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German-Iranian actress (born 1976)

Melika Foroutan
Foroutan in 2023
Born(1976-09-06)6 September 1976
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
NationalityGerman, Iranian
EducationUniversity of Cologne
Berlin University of the Arts
OccupationActress

Melika Foroutan (born 6 September 1976) is a German-Iranian actress.

Biography

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Melika Foroutan, born 6 September 1976 in Tehran, initially studied Philosophy, English and History in Cologne from 1995 to 1998. She then enrolled in the acting class at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin, where she graduated in 2002. In the three following years, she joined the company at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig.

She had breakout roles in 2006 with the drama Wut ("Anger") and as police officer Silvia Henke in the critically acclaimed TV show KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst. In 2015 she was awarded best actress at the Hessischer Filmpreis for her role in “Louise Boni”.

The 70th Filmfest Berlin presented Melika in the title role of Pari directed by Siamak Etemadi in the Section Panorama. When Iranian Pari arrives in Athens with her husband, her son is not at the airport as planned. Pari sets off in search of him and gets deeply caught up in the fabric of this foreign city.

As of January 2013, Foroutan was living in Berlin with a male partner from Dortmund.

Filmography

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Awards

References

  1. Meder, Ines (27 January 2013). "Melika Foroutan und "Die Kronzeugin" im ZDF". Der Westen. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. "Filmografie Melika Foroutan". fernsehserien.de (in German). 11 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. Und dennoch lieben wir. Archived 1 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine In: ARD.
  4. Jürgen Overkott: Melika Foroutan beeindruckt in ZDF-Krimi "Die Kronzeugin" In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 28 January 2013, retrieved, 17 November 2013.

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