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| name = Sibel Kekilli
| name = Sibel Kekilli
| image = Sibel Kekilli (Berlinale 2012) cropped.jpg
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| caption = Kekilli at the [[62nd Berlin International Film Festival]], February 2012
| caption = Kekilli at the [[74th Berlin International Film Festival|2024 Berlin International Film Festival]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|6|16|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Heilbronn]], Germany
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|6|16|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Heilbronn]], West Germany
|nationality=German<ref name="Spiegel interview">{{cite news|last=Malzahn|first=Claus Christian|title=Schauspielerin Sibel Kekilli: "Ich bin mir sicher, dass ich irgendwann aus Deutschland wegziehe"|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,468051,00.html|accessdate=4 March 2011|newspaper=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=6 March 2007}}</ref>
| occupation = Actress
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| years_active = 2003–present
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| occupation = Actress
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'''Sibel Kekilli''' (born 16 June 1980) is a German<!-- per community consensus described in [[WP:OPENPARAGRAPH]], only list "the country of which the person is a citizen or national or was a citizen when the person became notable". Both of these are German, in this case. If you disagree, please make your case on the talk page. --> actress. She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film ''[[Head-On]]'' ({{lang-de|link=no|Gegen die Wand}}). She won two [[Deutscher Filmpreis|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 television series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.
'''Sibel Kekilli''' (born 16 June 1980) is a German<!-- per community consensus described in [[WP:OPENPARAGRAPH]], only list "the country of which the person is a citizen or national or was a citizen when the person became notable". Both of these are German, in this case. If you disagree, please make your case on the talk page. --> actress.<ref name="Spiegel interview">{{cite news|last=Malzahn|first=Claus Christian|title=Schauspielerin Sibel Kekilli: "Ich bin mir sicher, dass ich irgendwann aus Deutschland wegziehe"|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,468051,00.html|access-date=4 March 2011|newspaper=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=6 March 2007}}</ref> She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film ''[[Head-On (film)|Head-On]]''. She won two [[Deutscher Filmpreis|Lolas]], the most prestigious German film award, for her performances in ''Head-On'' and ''[[When We Leave]]'' (2010). Beginning in 2011, she became more widely known for her role as [[Shae (character)|Shae]] in the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.


==Life and career==
==Early life==
Kekilli was born and raised in [[Heilbronn]], to a family of [[Turks in Germany|Turkish origin]]. Her parents came to [[West Germany]] from Turkey in 1977, and were described by Kekilli as fairly liberal.<ref name=yho>{{citation|url=http://de.movies.yahoo.com/schauspieler/k/sibel-kekilli/biografie-33775.html|title=Sibel Kekilli Biografie|language=German|accessdate=5 December 2009|work=Yahoo Movies}}</ref> After finishing school successfully at age 16, she completed an apprenticeship as a public administration employee at the local city government, and then worked for two years at the municipal waste disposal office. She moved to [[Essen]] in 2002, where she had various jobs, including work as a saleswoman, cleaner, manager of a nightclub and promoter.<ref>http://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/tv/schauspielerin/neue-traumrolle-fuer-die-schauspielerin-8268258.bild.html</ref>
Kekilli was born and raised in [[Heilbronn]], to a family of [[Turkish people|Turkish]] origin. Her parents came to Germany from Turkey in 1977, and were described by Kekilli as having a rather modern and open attitude.<ref name=yho>{{citation|url=http://de.movies.yahoo.com/schauspieler/k/sibel-kekilli/biografie-33775.html |title=Sibel Kekilli Biografie |language=de |access-date=5 December 2009 |work=Yahoo Movies |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222022121/http://de.movies.yahoo.com/schauspieler/k/sibel-kekilli/biografie-33775.html |archive-date=22 February 2010}}</ref> After completing school with excellent grades at age 16, she entered a 30-month-long combined training program to become a certified public administration specialist at the local city administration.{{citation needed|date=April 2021|reason=Unsourced with specific details like 'excellent grades' and 'at age 16' and '30-month-long'.}}


After successful completion of the training program, she continued to work as an administrative assistant for another two years at Heilbronn city hall, then moved to [[Essen]], where she worked various jobs as a bouncer, cleaner, waitress, nightclub manager, saleswoman, and [[pornographic film]] actress.<ref name="DeutscheWelle">{{citation|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1118125,00.html|title=Culture & Lifestyle: From Bare to Bear for Ex-Porn Queen|work=[[Deutsche Welle]]|date=18 February 2004|access-date=20 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/at-least-six-current-or-former-porn-stars-have-appeared-in-game-of-thrones/news-story/78f1cccfdd939760e246ad439f38ed6c |title=At least six current or former porn stars have appeared in Game of Thrones |work=[[News.com.au]] |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>
One day in 2002, while at a [[Cologne]] shopping mall, she was noticed by a casting director, who invited her to audition for a role in a movie.<ref>{{citation|language=German|url=http://www.welt.de/print-wams/article107278/Man_erkennt_sich.html|title=Man erkennt sich|newspaper=Welt am Sonntag|date=7 March 2004}}</ref> Sibel won the leading part in [[Fatih Akın]]'s ''[[Head-On]]'' ({{lang-de|link=no|Gegen die Wand}}) against a field of 350 other hopefuls. The film was released in 2004 and was a major success, receiving several prizes at film festivals. Filming proved strenuous for Kekilli personally, however, and she underwent an [[appendectomy]] during the filming in Turkey.<ref>[http://verleih.polyfilm.at/gegen_die_wand/Presseheft_GDW_230204.pdf Gegen die Wand-Presseheft] polyfilm.at, page 6.{{de icon}}</ref> After the movie, she had a [[rhinoplasty]].<ref name=yho/>


== Career ==
Shortly after the release of ''Head-On'', it became known she had previously acted in [[pornographic film]]s using the stage name "Dilara".<ref name="DeutscheWelle">{{citation|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1118125,00.html|title=Culture & Lifestyle: From Bare to Bear for Ex-Porn Queen|work=Deutsche Welle|date=18 February 2004|accessdate=20 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{iafd name|id=Dilara|gender=f|name=Sibel Kekilli}}</ref><ref>{{IMDb name|id=1402546|name=Sibel Kekilli}}</ref> This report, as published by the German [[tabloid newspaper]] ''[[Bild-Zeitung]]'', led to a public scandal, and Kekilli's parents broke off all contact with her.<ref name=yho/> She received the 2004 [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi]] prize for best "shooting star" for her role in ''Head-On'', and during the televised acceptance speech, she tearfully complained about the "dirty smear campaign" and "media rape" against her.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,328641,00.html|work=Spiegel Online|language=German|title=Goldene Rehkitze für Hanks, Kekilli und Elton John|date=19 November 2004}}</ref> ''Bild-Zeitung'' was later reprimanded by the German Press Council (Deutscher Presserat) for the manner in which they covered the story.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,330669,00.html Deutscher Presserat rügt "Bild"-Zeitung]. (in German) Spiegel.de (20 November 2004). Retrieved on 23 June 2012.</ref>
[[File:Sibel Kekilli (Berlinale 2012).jpg|thumb|Kekilli at the [[2012 Berlin International Film Festival]]]]


In 2001–2002, over a period of six months,<ref>{{Cite web|date=19 July 2004|title=Islam au diable|url=https://www.liberation.fr/portrait/2004/07/19/islam-au-diable_486718/|access-date=2021-03-05|publisher=[[Libération]]|language=fr|first=Odile|last=Benyahia Kouider}}</ref> Kekilli appeared in a number of pornographic films for various directors including Josef Baumberger<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Schaaf|first=Julia|title=Porno-Industrie: Der Dreh mit dem Sex|language=de|work=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]|url=https://www.faz.net/1.144347|access-date=2021-03-05|issn=0174-4909}}</ref> and [[Harry S. Morgan]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sundermeyer|first=Olaf|title=Der Pott|publisher=[[C.H. Beck]]|year=2009|isbn=978-3-406-59134-1|pages=92–93|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Straßer|first=Christoph|title=Harry S. Morgan: Der Meister der Pornografie|publisher=UBooks|year=2010|isbn=978-3-86608-125-3|pages=154|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-12|title="Game of Thrones" Star Sibel Kekilli's Anal Porn Past|url=https://celebjihad.com/sibel-kekilli/game-of-thrones-star-sibel-kekillis-anal-porn-past|access-date=2021-10-17|website=Celeb Jihad|language=en-US}}</ref>
Kekilli starred in the Turkish coup d'état movie ''[[Eve Dönüş]]'' (2006), playing the wife of a man who was unjustly imprisoned and tortured. The performance won her the Best Actress award at the 2006 [[Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival]]. Also that year she played a [[Jewish]] woman on the way to the [[Auschwitz]] [[concentration camp]] in the 2006 German movie ''[[Der letzte Zug]]'' (''The Last Train'').


