Editing Angela Merkel (section)

==In the arts and media==
Since 1991, Merkel has sat annually for sitting and standing portraits by, and interview with, [[Herlinde Koelbl]].<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/05/angela-merkel-portraits-26-years-herlinde-koelbl | title = The many faces of Angela Merkel: 26 years of photographing the German chancellor | author = Philip Oltermann | date = 5 April 2017 | journal = The Guardian | access-date = 20 November 2018 | archive-date = 20 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181120221014/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/apr/05/angela-merkel-portraits-26-years-herlinde-koelbl | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/03/29/decades-of-yearly-portraits-show-how-power-has-transformed-angela-merkel/ | title = Decades of yearly portraits show how power has transformed Angela Merkel | author = Max Bearak | date = 29 March 2017 | newspaper = The Washington Post | access-date = 20 November 2018 | archive-date = 21 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181221120823/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/03/29/decades-of-yearly-portraits-show-how-power-has-transformed-angela-merkel/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

Merkel was portrayed by Swiss actress [[Anna Katarina]] in the 2012 [[political satire]] film ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dictator_2012|title=The Dictator|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=19 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619075138/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_dictator_2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Merkel features as a main character in two of the three plays that make up the Europeans Trilogy (''Bruges'', ''Antwerp'', and ''Tervuren'') by Paris-based UK playwright [[Nick Awde]]: ''Bruges'' (2014) and ''Tervuren'' (2016). A character named Merkel, accompanied by a sidekick called [[Wolfgang Schäuble|Schäuble]], also appears as the sinister female henchman in [[Michael Paraskos]]'s novel ''In Search of Sixpence''.<ref>Paraskos, Michael, ''In Search of Sixpence'' (London: Friction Press, 2016).</ref>

On the American sketch-comedy series ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', Merkel has been parodied by [[Kate McKinnon]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://time.com/4142893/angela-merkel-kate-mckinnon-snl/|title=See the Best of Kate McKinnon's Hilarious Angela Merkel Impression|first=Samantha|last=Grossman|magazine=Time|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930141435/http://time.com/4142893/angela-merkel-kate-mckinnon-snl/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snl-angela-merkel-donald-trump-time-perso_us_584d13f9e4b04c8e2bb03e77 |title='SNL' Version of Angela Merkel Is Not Happy Donald Trump Is Time's 'Person of the Year'|first=Lee|last=Moran|work=HuffPost|date=11 December 2016|access-date=23 January 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202014252/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snl-angela-merkel-donald-trump-time-perso_us_584d13f9e4b04c8e2bb03e77|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snlarchives.net/Impressions/?3375 |title=Impressions – Angela Merkel|publisher=SNL Archives|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=21 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121134412/http://snlarchives.net/Impressions/?3375|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the British sketch-comedy ''[[Tracey Ullman's Show]]'', comedian [[Tracey Ullman]] has parodied Merkel to international acclaim.<ref>[http://meedia.de/2016/01/21/true-total-hottie-frau-die-bislang-beste-merkel-parodie-kommt-von-der-bbc/ "True total hottie Frau": Die bislang beste Merkel – Parodie kommt von der BBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219002605/http://meedia.de/2016/01/21/true-total-hottie-frau-die-bislang-beste-merkel-parodie-kommt-von-der-bbc/ |date=19 December 2016 }}, Buzzer, 21 January 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Merkel-Parodie von Tracey Ullman – Die Chancelorette erobert die Herzen der Briten |url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/merkel-parodie-von-tracey-ullman-die-chancelorette-erobert-102.html |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=Deutschlandfunk |date=26 January 2016 |language=de |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715144432/https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/merkel-parodie-von-tracey-ullman-die-chancelorette-erobert-102.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 February 2016 |title=Tracey Ullman: Die Ex-Sängerin, die toll Angela Merkel parodiert – WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article151249732/Die-Ex-Saengerin-die-toll-Angela-Merkel-parodiert.html |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=Die Welt |language=de |archive-date=22 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122005900/https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article151249732/Die-Ex-Saengerin-die-toll-Angela-Merkel-parodiert.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=21 January 2016 |title=Grandiose Comedy: Tracey Ullman parodiert Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel |url=https://www.rollingstone.de/grandiose-comedy-tracey-ullman-parodiert-bundeskanzlerin-angela-merkel-945163/ |access-date=15 July 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=de |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123202303/https://www.rollingstone.de/grandiose-comedy-tracey-ullman-parodiert-bundeskanzlerin-angela-merkel-945163/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, a documentary film ''Angela Merkel – The Unexpected'' was produced by [[Broadview TV]] and [[Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk|MDR]] in collaboration with [[Arte]] and [[Das Erste]].<ref>{{cite web|first1=Patricia|last1=Smagge|title=Angela Merkel: The Unexpected – Angela Merkel – Die Unerwartete (2016) (In Dutch)|url=https://cinemagazine.nl/angela-merkel-the-unexpected-angela-merkel-die-unerwartete-2016-recensie/|website=cinemagazine.nl|access-date=20 September 2017|year=2016|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920092749/https://cinemagazine.nl/angela-merkel-the-unexpected-angela-merkel-die-unerwartete-2016-recensie/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, a German TV show called 'Miss Merkel' [[real person fiction|reimagined]] her as a [[detective fiction|detective]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 July 2024 |title=Press Review - 'Miss Merkel': German TV show reimagining ex-chancellor as crime-fighting detective goes viral |url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20240711-miss-merkel-tv-show-reimagining-ex-chancellor-as-crime-fighting-detective-goes-viral |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712094338/https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20240711-miss-merkel-tv-show-reimagining-ex-chancellor-as-crime-fighting-detective-goes-viral |url-status=live}}</ref> It is based on the bestselling novels by German writer [[David Safier]] and is a comedy that was a hit in Germany and then shown on public broadcaster [[RAI]], dubbed into Italian.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Angela Merkel's imagined new career as a detective hits Italian screens |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3c3deefb-4e91-4944-98e3-413d5b5bd65a |access-date=12 July 2024 |newspaper=Financial Times|date=12 July 2024 |last1=Chazan |first1=Guy |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712053913/https://www.ft.com/content/3c3deefb-4e91-4944-98e3-413d5b5bd65a |url-status=live}}</ref>