Hella von Sinnen

Hella Kemper (born 2 February 1959), known by her stage name Hella von Sinnen (lit. Hella out of her mind, making pun of the aristocratic "von"), is a German entertainer and television presenter. She has been a regular on several TV shows on German private channels, mainly RTL.

Hella von Sinnen
Von Sinnen at a charity concert in Cologne in late 2006
Born
Hella Kemper

(1959-02-02) 2 February 1959
Gummersbach, West Germany
OccupationComedian, television presenter
Partner(s)Cornelia Scheel (1991–2015)[1]

Career

Since the show's first air date on 11 January 2003, von Sinnen has served as one of two (until 2011 together with Bernhard Hoëcker and since 2017 with Wigald Boning) permanent panel members of the weekly Sat.1 improvisational comedy show Genial daneben (lit. ingeniously off the mark). In the show, von Sinnen, Hoëcker and three varying comedians try to answer strange questions sent in by the audience.

Since 2018, she is a panel member of the spin-off Genial daneben – Das Quiz.

Personal life

Von Sinnen supports same-sex marriage in Germany. She was in a long-time relationship with Cornelia Scheel, the adopted daughter of former President of Germany Walter Scheel.[2]

Selected filmography

Awards
Von Sinnen in 2015

As a permanent panel member of Genial daneben (together with Bernhard Hoëcker and Hugo Egon Balder):

References
  1. "Hella von Sinnen: Trennung nach 25 Jahren". kurier.at (in German). 11 November 2015.
  2. Garcia i Ramon, Maria Dolors; Monk, Janice J. (1996), Women of the European Union: The Politics of Work and Daily Life, Routledge, p. 118, ISBN 0-415-11879-4
  3. Sehen.de | Das Portal für gutes Sehen. Ratgeber, Gesundheit, Styling (in German)


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