In 2002, while at a shopping mall in [[Cologne]], she was noticed by a casting director, who invited her to audition for a role in a film.<ref>{{citation|language=de|url=https://www.welt.de/print-wams/article107278/Man_erkennt_sich.html|title=Man erkennt sich|newspaper=[[Welt am Sonntag]]|date=7 March 2004}}</ref> She won the leading part in ''[[Head-On (film)|Head-On]]'' ({{langx|de|link=no|Gegen die Wand}}) against a field of 350 other hopefuls. The film was released in 2004 and was a major success, receiving several prizes at film festivals. Filming proved strenuous for Kekilli personally, and she underwent an [[appendectomy]] during filming in Turkey.<ref>[http://verleih.polyfilm.at/gegen_die_wand/Presseheft_GDW_230204.pdf Gegen die Wand-Presseheft] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429162710/http://verleih.polyfilm.at/gegen_die_wand/Presseheft_GDW_230204.pdf |date=29 April 2011 }} polyfilm.at, page 6.{{in lang|de}}</ref>
In 2009, she played Umay in [[Feo Aladag]]'s ''[[When We Leave]]'' (''Die Fremde''), a young Turkish woman who leaves [[Istanbul]] to return to her family in [[Berlin]]. Kekilli was awarded the [[Deutscher Filmpreis|Lola]] for Best Actress in 2010 for her leading role in this film.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.welt.de/kultur/article7311221/Das-weisse-Band-raeumt-bei-Gala-zehn-Lolas-ab.html |newspaper=Die Welt |title="Das weiße Band" räumt bei Gala zehn Lolas ab |author=Vogel, Elke |date=23 April 2010 |language=German |accessdate=24 April 2010 }}</ref>


Shortly after the release of ''Head-On'', the German tabloid newspaper ''[[Bild]]'' made public Kekilli's earlier work in pornography.<ref name="DeutscheWelle"/><ref>{{iafd name|id=Dilara|gender=f|name=Dilara}}</ref> This led to a public sensation, and Kekilli's parents broke off all contact with her.<ref name=yho/> She received the 2004 [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi]] prize for "best shooting star" for her role in ''Head-On''. During the televised acceptance speech, she tearfully complained that she was being subject to a "''dreckige Hetzkampagne''" ("dirty smear campaign") and "''Medienvergewaltigung''" ("media rape").<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,328641,00.html|newspaper=[[Der Spiegel]]|language=de|title=Goldene Rehkitze für Hanks, Kekilli und Elton John|date=19 November 2004}}</ref> ''Bild-Zeitung'' was later reprimanded by the ''Deutscher Presserat'' (German Press Council) for the manner in which it covered the story.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,330669,00.html |title=Deutscher Presserat rügt 'Bild'-Zeitung |language=de |newspaper=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=20 November 2004 |access-date= 23 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2010, Kekilli was cast as Shae in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', an adaptation of [[George R. R. Martin]]'s ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels.<ref name="grrm">[http://grrm.livejournal.com/168824.html Not A Blog – You Guys Are Scary Good, the Sequel]. Grrm.livejournal.com. Retrieved on 23 June 2012.</ref>


Kekilli starred in the Turkish coup d'état film ''[[Home Coming (2006 film)|Home Coming]]'' (''Eve Dönüş'') (2006), playing the wife of a man who was unjustly imprisoned and tortured. The performance won her the Best Actress award at the 2006 [[Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival]]. Also that year, she played a [[Jews|Jewish]] woman on the way to the [[Auschwitz]] [[concentration camp]] in the 2006 film ''[[The Last Train (2006 film)|The Last Train]]'' ({{langx|de|link=no|Der letzte Zug}}). In 2009, she played Umay, a young Turkish woman who leaves [[Istanbul]] to return to her family in [[Berlin]], in ''[[When We Leave]]'' (''Die Fremde''). She was awarded the [[Deutscher Filmpreis|Lola]] for Best Actress in 2010 for her role.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/article7311221/Das-weisse-Band-raeumt-bei-Gala-zehn-Lolas-ab.html |newspaper=Die Welt |title="Das weiße Band" räumt bei Gala zehn Lolas ab |author=Vogel, Elke |date=23 April 2010 |language=de |access-date=24 April 2010 }}</ref> In 2010, Kekilli was cast as Shae in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', an adaptation of [[George R. R. Martin]]'s ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' novels.<ref name="grrm">{{cite web |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/168824.html |website=Not A Blog |title=You Guys Are Scary Good, the Sequel |via=[[LiveJournal]] |date=21 July 2011 |first=George R. R. |last=Martin |access-date=23 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2011, one year after first appearing in a supporting role in the long-running crime series ''[[Tatort]]'', she became a permanent cast member as the new investigator Sarah Brandt, working alongside chief investigator [[Klaus Borowski]] played by [[Axel Milberg]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.welt.de/fernsehen/article13630861/Sibel-Kekilli-die-Neue-an-der-Seite-von-Axel-Milberg.html |newspaper=Die Welt |title=Kieler Tatort-Duo: Sibel Kekilli, die Neue an der Seite von Axel Milberg |author=Koch, Dorit |date=2 October 2011 |language=German |accessdate=18 October 2011 }}</ref> She said that she was glad not to be playing a character of foreign descent, as she feels she has been typecast in the past.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/medien-sibel-kekilli-tatort-rolle-ist-ritterschlag_aid_540479.html |newspaper=Focus |title=Sibel Kekilli: "Tatort"-Rolle ist Ritterschlag |date=12 August 2010 |language=German |accessdate=18 October 2011 }}</ref>

