{{Short description|Ghanaian-German actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Liz Baffoe | image = GedankenTanken Köln 2018 - 02 - Roter Teppich-0109.jpg | image_upright = 1.25 | caption = Baffoe in 2018 | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|07|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Bad Godesberg, Bonn, West Germany | education = Herbert Berghof Studio | alma_mater = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1995– | known_for = Lindenstraße | party = | spouse = | children = | relatives = Anthony Baffoe (brother) | awards = }} '''Liz Baffoe''' (born 6 July 1969) is a Ghanaian-German born actress. She is the younger sister of former Ghanaian international footballer Anthony Baffoe who is now the Deputy General Secretary for CAF.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Football|first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du|title=Baffoe: Everyone is committed towards a memorable event|url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-africa-cup-of-nations/news/baffoe-everyone-is-committed-towards-a-memorable-event|access-date=22 February 2021|website=CAFOnline.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=17 March 2020|title=CAF Deputy General Secretary Anthony Baffoe shares tips on how to kick out coronavirus|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/CAF-Deputy-General-Secretary-Anthony-Baffoe-shares-tips-on-how-to-kick-out-coronavirus-897001|access-date=22 February 2021|website=www.ghanaweb.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Germany|first=Abendzeitung|date=4 May 2015|title=Liebes-Aus bei Liz Baffoe|url=https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/liebes-aus-bei-liz-baffoe-art-285019|access-date=22 February 2021|website=www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de|language=de}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Baffoe was born as the youngest daughter of a Ghanaian diplomat and grew up in the diplomatic quarter in Bonn-Bad Godesberg. Her brother is former Ghanaian footballer, football administrator and pundit Anthony Baffoe and actress Rosalind Baffoe is her sister.<ref name=":2" /> After graduating from high school in 1992, she trained as a media designer. From 1996 to 1999 she attended the drama school of the Theater der Keller in Cologne and in 2001 the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York.
== Career == thumb|Baffoe in 2012 Baffoe played the role of the Nigerian ''Mary'' in the television series ''Lindenstrasse'' from episode 518, broadcast on 5 November 1995, to episode 1112 of 25 March 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liz Baffoe|url=https://www.welthungerhilfe.de/ueber-uns/netzwerk/prominente/liz-baffoe/|access-date=22 February 2021|website=Welthungerhilfe.de - Für eine Welt ohne Hunger und Armut|language=de}}</ref> She has also played supporting roles in some German television series and films. Her long-term role in ''Lindenstrasse in'' particular gave the impression that Baffoe only spoke broken German, which, however, did not correspond to reality.<ref name=":2" />
Baffoe sings in a soul band and from 1992, she was a background singer in the Rudi Carrell show ''Let yourself be surprised for'' two years
In October 2006 she took part in the RTL show ''Dancing on Ice'' together with Hendryk Schamberger . Since September 2007 she has been in front of the camera in the role of the teacher ''Changa Miesbach'' for the tenth season of ''Schloss Einstein'' . She also played the kiosk operator ''Hadiya Wedekind'' in the series Die Anrheiner from 2008 to 2013.
She also plays this role in the follow-up series Ein Fall für die Anrheine<nowiki/>r (from 2011), with ''Hadiya Wedekind'' now working as a press photographer. On 27 January 2013, she was candidate in the VOX telecast Perfect Celebrity Dinner.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131002180141/http://zeitgeistmagazin.com/tv/8761-promi-dinner-mit-sandra-schneiders-stefan-bockelmann-joerg-krusche-und-liz-baffoe Promi Dinner mit Sandra Schneiders, Stefan Bockelmann, Jörg Krusche und Liz Baffoe]}}, auf zeitgeistmagazin.com</ref> Since December 2013, Baffoe has been represented by the management ''agency ONEeins Management'' from Odenthal.<ref>{{cite web|title=So macht man Geschäfte Günther Klum bekam Liz in drei Minuten rum|periodical=express.de|publisher=Express|url=http://www.express.de/koeln/so-macht-man-geschaefte-guenther-klum-bekam-liz-in-drei-minuten-rum,2856,25663956.html|access-date=24 August 2014|last=|date=18 December 2013|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
