Elke Winkens
Nude

German-born actress Elke Winkens (born Elke Fischer) may have spent time as a child in the Netherlands, Belgium and Africa, but all of her acting work has come out of her home country, starting with the role of Luise Urban in the film Hochwürdens Ärger mite m Paradies (1996). Prior to that, the very flexible Elke was a professional gymnast from 1978-1986, and has the thighs to prove it, which can be seen in the hit television series Kommissar Rex, where she played Niki Herzog in 2002-2004. The first big-screen production the Heinsberg native did was also her skinematic debut, 1998’s musical comedy Helden in Tirol, in which her character Emma has a more or less explicit sex scene—involving yodeling (sound up or down for this one, your choice). Soft lighting prevails through the film whenever Elke removes her clothes, but it’s still bright enough to see all that she has to offer—a supple figure, cute caboose and sensational breasts with raspberry nipples. Though a hard act to follow, she took another topless turn in Untersuchung an Mädeln (1999), this time in overly bright sunshine. Several TV movies followed, as well as star turns in the televisions series Die Biester in 2001 as Nicole Bissinger, Dolce Vita & Co as Ute in 2001-2002, Xenia Saalfeld in Storm of Love in 2018-2019, Eva in 2019 mini-series Prost Mortem – Die Ietzte Runde, and a small role as Christi Bader in Die Rosenheim-Cops in 2020. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from watching Elke, it’s always to find your perfect light—unless you’re getting naked (or yodeling), then anything goes.