Sesede Terziyan (born in 1981) is a German actress based in

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Biography

Sesede Terziyan was raised by Armenian parents from

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in Turkey, growing up in

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and later in

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. Terziyan has said that she always had a strong desire to express herself, at first through music, but found she could be her true self in the theatre. She trained at the

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, and on graduating in 2005, co-founded the independent theatre company Eigenreich, appearing in its opening production, Sarah Kane's ''

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''. Early stage appearances included ''

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'' at the

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and ''Bloody Homeland'' at the Maxim Gorki Theatre. She was engaged at

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in 2006, returning to freelance work in 2008. In 2011, she took the teacher's role in ''Verrücktes Blut (Mad Blood)'', a play based on a French film,

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, at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße in Berlin. The play was developed by Nurkan Erpulat and Jens Hillje through a process of

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, co-inspiration and ensemble work. In 2013, she returned to the

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, under the artistic direction of

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, appearing in several productions including ''Rewitching Europe'' and ''Berlin Oranienplatz''. In 2020, as chief detective Jasmin Sayed, she played the first female chief of a fictionalized

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(river police) in the ARD series, ''WaPo Berlin''.

Filmography

Cinema

* 2005: Cataract (short) * 2008:

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* 2011: Almanya: Welcome to Germany * 2014: * 2016: Der Kuaför aus der Keupstraße (documentary) * 2018:

25 km/h ''25 km/h'' is a 2018 German road movie directed by Markus Goller. Synopsis After the death of their father, two estranged brothers embark on a road trip through Germany on mopeds that they planned when they were kids. Cast and characters ...

* 2018: Skin Creepers

TV

* 2006:

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* 2006:

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* 2007: Vertraute Angst * 2007:

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: ''Roter Tod'' * 2007:

: ''Wem Ehre gebürt'' * 2007–2009:

Familie Sonnenfeld ''Familie Sonnenfeld'' was a German TV movie series produced from 2005–2008. The series was directed by Christina Kabisch. Family Sonnenfeld was broadcast on the ARD and ORF. See also *List of German television series The following is a ...

(TV series) * 2008:

: ''Schatten der Angst'' * 2008:

Unschuldig ''Unschuldig'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – ...

* 2008: In letzter Sekunde * 2008:

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* 2010: * 2010:

SOKO Leipzig ''Leipzig Homicide (SOKO Leipzig)'' is a German crime drama television series first broadcast on 31 January 2001 on ZDF. More than 400 episodes have been screened since. On 12 November 2008, the first of a two-part crossover between ''SOKO Leipz ...

* 2010:

Der letzte Bulle ''Der letzte Bulle'' (''The Last Cop'') is a German television series that was first aired in 2010. The series is about a policeman from the 1980s put into a modern police department in Essen. Plot The show is set in Essen, in the center of th ...

(TV series) * 2010: Der Doc und die Hexe (TV series) * 2011:

SOKO Kitzbühel ''SOKO Kitzbühel '' is an Austrian television series produced by ORF in collaboration with the German network ZDF. It is the third spin-off of the German crime series ''SOKO 5113'' (''SOKO München'' since 2015), launched in 1978. The show, w ...

* 2013:

: Melinda * 2014: * 2017: Der Gutachter * 2017: Der 7. Tag * 2019: Familie Bundschuh – Wir machen Abitur * 2020: WaPo Berlin (TV series) * 2021:

: ''Die dritte Haut''

References

External links

Sesede Terziyan
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Terziyan, Sesede 1981 births German stage actresses German film actresses Living people