In 2011, one year after first appearing in a supporting role in the long-running crime series ''[[Tatort]]'', she became a permanent cast member as new investigator Sarah Brandt, working alongside chief investigator [[Klaus Borowski]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/fernsehen/article13630861/Sibel-Kekilli-die-Neue-an-der-Seite-von-Axel-Milberg.html |newspaper=Die Welt |title=Kieler Tatort-Duo: Sibel Kekilli, die Neue an der Seite von Axel Milberg |author=Koch, Dorit |date=2 October 2011 |language=de |access-date=18 October 2011 }}</ref> She said that she was glad not to be playing a character of foreign descent, as she feels she has been typecast in the past.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/medien-sibel-kekilli-tatort-rolle-ist-ritterschlag_aid_540479.html |magazine=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] |title=Sibel Kekilli: 'Tatort'-Rolle ist Ritterschlag |date=12 August 2010 |language=de |access-date=18 October 2011 }}</ref> In 2017 she left the ''Tatort'' franchise, after 14 feature-length episodes, citing a need for change.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/sibel-kekilli-verlaesst-den-kieler-tatort-14857632.html|title=Sibel Kekilli verlässt den Kieler 'Tatort'|date=2 February 2017|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|access-date=26 March 2018|language=de}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Kekilli lives in [[Hamburg]].<ref name=yho/>
Kekilli lives in [[Hamburg]]. She supports the organization ''[[Terre des Femmes]]'' in their work against violence in families of [[Islam]]ic background. In December 2006, at an anti-domestic violence event run by the Turkish newspaper ''[[Hürriyet]]'' in Berlin, she stated, "I have experienced myself that physical and psychological violence is seen as normal in Muslim families." In response, the Turkish [[consul general]] left the room.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/art270,1944857|title=Eklat um Sibel Kekilli in Berlin|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel|date=4 December 2006|language=German}}</ref>

Since [[German nationality law|citizenship in Germany]] is primarily established by ''[[Jus sanguinis]]'' rather than ''[[Jus soli]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/87b900a8-db05-11e3-8273-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/87b900a8-db05-11e3-8273-00144feabdc0 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Germany: the immigrant influence |magazine=[[FT Magazine]] |date=23 May 2014 |access-date=18 April 2021 |first=Stefan |last=Wagstyl}}</ref> she originally held Turkish rather than German citizenship, and had to apply to the Turkish government when she sought a marriage license (for a planned marriage that ultimately did not take place).<ref name=yho/>

In 2017, Kekilli blocked her [[Instagram]] account from being accessed in Turkey, saying that users from that country had sent a multitude of [[Sexual harassment|abusive]] and threatening messages. She denounced the senders as "bigoted, hypocrites and full of hate".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/game-of-thrones-actress-kekilli-blocks-instagram-profile-to-turkish-users-after-sexual-harassments.aspx?PageID=238&NID=117933&NewsCatID=381|title=Game of Thrones actress Kekilli blocks Instagram profile to Turkish users after 'sexual harassments' |website=Hürriyet Daily News |date=13 September 2017 |access-date=15 September 2017}}</ref>

===Political activism===
Kekilli supports the organization [[Terre des Femmes]] in its work against violence against women.

In December 2006, at an anti-[[domestic violence]] event run by the Turkish newspaper ''[[Hürriyet]]'' in [[Berlin]], she stated, in German, the equivalent of "I have experienced for myself that both physical and psychological abuse are regarded as normal in a Muslim family. Sadly, violence is part of the cultural heritage in Islam." In response, the Turkish [[consul general]] left the room.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/art270,1944857|title=Eklat um Sibel Kekilli in Berlin|newspaper=[[Der Tagesspiegel]]|date=4 December 2006|language=de}}</ref>

