Senna Gammour

Senna Gammour
Gammour in 2015
Gammour in 2015
Background information
Birth nameSenna Guemmour
Also known as
  • Senna
  • Sista Senna
Born (1979-12-28) 28 December 1979 (age 44)
Frankfurt, West Germany
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • TV presenter
Years active2006–present
Formerly ofMonrose

Senna Gammour (née Guemmour; born 28 December 1979),[1] also known mononymously as Senna, is a German singer, television personality and presenter. She was a member of the girl group Monrose.

Early life

Gammour was born in Frankfurt to a Moroccan mother and Algerian father.[2] She grew up in the housing estate of Frankfurt-Nordweststadt. Gammour's father died in 1992. Shaped by her life in the urban area, Gammour became interested in hip hop culture and music; she also worked as a waitress and started a commercial training in the wholesale and export trades.[1]

Career

In 2003, Gammour auditioned for the television show Popstars – Das Duell, but was eliminated during the callback. In 2006, she auditioned again, this time for Popstars – Neue Engel braucht das Land, where she made it throughout the entire competition and became a member of the girl group Monrose. The group turned out to be very popular, attaining two number-one singles on the German Singles Charts ("Shame" and "Hot Summer") and landing a total of seven top 10 hits, of which six of them were attained before 2008.

In 2007, Gammour collaborated with German musician Dieter Falk on the track "Kein schöner Land", from his album Volkslieder. The following year, she was featured on German rapper Kool Savas' single "Melodie", which reached a peak position of 68 on the Official German Charts.[3]

On 9 September 2008, she, along with Oliver Petszokat, began hosting the German edition of The Singing Bee on television channel ProSieben; the program ran until early 2009. Furthermore, she served as a judge on the German talent show Mascerade.

Gammour performing with Monrose at Cologne Pride (July 2009)

On 25 November 2010, Monrose announced that they would disband in early 2011. Gammour would later continue her career as a television presenter by co-hosting the German version of Deal With It (known as Iss oder Quizz) with Lutz van der Horst; the program aired on ZDFneo for 56 episodes between March 2011 and March 2012.[4]

Gammour served as a judge on the tenth season of Popstars, which aired on ProSieben in the summer of 2012.

During 2012 and 2018, Gammour participated in many TV shows like Promi Shopping Queen, Wild Girls – Auf High Heels durch Afrika, Grill den Hessler or Genial daneben – Das Quiz. In 2017, she started her own comedy tour Liebeskummer ist ein Arschloch!, which became successful. One year later, she began touring her second show called No More Fuckboys! and performed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

During the next three years, she published two books (Liebeskummer ist ein Arschloch – Nie wieder Fuckboys and In dein Gesicht – Erfolg ist die beste Rache!) and released her singles "Fuckboy", "Anders Real" and "Wahnsinnig".

Discography

With Monrose

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
"Fuckboy" 2020 Non-album singles
"Anders Real"
"Wahnsinnig"
"Break Ups"
(with Liz)
2021
Title Year Peaks Album
GER
"Kein Schöner Land"
(Dieter Falk featuring Senna)
2007 Volkslieder
"Melodie"
(Kool Savas featuring Senna and Moe Mitchell)
2008 68 Tot oder lebendig
"Du kannst diesen Weg nicht alleine gehen"
(Massiv featuring Senna)
2009 Der Ghettotraum in Handarbeit
"Run"
(Gammour featuring Senna)
2010 Twizla'r

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Nur nicht aufregen! Aylin Beyerling Mini role
2019 The Secret Life of Pets 2 Daisy Voice role
2020 Tyler Rake: Watch Buddy Herself Released on YouTube and Netflix

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2008–2009 Singing Bee Herself TV host
2008–2009 VIVA Live! Sista Senna
2009 Mascerade – Deutschland verbiegt sich Herself Judge
2009 The Next Uri Geller Guest, 1 episode
2009 Yes We Can Dance Participant
2010 Helden von Morgen Coach, 1 episode
2011–2012 Iss oder quiz 56 episodes; TV host
2012 Popstars Judge
2012 Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! Guest, 1 episode
2013 Wild Girls – Auf High Heels durch Afrika Participant, 4 episodes
2013–2019 Promi Shopping Queen 3 episodes
2014 Promis suchen ein Zuhause 1 episode
2014 Jungen gegen Mädchen Guest, 1 episode
2014 Die Promi-Lektion Episode: "Macht Senna heiratsfähig"
2016 Cover Up – Wir retten dein Tattoo 1 episode
2016–2017 Grill den Hessler Guest, 2 episodes
2019 Genial daneben – Das Quiz Guest, 1 episode
2021 Let's Dance Contestant, eliminated in week 3 - 12th place

Webseries

Year Title Role Notes
2019–present Let's Get Real Herself 4 episodes; published on YouTube

Podcast

Year Title Notes Release
2021-2022 Zuckerwatte with Seyda Taygur On Spotify
2022 Frag die Abla

Books

  • Liebeskummer ist ein Arschloch – Nie wieder Fuckboys (ISBN 978-3-548-06051-4) [2019]
  • In dein Gesicht – Erfolg ist die beste Rache! (ISBN 978-3-548-06224-2) [2020]

Tours

Headliner

  • Liebeskummer ist ein Arschloch! (2017-2018)
  • No More Fuckboys! (2019)
  • No More Fuckboys! 2.0 (2020) [some dates cancelled due COVID-19 pandemic]
  • Best Friends Tour (2022) [cancelled due COVID-19 pandemic]
  • Die Akte Ex Tour (TBA)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2018 Act Comedy Awards Switzerland German Comedian Herself Won [5]
2019 Spitzenfeder Awards Paperback/Advisor Liebeskummer ist ein Arschloch — Nie wieder fuckboys Won [6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pro 7 Star Datenbank". ProSieben. 2006.
  2. ^ Hollersen, Wiebke (7 July 2009). "Der demokratische Star". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Monrose-Senna singt fremd". T-Online. 2008.
  4. ^ "RESTAURANT-QUIZ – "Iss oder quizz": ZDFneo mit neuer Vorabend-Show". DWDL.de. 2011.
  5. ^ www.apload.ch, apload GmbH-Internet Agentur. "Comedy Award -". Comedy Award - (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Media Control [Spitzenfeder Awards 2019 | Kategorie "Taschenbuch/Ratgeber"]".