Türkiz Talay

Türkiz Talay (born April 8, 1974 in Berlin ) is a German actress of Turkish descent.

Life

Türkiz Talay began acting at a young age ( Rappelkiste ) and at the age of 15 presented the ARD magazine Filmtipps not only for kids . She had her breakthrough in 1995 with the RTL crime series SK-Babies , in which she played the Turkish-born police officer Nesrin Üstünkaya for a total of 48 episodes. After that, Talay had guest roles in many series such as Gegen den Wind (1997), Die Schule am See (1996 and 1997), Die Kommissarin (1998), or At Your Own Risk (1999).

In 2002 she played her first leading role in the turbulent love comedy Alles getürkt alongside Hilmi Sözer and Bürger Lars Dietrich . From 2004 to 2005 Talay worked as a surgeon Dr. Demirel can be seen in the last season of the Sat.1 series Alphateam . In 2005 she starred in the action comedy Hammer und Hart alongside Susan Sideropoulos and Hendrik Duryn . Then she had guest appearances in the multiple award-winning ARD series Turkish for Beginners and in the sketch comedy Deutschland ist schön next to Volker Zack Michalowski . In 2008 Talay took on a leading role in the film Ayla , which was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize 2010.

In addition to her acting career, Talay completed a political degree at the Otto Suhr Institute of the Free University of Berlin in Berlin , from which she graduated in 2002. Your diploma thesis on the subject of 2nd generation Turkish women in German television productions - a continuation of stereotypical roles? is considered to be pioneering work in this so far little researched area of ​​the representation of migrants in the media.

Since the joint filming of Alles getürkt (2002), Talay has been in a relationship with the musician and comedian citizen Lars Dietrich and lives with him in Berlin. Their son was born in 2007 and their daughter was born in spring 2011.

Web links

• Türkiz Talay homepage
• Türkiz Talay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Türkiz Talay agency profile