In March 2015 at an [[International Women's Day]] event at the [[President of Germany]]'s residence at [[Bellevue Palace (Germany)|Schloss Bellevue]], Kekilli gave a speech on violence against women in the name of honour. The speech drew wide attention and praise in Germany for its empathic message.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKwhJZzOvLI|title=Sibel Kekilli über individuelle Freiheit und kollektiven Druck |via=[[YouTube]] |work=Düsseldorfer Aufklärungsdienst}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/sibel-kekilli-gegen-gewalt-im-namen-der-ehre-13470898.html|title=Was macht euch Angst, ihr Väter, Brüder, Ehemänner?|newspaper=[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]|date=10 March 2015|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brigitte.de/aktuell/gesellschaft/weltfrauentag--sibel-kekilli-ruehrt-mit-ihrer-rede-zu-traenen-10188876.html|title=Sibel Kekilli rührt mit ihrer Rede zu Tränen|magazine=[[Brigitte (magazine)|Brigitte]]|date=12 March 2015|language=de|first=Michele |last=Rothenberg}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/traenen-bei-ihrer-rede-im-schloss-bellevue-sibel-kekilli-ueber-die-muslimische-kultur-sie-kann-gnadenlos-sein_id_4535850.html|title=Sibel Kekilli über die muslimische Kultur: 'Sie kann gnadenlos sein'|magazine=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]]|date=16 March 2015|language=de}}</ref> In May 2015, [[Friedrich Naumann Foundation]] named Kekilli "Author of Freedom" for the speech.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.freiheit.org/content/sibel-kekilli-ist-autorin-der-freiheit-im-april|title=Sibel Kekilli ist Autorin der Freiheit im April|publisher=[[Friedrich Naumann Foundation]]|date=4 May 2015|language=de|url-status=dead|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220085622/https://www.freiheit.org/content/sibel-kekilli-ist-autorin-der-freiheit-im-april}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

[[File:Sibel Kekilli at 2006 Golden Orange Film Festival.jpg|thumb|Kekilli at the [[43rd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival]] & [[2nd International Eurasia Film Festival]], September 2006.]]
===Film===
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1769353/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_27 Sextrip - Heisses Pflaster Amsterdam] (2002) - credited as Dilara
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417651/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_26 Euro Mädchen - Amateure intim 11] (2002) - credited as Dilara
|-
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429476/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_22 2002 wilde Sex-Nächte] (2002) - credited as Dilara
! Year
* ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392132/ Hotel Fickmichgut]'' (2002) - Hotelchefin (credited as Dilara)
! Title
* ''[[Head-On|Gegen die Wand]]'' (2004)
! Role
* ''[[Kebab Connection]]'' (2004)
! class="unsortable"| Notes
* ''Winterreise'' (2006)
|-
* ''[[Fay Grim]]'' (2006)
|2002
* ''[[The Last Train (2006 film)|Der Letzte Zug]]'' (2006)
|Amateure intim (episode eleven)
* ''Eve Dönüş'' (2006)
|
* ''[[Pihalla]]'' (2009)
|Adult film<ref name=":0" />
* ''[[When We Leave|Die Fremde]]'' (2010)
|-
* ''[[What a Man (film)|What a Man]]'' (2011)
|2004
* ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011) – Shae
|''[[Head-On (film)|Head-On]]'' ({{langx|de|link=no|Gegen die Wand}}, {{langx|tr|link=no|Duvara Karşı}})
* ''Die Männer der Emden'' (2012)
| Sibel Güner
|
|-
|2004
|''[[Kebab Connection]]''
| Italienerin
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Winter Journey (2006 film)|Winter Journey]]'' ({{langx|de|link=no|Winterreise}})
| Leyla
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Fay Grim]]''
| Concierge First Istanbul Hotel
|
|-
|2006
|''[[The Last Train (2006 film)|The Last Train]]'' ({{langx|de|link=no|Der letzte Zug}})
| Ruth Zilbermann
|
|-
|2006
|''[[Home Coming (2006 film)|Home Coming]]'' ({{langx|tr|link=no|Eve Dönüş}})
|Esma
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Pihalla]]''
| Laura
|
|-
|2010
|''[[When We Leave]]'' ({{langx|de|link=no|Die Fremde}}, {{langx|tr|link=no|Ayrılık}})
| Umay
|
|-
|2011
|''[[What a Man (2011 film)|What a Man]]''
| Nele
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Die Männer der Emden]]''
| Salima Bey
|
|-
|2019
| ''[[Berlin, I Love You]]''
|Yasil
|Segment: "Embassy"
|-
|2019
|''Deutschland ist... Heim''
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Die meisten, die sie hassen, sind Türken: Sibel Kekilli schmeißt auf Instagram hin|url=https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/heilbronn-die-meisten-die-sie-hassen-sind-tuerken-sibel-kekilli-schmeisst-auf-instagram-hin-317083|access-date=2021-10-17|website=TAG24|date=20 August 2017 |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|''{{ill|Fuchs im Bau|de}}''
|Tara Ketabi
|
|-
|2022
|''{{ill|Karanlık Gece|tr}}''
|Sırma
|
|-
|TBD
|''Shutdown''
|Sarah
|Post-production<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sibel Kekilli'den pandemi filmi: 'Shutdown'|url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/sibel-kekilliden-pandemi-filmi-shutdown-1814221|access-date=2021-10-17|website=www.cumhuriyet.com.tr|date=16 February 2021 |language=tr}}</ref>
|-
|TBD
|''Rostocken''
|Sibel
|Announced<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-07|title=Sibel Kekilli, Rostock filminde başrol oynayacak|url=https://tele1.com.tr/sibel-kekilli-rostock-filminde-basrol-oynayacak-323532/|access-date=2021-10-17|website=Tele1|language=tr}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|2010
|''Gier''
|Nadja Hartmann
|2 episodes
|-
|2010
|''Homicide Unit Istanbul''
|Fatma Benli
|1 episode
|-
|2010{{ndash}}2017
|''[[Tatort]]''
|Sarah Brandt
|14 episodes
|-
|2011{{ndash}}2014
|''[[Game of Thrones]]''
|[[Shae (character)|Shae]]
|20 episodes
|-
|2015–2017
|''Paare''
|Patientin
|4 episodes
|-
|2016
|''Inspector Borowski''
|Sarah Brandt
|9 episodes
|-
|2017
|''Bruder: Schwarze Macht''
|Sibel
|4 episodes
|-
|2017
|''[[Sesamstraße]]''
|Sibel
|1 episode
|-
|2018
|''[[Bullets (Finnish TV series)|Bullets]]''
|Madina Taburova/Zamira Hoxha
|10 episodes
|-
|2021
|''{{ill|Meeresleuchten|de|3=Meeresleuchten (Film)}}''
|Nina Baselau
|TV film
|-
|2023
|''Freiheit ist das Einzigste, was zählt''
|Ulli
|
|-
|}