Baffoe supports the Respekt! No place for racism.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x_lIsADsDo Liz Baffoe »Respekt! 100 Menschen - 100 Geschichten«] Botschafter - Kultur und TV - Liz Baffoe 29 December 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Liz Baffoe - respekt.tv|url=https://4t46ns2nonmxnjzezdjf73pvdy-jj2cvlaia66be-web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20150213203737/http://www.respekt.tv/botschafter/kultur-und-tv/liz-baffoe/|access-date=22 February 2021|website=4t46ns2nonmxnjzezdjf73pvdy-jj2cvlaia66be-web-archive-org.translate.goog}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=11 September 2013|title=Star Datenbank - Liz Baffoe|url=https://www.prosieben.de/stars/star-datenbank/archiv/liz-baffoe|access-date=22 February 2021|website=www.prosieben.de|language=de}}</ref> Since 2013, Baffoe has been the patron of Gye Nyame Kids eV.<ref>[https://www.wp.de/staedte/neheim-huesten/hilfe-fuer-waisenkinder-in-ghana-id10099883.html Hilfe für Waisenkinder in Ghana], Westfalenpost 2 December 2014, retrieved 21 March 2020.</ref> The association supports orphans and half-orphans as well as single mothers in Ghana. In August 2014, Baffoe took part in the Sat.1 show Promi Big Brother and came in 9th place.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=15 August 2014|title=Promi Big Brother - Liz Baffoe|url=https://www.sat1.de/tv/promi-big-brother/bewohner/2014/liz-baffoe|access-date=22 February 2021|website=www.sat1.de|language=de}}</ref>
On 1 September 2015, Baffoe opened the fashion label Atinka Ashenso together with the entrepreneur Alexander Leon Diaz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Schauspielerin Liz Baffoe "Ich träume von einer eigenen Arzt-Serie"|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.ksta.de/koeln/schauspielerin-liz-baffoe--ich-traeume-von-einer-eigenen-arzt-serie--24770678|format=|access-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger</ref> Since 6 April 2018, Liz Baffoe has been selling her own jewellery collection on the channel QVC .<ref>{{cite web|last=|date=|year=|title=ATINKA – Schmuck mit Symbolcharakter|url=http://www.qvc.de/schmuck-&-uhren/atinka/_/N-lfnpZ1z13hwq/c.html|access-date=10 April 2018|publisher=|pages=|language=de|quote=|periodical=}}, auf qvc.de</ref>
Since 2021, Liz Baffoe is ambassador of WW.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liz, -10 kg|url=https://www.weightwatchers.com/de/botschafter/liz-10-kg|access-date=21 October 2021|website=www.weightwatchers.com|language=de}}</ref> Since November 2021, Baffoe has been part of the guessing team of the SWR television program Ich trage einen großen Namen and since March 2022, she has been part of the guessing team of the SWR television program Sag die Wahrheit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Konstruierte Wirklichkeiten - Ich trage einen großen Namen - SWR Fernsehen|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://www.swrfernsehen.de/ich-trage-einen-grossen-namen/konstruierte-wirklichkeiten-100.html|url-status=|access-date=2021-11-29|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
== Personal life == Baffoe married Jens Krieger on 1 June 2012.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Frisch verheiratet Liz Baffoe hat Ja gesagt|periodical=express.de|publisher=Express|url=http://www.express.de/promi-show/frisch-verheiratet-liz-baffoe-hat-ja-gesagt,2186,16417028.html|access-date=24 August 2014|last=|date=19 June 2012|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> She lived with her family in a small town near Kaiserslautern in the Palatinate,<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=TV-Star Liz Baffoe zeigt ihren Ja-Sager|periodical=bz-berlin.de|publisher=B.Z.|url=http://www.bz-berlin.de/aktuell/berlin/tv-star-liz-baffoe-zeigt-ihren-ja-sager-article1485918.html|access-date=24 August 2014|last=|date=20 June 2012|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> but in 2014 she moved back to Cologne. In the spring of 2015, Baffoe separated from her husband.<ref name=":2" />
== Filmography (selected) == thumb|Liz Baffoe - QVC
* 1995–2007: Lindenstraße * 1999: Der Fahnder * 2000: Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman * 2001: Tatort – Bestien * 2002: Problemzone Mann * 2003: Im Namen des Gesetzes * 2008–: Schloss Einstein * 2008–2011: Die Anrheiner * 2009: In aller Freundschaft * 2011–2014: Ein Fall für die Anrheiner * 2011: Nachtschicht – Reise in den Tod * 2012: Verbotene Liebe * 2012: {{Ill|Geisterfahrer (film)|de|3=Geisterfahrer (Film)|lt=Geisterfahrer}} * 2016: Kreuzfahrt ins Glück * 2018: Die Füchsin – Spur in die Vergangenheit * 2019: Nachtschicht – Cash & Carry (Krimireihe)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.liz-baffoe.de/ Official Website] * [https://www.one-eins.com/face/liz-baffoe/2665 Liz Baffoe] at ''ONEeins Management'' * {{IMDb name|id=nm0046498}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baffoe, Liz}} Category:1969 births Category:German people of Ghanaian descent Category:Living people Category:Ghanaian film actresses Category:German film actresses Category:German stage actresses Category:Actresses from Bonn