Jale Arıkan (born 22 August 1965) is a

Turkish-German Turks in Germany, also referred to as German Turks and Turkish Germans ( or ''Deutschtürken''; , also known as ''Gurbetçiler'' or ''Almancılar''), are ethnic Turkish people living in Germany. These terms are also used to refer to German-born ...

film and television actress. At the

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in 2013, she won the Silver George for Best Actress for her role in the film ''

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'' (2012) which won the Golden George.

Career

Arıkan was born in

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but later moved to

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where she successfully pursued a career in acting. She showed a preference for

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s and

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s. She has starred in several popular German-language television series, including ''

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'' (1987–1992), ''

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'' (1989), ''

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'' (1990), ''

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'' (1990–2012), ''

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'' (1992), ''

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'' (1992), ''

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'' (1994), '' Schwarz greift ein'' (1995), ''

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'' (2003), ''

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'' (2009), '' Stolberg'' (2009), ''

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'' (2009–2010), '' Küstenwache'' (2011), and ''

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'' (2015). She starred as Polish Nadenka in the 2005 Luxembourgish film ''

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'' which was nominated at the

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for the

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. She was cast as Naomi in the English-language television film '' Samson and Delilah'' (1996).

Awards and nominations

At the

in 2013, she received the Silver George for Best Actress for her role in ''

''. In 2014, she also won the award Best Actress in the Turkish Film Festival Frankfurt.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arikan, Jale 1965 births German film actresses German people of Turkish descent German television actresses Living people Turkish emigrants to Germany Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Actresses from Istanbul