Monika Gruber

Monika Gruber has been one of the country’s most successful cabaret artists for many years. Born near Erding and raised on her parents’ farm, she attended the Ruth-von-Zerboni drama school in Munich after training as a foreign language secretary and working as one for an American computer company for several years. During this time, Monika Gruber was a member of the ensemble at the Iberl-Bühne in Solln near Munich from 2000‒2005. She wrote her first cabaret solos in 2004 as the waitress Monique. Her breakthrough came in 2006 with her second stage solo »Hauptsach g’sund«. This has been followed by numerous other extremely successful solo programmes (»Zu wahr, um schön zu sein« 2008, »Wenn ned jetzt, wann dann?« 2011, »Irgendwas is’ immer« 2014, »Wahnsinn« 2017, »Ohne Worte« 2020) and duo programmes (»Best of Beide« with Michael Niavarani 2012, »Küss’ die Hand« with Viktor Gernot 2016), most of which have also been released on CD and DVD.

»Die Gruaberin« has been filling concert halls with her performances for many years and regularly appears on television (including »Kanal fatal«, »Grünwald Freitagscomedy«, »Der Kaiser von Schexing«, »Hubert und Staller«, »München 7«, »Die Klugscheißer«, »Leute, Leute«, »Verstehen Sie Spaß«, »Nuhr im Ersten«) and in cinema films (including »Eine ganz heiße Nummer« 2011, »Vatertage« 2012, »Winterkartoffelknödel« 2014, »Das Pubertier« 2016, »Bayern Sagenhaft« 2017, »Rehragout-Rendezvous« 2023). Her first book entitled »Man muss das Kind im Dorf lassen« (Piper Verlag, 2014) was on the »Spiegel« bestseller list for a total of 40 weeks, »Und erlöse uns von Blöden« (with co-author Andreas Hock, 2020) for a total of 80 weeks. The book »Backstage« followed in 2022 and the bestseller »Willkommen im falschen Film« (again with Andreas Hock) in 2023.

Monika Gruber has received numerous awards, including the »Bavarian Cabaret Prize« in 2006 (category »Senkrechtstarterin«), the »Ernst Hofrichter Prize« in 2007, the »Erding District Culture Prize« in 2009, the »Bavarian Television Prize« in 2012 (category »Best Comedian«), the »Sigi Sommer-Taler« in 2013 and a »Bambi« in 2017 (category »Comedy«). She was also awarded the »Bavarian Order of Merit« in 2019 and the »Karl Valentin Order« and the »European Medal of the Bavarian State Chancellery« in 2023.