Aslı Bayram (born 1 April 1981) is a

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actress and writer of

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descent. Since 2010, she is an Ambassador for Crime Prevention by the Justice Ministry Hessen, Germany.

Life and career

Bayram was born in

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, West Germany. In 1994, her father was shot dead by a

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and she was shot in the left arm. In 2005 Bayram won the

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contest and also participated in the Miss Universe 2005 contest in Bangkok. She has widely been regarded as being the first

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roots; Bayram completed actors' training with Eric Morris, Los Angeles, and Anne Mertin,

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. The first international film she starred in was '' Jump!'' with Patrick Swayze. Ensuing, she appeared in a very prominent role in the black comedy "Short Cut to Hollywood", shot in the US and presented at the 2009 Berlinale. In October 2007, Aslı Bayram performed for the first time professionally on stage and to critical acclaim in the solo theater performance Anne Frank: The Diary at the Théatre de la Ville D’Esch in Luxembourg. An invitation at the Theatre Festival of German language in

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followed, and afterwards the German premiere in Frankfurt/Main. Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's cousin, complimented Aslı Bayram on this project. In 2008/2009 she toured with the English language version in Canada and the USA. She finished the project on occasion of the commemoration of Anne Frank's 80th birthday with three performances at the

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. ''

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'' described her performance in ''Anne Frank: The Diary'' as "...emerging as one of Germany's most convincing and subtle actresses". In 2009 she also authored the book ''Grenzgängerin - Leben zwischen den Welten'' (Border Crosser. Life between Worlds), published 2009 by

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. In 2009, she participated in the Swiss production and the Bosnian film '' Sevdah za Karima'' (English title: Sevdah for Karim). For both roles there she required no lip-synchronization necessary. Aslı Bayram performed in both the national languages,

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and Bosnian. Both films were successful on the festival circuit screening at festivals Internationally: Zurich, Sarajevo, Pec', Antalya, Goteborg, Rotterdam and Berlin. ''

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'' praised her performance in the film ''180° ''stating that,'' ''"Asli Bayram in a very few scenes delivers a heartbreaking portrait of a young woman navigating between two worlds while living in neither of them." In September 2010 her book ''Grenzgängerin - Leben zwischen den Welten'' achieved a record in the

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for the number of most people in a public reading relay. Aslı Bayram campaigns publicly against racism and

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. Since 2010 Aslı Bayram is appointed honorable Ambassador for Crime Prevention by the Justice Ministry Hessen, Germany. She also was made the honorary Patron of the Riehl-School in

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, which has many pupils from immigrant backgrounds. Since 2011 Aslı Bayram has performed the female lead role in a Turkish television serial on Star TV, '' Sirat''. In July 2011, she performed the lead role in the international thriller ''

Body Complete ''Body Complete'' is a 2012 film with an international cast by the producers Robert Hofferer and Lukas Sturm as well as the co-producer Puls 4 from 2011. Lukas Sturm directed the film and also wrote the script. Asli Bayram plays the leading rol ...

'', performing in both the English and German languages alongside a veteran cast of Hollywood and Broadway actors. The film was shot in Sarajevo and its surrounding regions, and Vienna. ''Body Complete'' was screened at 14 festivals worldwide and won 7 awards. Bayram won two Best Actress awards, at the New York International Riverlight Film Festival 2012 and the American International Film Festival 2012. In August 2011, Bayram starred in the feature film ''Shanghai Gypsy'', a love story filmed in Italy and Slovenia. In the leading role, Bayram performed in Italian language and the

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. In the same year she co-starred in the German ARD-TV film ''Die Wüstenärztin'' (The Desert Doctor), shot in Namibia,

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and Vienna. For this role she learned the essential parts of her text in Arabic. Asli most recently appeared in David Frankel's comedy film '' One Chance'', alongside

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and

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, shot mainly in Venice and the UK.

Education

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at the in

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, drama training in Vienna with Anne Mertin.

Filmography

* '' Miss Universe 2005'' (documentary, 2005) * '' Beyza'nin kadinlari'' - English title: ''Shattered Soul'' (2006) * '' Jump!'' - with Patrick Swayze,

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, Anja Kruse (movie, 2006) * '' Short Cut to Hollywood'' with Jan Henrik Stahlberg and Marcus Mittermeier, (movie, 2007), in Post-production * 2010:

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(actress, Kinospielfilm) '' Sevdah za Karima'' (movie, 2010) - English title: ''Blues for Karim'' (2010) * '' Sirat'' (TV series 2011) * ''

Naked Harbour ''Naked Harbour'' ( fi, Vuosaari) is a 2012 Finnish drama film directed by Aku Louhimies. Synopsis The film takes place in Vuosaari, the easternmost suburb of Helsinki, Finland. The plot revolves around several families, around which love plays ...

'' (movie 2011) * ''

Shanghai Gypsy ''Shanghai Gypsy'' ( sl, Šanghaj) is a 2012 Slovenian drama film directed by Marko Nabersnik. Cast * Visar Vishka as Lutvija Belmondo Mirga * Aslı Bayram as Amanda * Senad Bašić as Ujas Mirga * Marjuta Slamic as Phirav Pao * Jasna Diklić as ...

'' (movie 2011) * Die Wüstenärztin (TV series 2011) * '' One Chance'' (movie 2013) * '' Woman in Gold'' (2015)

Books

* 2009 ''Grenzgängerin - Leben zwischen den Welten'' (Border Crosser. Life between Worlds).

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References

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