen Wilden ("Cindy from Marzahn and the Wild Youth"). In spring
2011, the third season started Nicht jeder Prinz kommt uff'm Pferd!
("Not Every Prince Comes on a Horse"). Followed by the Pink is
Bjutiful 2013.Cindy aus Marzahn is a fictional character from the
Berlin working class area Marzahn. Her character of a frumpy,
sarcastic "Ossie" woman has endeared her to millions of Germans, Swiss
and Austrians, and she is one of the most famous and highly paid
female entertainers and comedians in those countries. Her humorous
observations about everyday life can be compared to Roseanne Barr of
the USA, with more sweetness added. Cindy is most famous for her
flaming pink velour track suit, and curly blond hair, with
over-the-top makeup. Cindy's television comedy specials, usually taped
in Halle (Saale), Germany, consistently attract strong audiences, and
top guest stars and comedians from German comedy. Following the
retirement of Thomas Gottschalk and Michelle Hunziker as presenters of
the very famous German TV show "Wetten, dass..?", she assisted new
presenter Markus Lanz as a co-host. Though very private about her
personal life, reports are she has a daughter, and is single.
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