Anne Kraft was born in Berlin. After graduating from high school, she came to America through some happy coincidences and completed her acting training in New York City at "Circle in the Square Theater School", which is connected to the Broadway Theater.
After a serious accident falling down a flight stairs in New York, Anne had to take a break from acting due to various surgeries until she fully recovered. Since she had a lot of time to think while lying down, she decided to start Stand Up Comedy after this time, because what's funnier than to continue with "stand up" after "laying down". She started in Los Angeles and has performed at the Comedy Store and the Hollywood Improv, then in New York City at Gotham Comedy Club and the Comedy Cellar, and then in her hometown of Berlin at Quatsch Comedy Club. She had her own show called "Trapped in the prison of good mood" for years at the Comedy Club Kookaburra.
When the Covid lockdown came and with it no more live performances, Anne decided to quit Stand Up and devote herself fully to acting and writing again and wrote the screenplay for the 16-minute short film "No Kidding", which she also produced and starred in.
Due to the great success, there was a demand to make a series out of NO KIDDING.
Anne Kraft is currently developing it into a TV series and through various film festivals she has already been invited to pitches with American producers and showrunners of various streaming channels.
The short film „No kidding“ is a comedy from Germany. What?? You may say, a COMEDY from GERMANY??
Well, sometimes strange things happen… it won at the Paris Short Film Festival not only „Best Comedy“ but also the Jury Prize as well as the Audience Award for the „Best Short Film“. And even in the U.S it won „Best Romantic Comedy“ at the Houston Comedy Film Festival.
„No kidding“ is about a woman in her late 30’s who discovers her own expiration date as a woman and has to decide whether she is going to freeze her eggs or not… On the search whether life is happier with or without children, the film asks questions like: Can you plan happiness and does always using every option available make life better? Or do you stick with the old John Lennon statement: „Life is what is happening when you are busy making other plans?“
Anne Kraft wrote, produced and is the main actress in this film.
Having been a Stand Up Comedian for 13 years, when COVID hit, she created and developed this film during the lockdown. „No kidding“ is a celebration of awkwardness and authenticity in the most human and vulnerable moments in life where we make our decisions that may shape our destiny.
A German Comedy….no kidding!!!
Sizzle Reel „No kidding“
Cast:
Johanna
Gynecologist
Zoe
Waiterr
Mother with child
Neighbour
Don
Johanna's mother
Christian
Peter
Juggler
Anne Kraft
Krista Birkner
Katrine Eichberger Marcel Irmey
Elefteria Fouki
Bernardus Manders
Rüdiger Rudolph
Illona Schulz
Holger Handtke
Steve Thiede
Andreas Wessels
Crew:
Director
Script/Producer
Asst. Producer
Camera
Camera @ the lake
Sound
Make-up
Costume
Editor
Digital Work
Title song
Henning Borgelt
Anne Kraft
Ella Winkelvoss
Florian Schulz
Axel de Roche
Ludwig Fiedler
Eli Bella
Enna Tfark
Johannes Fichtner
Michael Hoffmann
Tom van Orten
Chain New York City Film Festival
Best International Short Film
2023
Cannes Shorts Film Festival
Best Actress Anne Kraft
2023
Houston Comedy Film Festival
Best Romantic Comedy
2023
Houston Comedy Film Festival
Best International Director
2023
Paris Short Film Festival
Jury Prize Best Short Film
2022
Paris Short Film Festival
Best Comedy
2022
Paris Short Film Festival
Best Short Film Audience Award
2022
London Romford Film Festival
Nominee Best Foreign Film
2023
Miami Short Film Festival
Official Selection
2022
Milan Short Film Festival
Official Selection
2023
Portland Comedy Film Festival
Official Selection
2023
Switzerland Intern. Film Festival
Official Selection
2022