==Awards==
==Awards==
* 2004 [[Deutscher Filmpreis|Lola]] for Best Actress in ''[[Head-On|Gegen die Wand]]''
* 2004 [[Deutscher Filmpreis|Lola]] for Best Actress in ''[[Head-On (film)|Head-On]]''
* 2004 [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi]] for Best "Shooting Star" in ''[[Head-On|Gegen die Wand]]''
* 2004 [[Bambi (prize)|Bambi]] for Best "Shooting Star" in ''[[Head-On (film)|Head-On]]''
* 2006 [[Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival|Golden Orange Prize]] for Best Actress in ''[[Eve Dönüş]]''
* 2006 [[Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival|Golden Orange Prize]] for Best Actress in ''[[Home Coming (2006 film)|Home Coming]]''
* 2010 [[Deutscher Filmpreis|Lola]] for Best Actress in ''[[When We Leave|Die Fremde]]''
* 2010 [[Deutscher Filmpreis|Lola]] for Best Actress in ''[[When We Leave]]''
* 2010 [[Tribeca Film Festival#Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film|Tribeca Prize]] for Best Actress in ''[[When We Leave|Die Fremde]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/when_we_leave_scores_top_award.html |newspaper=New York Magazine |title=''When We Leave'' Scores Top Honors at Tribeca Film Festival |date=29 April 2010 |accessdate=15 May 2010 }}</ref>
* 2010 [[Tribeca Film Festival#Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film|Tribeca Prize]] for Best Actress in ''[[When We Leave]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/when_we_leave_scores_top_award.html |magazine=[[Vulture.com|Vulture]]{{snd}}[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |title=''When We Leave'' Scores Top Honors at Tribeca Film Festival |date=29 April 2010 |access-date=15 May 2010 |first=Josh |last=Duboff}}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:19, 24 October 2024

Sibel Kekilli
Kekilli at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival
Born (1980-06-16) 16 June 1980 (age 44)
Heilbronn, West Germany
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Websitesibelkekilli.com/en/

Sibel Kekilli (born 16 June 1980) is a German actress.[1] She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Head-On. She won two Lolas, the most prestigious German film award, for her performances in Head-On and When We Leave (2010). Beginning in 2011, she became more widely known for her role as Shae in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

Early life

Kekilli was born and raised in Heilbronn, to a family of Turkish origin. Her parents came to Germany from Turkey in 1977, and were described by Kekilli as having a rather modern and open attitude.[2] After completing school with excellent grades at age 16, she entered a 30-month-long combined training program to become a certified public administration specialist at the local city administration.[citation needed]

After successful completion of the training program, she continued to work as an administrative assistant for another two years at Heilbronn city hall, then moved to Essen, where she worked various jobs as a bouncer, cleaner, waitress, nightclub manager, saleswoman, and pornographic film actress.[3][4]

