Özay fencing
Özay Fecht (* 1953 in Istanbul ) is a German actress and jazz singer .
Life
Fecht, originally from Turkey, has lived in Berlin since 1971 , where she married a German. In 1980 she went on her first tour as a jazz singer and performed with Wolf Mayer and other musicians in numerous jazz clubs and festivals. In 1995 she made her breakthrough as a jazz singer with the CD “Antiquated Love” (together with David Murray and Chico Freeman ) not only in Europe but also in New York . She gives many concerts in a row with Amina Claudine Myers and Tom Nicholas . She is considered a typical blues singer and convinces with a fascinating voice and expressiveness. Fecht has been on German television as an actress since 1993. She had her cinema debut as early as 1986 and was immediately honored with the German Film Prize as best actress for the leading role in 40 sqm Germany . After that she was seen in numerous other German feature films, for example in the triple Grimme Prize-winning Ich Chef, Du Turnschuh (1998) or in 2006 in the “best TV film of the year”, My Crazy Turkish Wedding .
Filmography
Films:
- 1986: 40 sqm Germany
- 1987: New beginnings
- 1989: Beyond Blue
- 1989: The rose garden
- 1991: Pizza Colonia
- 1992: Happy Birthday, Turk
- 1993: The Blue Exile
- 1996: War Pictures
- 1996: All because of Robert De Niro
- 1998: Me boss, you sneaker
- 1999: Wide Sea
- 1999: Soul Pain
- 2000: The outbreak
- 2000: Kanak Attack
- 2000: foreign tour
- 2004: Kismet
- 2006: Janjan
- 2006: My crazy Turkish wedding
- 2009: Love is not forgotten
- 2011: three quarters of the moon
- 2011: A childhood sweetheart
- 2013: 300 words of German
- 2016: Last exit Gera - eight hours with Beate Zschäpe
TV series:
- 1980: Three ladies from the grill , episode: The model patient
- 1989: Bülowbogen practice
- 1993: The investigator
- 1994: Gynecologist Dr. Markus Merthin
- 1996: Mona M. - With a woman's arms
- 1995–1996: Wolffs Revier
- 1996: The three
- 1996: Crime scene : Aida
- 1998: Doctors
- 2001: Denninger
- 2003: Kasabanin incisi
- 2004: Blond: Eva Blond!
- 2005: Section 40
- 2006: Right up to the tips
- 2015: Last trace of Berlin
- 2015: Mila
- 2020: The three of the garbage collection - Mission Future
Discography
- 1985: No More
- 1988: Moves with Doug Hammond
- 1991: Man I Love with Joachim Kühn
- 1995: Antiquated Love
Web links
- Özay Fecht in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Özay Fecht's website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fencing, Özay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actress and jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul |