Sibel Kekilli is a German actress. She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Head-On. She won two Lolas, the most prestigious German film awards, for her performances in Head-On and When We Leave. Since 2011 she is known for her role as Shae in the televisi...
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
TV Shows
Game of Thrones, Tatort, The Inspector and the Sea, Mordkommission Istanbul, Nachtschicht
Star Sign
Gemini
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I wasn't a competitor. I would play outside with my friends, but not really anything like ballet or soccer. I tried to play soccer, and it went badly.
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The pressure in Hollywood is bigger to look good than in Germany. In Germany, we are more forgiving. Having a personal coach in Germany is not nearly as common as in Hollywood. In Hollywood, I think everyone has a personal trainer.
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Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That's the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always want to be as good as he is or she is.
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I have to make sure I don't eat too much chocolate. You can't imagine how hard that is for a German to not eat chocolate.
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I'd like to say it is only average people who revel in the mistakes of others.
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If you move to Canada, after a few years you call yourself Canadian. In Germany, it's difficult to belong.
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It's not my passion to wake up at 6:00 in the morning to do my exercises. Sometimes I really hate it. I'm lazy.
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Has a binovular twin sister.
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Is a supporter of the organisation Terre de Femmes. A organisation that fights for equal rights for women and helps them live an independent life.
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Is of Turkish descent.
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After graduation, she worked not only as an employee in the administration of her hometown Heilbronn, but also as a waitress and shop assistant.
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Resides in Hamburg, Germany.
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Was discovered by a casting agent for Head-On (2004) at a Cologne shopping mall.
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In her acceptance speech at the 2004 Bambi Awards, she protested against the intense German media coverage of her past as a porn actress. She reproached the tabloids "Bild" and "Kölner Express" for "media rape".
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The publicity of the Golden Bear award for her debut Head-On (2004) shed some light on her past, when the Yellow Press discovered that she had acted in several porn videos under the role name Dilara.
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