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170 cm
Slim
36 / S
Caucasian
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Brown-green
German
English (fluent)
French (basic)
Berlinish (native dialect)
Mezzo-soprano
Chanson
Swing Dance
Lindy Hop
Balboa & Charleston
Modern Dance (basic)
Standard (basic)
Horseback riding (good)
Vaulting (good)
Acrobatics (good)
Floor exercisesn (good)
Fencing (good)
Apparatus gymnastics (gut)
Yoga (gut)
Pilates (gut)
Stand Up Comedy
B (car | EU)
Berlin
All major German cities
London
New York City
Vienna
Zurich
Comedian & Host
Scene partner casting
Education (1997-2000):
Circle in the Square Theater School
New York, USA
TRAINING (2000-2022 | Selection):
Stand Up Comedy Professional Workshop
Judy Carter
Los Angeles
HAW Hollywood Acting Workshop
Los Angeles
Meisner Training
Mike Bernadin
London
Coaching
Wolfgang Wimmer & Gabriele Scharnitzky & Jens Roth
Berlin
Casting Training national and International
Uwe Bünker, Rita Waszilovics, Jordan Beswick und Heike Hanold-Lynch
Berlin
THEATER (2009 - 2020 | selection):
Stand up Comedy | Solo-Show
The Comedy Store, Los Angeles
Gotham Comedy Club, New York
Quatsch Comedy Club, Berlin
Host
Comedy Club Kookaburra, Berlin
FILM | TV (1999 - 2023 | selection):
No Kidding
Short - Johanna (lead)
Henning Borgelt
Panther
Short - Kerrin
Samuel Bereuther
The Origin
Short - Mia
Katrine Eichberger
Speeddating
Student production - Johanna (lead)
Jeannette Wagner
Good Bye Bye
Short - Zoe (lead)
Axel de Roche
Kunst
Short - Annie (lead)
Axel de Roche
Enny
Series pilot - Enny (title role)
Lutz Winde
Schau mal, hör mal, mach mal
TV-movie - Police officer
Christel Borgelt
Es begann im September
Feature - Dancer
Joan Chen
Showreel 2023
About me
Im Gefängnis der guten Laune
Comedy Cellar
Press
„Bubbling with wit and eloquence, Anne Kraft from Berlin brings her motley program to the Kookaburra stage.
The lively hostess charmingly ensures that
nobody leaves the room without having a good laugh.“
Berliner Morgenpost
„Anne Kraft puts everyone in a good mood. With unsparing frankness, the native Berliner wades through the everyday faux pas, whether it's "Beauty to go" (translated: "Beauty is fleeting") or shimmying around in the supermarket for cheap bucks. The studied actress also describes experiences in a very intimate moment very vividly. Lively, funny, likeable and very entertaining.“
Göttinger Zeitung
„Anne Kraft immediately got the audience on her side with her stunning gestures and facial expressions.“
„Anne Kraft was and is a ray of hope. After stints in Los Angeles and New York, the trained actress returned to her home country. The lively Berliner inspired in Lorsch with a bizarre stand-up comedy and offbeat songs.
She wrote one of them together with the wonderful C. Heiland, who has also performed at the Kultursalon.
The stylistic relationship between the two is unmistakable. But Anne Kraft has her very own charm. Long round of applause for a delicious
performance.“
„Then it was time to clear the stage for the lively Berliner Anne Kraft, who turned out to be a stunning chatterbox. Notoriously good-humoured, she poked fun at standard answers and bullying by applying the meaningless to precarious situations. She gained bizarre comedy from the act of love, surrounded by banal dialogue.“
„... a premiere: the Xanten audience has never experienced a female guest at the Comedy Dinner. Of course, with Anne Kraft, Volker von Liliencron didn't bring just any female comedian to Xanten, but a "woman who really has something to offer". In her bubbling show, the chatterbox from Berlin proves that dignity is a subjunctive and fun is an imperative for her. First and foremost there is stand up comedy.
With so much energy, the male colleagues of the evening have to dress warmly.“
Rheinische Post
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung
Bergsträßer Anzeiger
Darmstädter Echo
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