Career

Kekilli at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival

In 2001–2002, over a period of six months,[5] Kekilli appeared in a number of pornographic films for various directors including Josef Baumberger[6] and Harry S. Morgan.[7][8][9]

In 2002, while at a shopping mall in Cologne, she was noticed by a casting director, who invited her to audition for a role in a film.[10] She won the leading part in Head-On (German: Gegen die Wand) against a field of 350 other hopefuls. The film was released in 2004 and was a major success, receiving several prizes at film festivals. Filming proved strenuous for Kekilli personally, and she underwent an appendectomy during filming in Turkey.[11]

Shortly after the release of Head-On, the German tabloid newspaper Bild made public Kekilli's earlier work in pornography.[3][12] This led to a public sensation, and Kekilli's parents broke off all contact with her.[2] She received the 2004 Bambi prize for "best shooting star" for her role in Head-On. During the televised acceptance speech, she tearfully complained that she was being subject to a "dreckige Hetzkampagne" ("dirty smear campaign") and "Medienvergewaltigung" ("media rape").[13] Bild-Zeitung was later reprimanded by the Deutscher Presserat (German Press Council) for the manner in which it covered the story.[14]

Kekilli starred in the Turkish coup d'état film Home Coming (Eve Dönüş) (2006), playing the wife of a man who was unjustly imprisoned and tortured. The performance won her the Best Actress award at the 2006 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Also that year, she played a Jewish woman on the way to the Auschwitz concentration camp in the 2006 film The Last Train (German: Der letzte Zug). In 2009, she played Umay, a young Turkish woman who leaves Istanbul to return to her family in Berlin, in When We Leave (Die Fremde). She was awarded the Lola for Best Actress in 2010 for her role.[15] In 2010, Kekilli was cast as Shae in HBO's Game of Thrones, an adaptation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels.[16]

In 2011, one year after first appearing in a supporting role in the long-running crime series Tatort, she became a permanent cast member as new investigator Sarah Brandt, working alongside chief investigator Klaus Borowski.[17] She said that she was glad not to be playing a character of foreign descent, as she feels she has been typecast in the past.[18] In 2017 she left the Tatort franchise, after 14 feature-length episodes, citing a need for change.[19]

Personal life

Kekilli lives in Hamburg.[2]

Since citizenship in Germany is primarily established by Jus sanguinis rather than Jus soli,[20] she originally held Turkish rather than German citizenship, and had to apply to the Turkish government when she sought a marriage license (for a planned marriage that ultimately did not take place).[2]

In 2017, Kekilli blocked her Instagram account from being accessed in Turkey, saying that users from that country had sent a multitude of abusive and threatening messages. She denounced the senders as "bigoted, hypocrites and full of hate".[21]

Political activism

Kekilli supports the organization Terre des Femmes in its work against violence against women.

In December 2006, at an anti-domestic violence event run by the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet in Berlin, she stated, in German, the equivalent of "I have experienced for myself that both physical and psychological abuse are regarded as normal in a Muslim family. Sadly, violence is part of the cultural heritage in Islam." In response, the Turkish consul general left the room.[22]

In March 2015 at an International Women's Day event at the President of Germany's residence at Schloss Bellevue, Kekilli gave a speech on violence against women in the name of honour. The speech drew wide attention and praise in Germany for its empathic message.[23][24][25][26] In May 2015, Friedrich Naumann Foundation named Kekilli "Author of Freedom" for the speech.[27]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 Amateure intim (episode eleven) Adult film[6]
2004 Head-On (German: Gegen die Wand, Turkish: Duvara Karşı) Sibel Güner
2004 Kebab Connection Italienerin
2006 Winter Journey (German: Winterreise) Leyla
2006 Fay Grim Concierge First Istanbul Hotel
2006 The Last Train (German: Der letzte Zug) Ruth Zilbermann
2006 Home Coming (Turkish: Eve Dönüş) Esma
2009 Pihalla Laura
2010 When We Leave (German: Die Fremde, Turkish: Ayrılık) Umay
2011 What a Man Nele
2012 Die Männer der Emden Salima Bey
2019 Berlin, I Love You Yasil Segment: "Embassy"
2019 Deutschland ist... Heim [28]
2020 Fuchs im Bau [de] Tara Ketabi
2022 Karanlık Gece [tr] Sırma
TBD Shutdown Sarah Post-production[29]
TBD Rostocken Sibel Announced[30]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Gier Nadja Hartmann 2 episodes
2010 Homicide Unit Istanbul Fatma Benli 1 episode
2010–2017 Tatort Sarah Brandt 14 episodes
2011–2014 Game of Thrones Shae 20 episodes
2015–2017 Paare Patientin 4 episodes
2016 Inspector Borowski Sarah Brandt 9 episodes
2017 Bruder: Schwarze Macht Sibel 4 episodes
2017 Sesamstraße Sibel 1 episode
2018 Bullets Madina Taburova/Zamira Hoxha 10 episodes
2021 Meeresleuchten [de] Nina Baselau TV film
2023 Freiheit ist das Einzigste, was zählt Ulli

