Deleila Piasko (born 2 May 1991) is a Swiss actress.

Early life

Piasko was born into a Jewish family on 2 May 1991. From

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

, the eldest of three children born to a physicist father and dancer mother. She moved to Berlin aged 20 where she attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Career

Stage

After graduating from Berlin's Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin she had stage roles in Zürich, Frankfurt and Dresden. In 2019, she joined the

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in Vienna under director

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. In November 2023, it was announced that she would take on the role of Buhlschaft in Jedermann at the 2024 Salzburg Festival alongside Philipp Hochmair.

Film and television

In 2018 she appeared in an adaptation of the

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novel ''Im Tal des Fuchses'', produced by

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. Piasko appears in a 2021 adaptation of the

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novel

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entitled ''Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull'', in which she played Zouzou Kuckuck. She also appears in Leander Haußmann ensemble piece ''Stasi''. Piasko plays the based on real-life character

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in the

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French resistance series ''

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''. Her performance was singled out by Daniel Fienberg in ''

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'' for bringing life to her character. In 2023, she had the lead role in the six-part German-language series ''Der Schatten''. That year she started filming a six-part political thriller called ''Turmschatten'' for Paramount+. She was also cast in the title role in ''Lili'' from

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, an adaptation of Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler, in which she will be appearing alongside

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Partial filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piasko, Deleila 1991 births Living people Swiss actresses Film people from Zürich Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Date of birth unknown 21st-century Swiss women 21st-century Swiss people