Awards

References

  1. ^ Malzahn, Claus Christian (6 March 2007). "Schauspielerin Sibel Kekilli: "Ich bin mir sicher, dass ich irgendwann aus Deutschland wegziehe"". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sibel Kekilli Biografie", Yahoo Movies (in German), archived from the original on 22 February 2010, retrieved 5 December 2009
  3. ^ a b "Culture & Lifestyle: From Bare to Bear for Ex-Porn Queen", Deutsche Welle, 18 February 2004, retrieved 20 October 2007
  4. ^ "At least six current or former porn stars have appeared in Game of Thrones". News.com.au. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  5. ^ Benyahia Kouider, Odile (19 July 2004). "Islam au diable" (in French). Libération. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b Schaaf, Julia. "Porno-Industrie: Der Dreh mit dem Sex". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ Sundermeyer, Olaf (2009). Der Pott (in German). C.H. Beck. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-3-406-59134-1.
  8. ^ Straßer, Christoph (2010). Harry S. Morgan: Der Meister der Pornografie (in German). UBooks. p. 154. ISBN 978-3-86608-125-3.
  9. ^ ""Game of Thrones" Star Sibel Kekilli's Anal Porn Past". Celeb Jihad. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Man erkennt sich", Welt am Sonntag (in German), 7 March 2004
  11. ^ Gegen die Wand-Presseheft Archived 29 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine polyfilm.at, page 6.(in German)
  12. ^ Dilara at the Internet Adult Film Database
  13. ^ "Goldene Rehkitze für Hanks, Kekilli und Elton John", Der Spiegel (in German), 19 November 2004
  14. ^ "Deutscher Presserat rügt 'Bild'-Zeitung". Der Spiegel (in German). 20 November 2004. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  15. ^ Vogel, Elke (23 April 2010). ""Das weiße Band" räumt bei Gala zehn Lolas ab". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  16. ^ Martin, George R. R. (21 July 2011). "You Guys Are Scary Good, the Sequel". Not A Blog. Retrieved 23 June 2012 – via LiveJournal.
  17. ^ Koch, Dorit (2 October 2011). "Kieler Tatort-Duo: Sibel Kekilli, die Neue an der Seite von Axel Milberg". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Sibel Kekilli: 'Tatort'-Rolle ist Ritterschlag". Focus (in German). 12 August 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  19. ^ "Sibel Kekilli verlässt den Kieler 'Tatort'". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 2 February 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  20. ^ Wagstyl, Stefan (23 May 2014). "Germany: the immigrant influence". FT Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Game of Thrones actress Kekilli blocks Instagram profile to Turkish users after 'sexual harassments'". Hürriyet Daily News. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Eklat um Sibel Kekilli in Berlin". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 4 December 2006.
  23. ^ "Sibel Kekilli über individuelle Freiheit und kollektiven Druck". Düsseldorfer Aufklärungsdienst – via YouTube.
  24. ^ "Was macht euch Angst, ihr Väter, Brüder, Ehemänner?". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 10 March 2015.
  25. ^ Rothenberg, Michele (12 March 2015). "Sibel Kekilli rührt mit ihrer Rede zu Tränen". Brigitte (in German).
  26. ^ "Sibel Kekilli über die muslimische Kultur: 'Sie kann gnadenlos sein'". Focus (in German). 16 March 2015.
  27. ^ "Sibel Kekilli ist Autorin der Freiheit im April" (in German). Friedrich Naumann Foundation. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  28. ^ "Die meisten, die sie hassen, sind Türken: Sibel Kekilli schmeißt auf Instagram hin". TAG24 (in German). 20 August 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Sibel Kekilli'den pandemi filmi: 'Shutdown'". www.cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  30. ^ "Sibel Kekilli, Rostock filminde başrol oynayacak". Tele1 (in Turkish). 7 February 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  31. ^ Duboff, Josh (29 April 2010). "When We Leave Scores Top Honors at Tribeca Film Festival". Vulture – New York. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by German Film Award for Best Actress
2010
for Die Fremde 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Golden Orange Award for Best Actress
2006
for Eve Dönüş 		Succeeded by
Preceded by German Film Award for Best Actress
2004
for Gegen die Wand 		Succeeded by
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