| Sibel Kekilli (born June 16, 1980 in Heilbronn, Germany) is an award-winning German actress of Turkish origin who gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Gegen die Wand (Head-On). Life and career Kekilli grew up in Heilbronn, the daughter of Turkish parents who had come to Germany in 1977. She describes her parents as fairly liberal, allowing her to participate at school trips and to go without a headscarf.[1] After leaving school at age 16, she worked for two years for the local city government, then moved to Essen where she worked various jobs. One day in 2002 while at a Cologne shopping mall, she was noticed by a casting director who called her up for an audition for a role in a movie.[2] Sibel won the leading role for Fatih Akın's planned movie against a field of 350 other hopefuls. This movie Gegen die Wand (Head-On) was released in 2004 and was a major public success, receiving several prizes at film festivals. Kekilli underwent an appendectomy during the filming in Turkey. After the movie she had a nose job.[1] Shortly after the release of "Head-On", the German tabloid newspaper Bild-Zeitung revealed, in a sensationalist tone, that she had previously acted in pornographic films using the stage name "Dilara".[3] This report led to a public scandal. Kekilli's parents broke off all contact.[1] For her role in Head on Kekilli received the 2004 Bambi award for best "shooting star"; during the televised acceptance speech, she tearfully complained about the "dirty smear campaign" and "media rape" against her.[4] The Bild-Zeitung was later reprimanded for the coverage by the Deutscher Presserat, the self-control institution of German publishers She starred in the Turkish coup d'état movie Eve Dönüş (2006), playing the wife of a man who was unjustly imprisoned and tortured. Although her performance was criticized, especially her distinctive accent (some suggested over-dubbing her voice), she still managed to receive the award of Best Actress at the 2006 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Sibel Kekilli played a young Jewish woman on the way to the Auschwitz concentration camp in the 2006 German movie Der letzte Zug (The last train). In 2009 she will be seen playing Umay, a young Turkish woman who leaves Istanbul to return to her family in Berlin in Feo Aladag's "When We Leave." Sibel Kekilli lives in Hamburg and supports the organization Terre des Femmes in their work against violence in families with Islamic background. In December 2006, at an anti-domestic violence event of the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet in Berlin, she stated "I have experienced myself that physical and psychological violence is seen as normal in Muslim families. Unfortunately violence belongs to the culture in Islam." This caused the Turkish consul general to leave the room.[5] Filmography Mainstream - Gegen die Wand (2004)
- Kebab Connection (2004)
- Winterreise (2006)
- Fay Grim (2006)
- Der Letzte Zug (2006)
- Eve Dönüş (2006)
- Pihalla (2009)
- Die Fremde (2009)
Pornography - Junge Debütantinnen 19: Deutsche Debütantinnen – Hart & Herzlich (2001)
- 2002 Wilde Sex-Nächte (2002)
- Teeny Exzesse 68 – Kesse Bienen (2002)
- Lollipops 16 (2002)
- Hotel Fickmichgut (2002)
- Die Verfickte Praxis (2002)
- Die Megageile Küken-Farm (2002)
- Süsse Teeny-Träume (2002)
- Ein Sommertagstraum (2002)
- Auf Frischer Tat Ertappt! (2002)
- Euro Mädchen – Amateure Intim 11 (2002)
- Casa Rosso (2002)
- Tierisches Teenie-Reiten (2002)
References - ^ a b c "Sibel Kekilli Biografie" (in German), Yahoo Movies, http://de.movies.yahoo.com/schauspieler/k/sibel-kekilli/biografie-33775.html, retrieved 2009-12-05
- ^ "Man erkennt sich" (in German), Welt am Sonntag, 7 March 2004, http://www.welt.de/print-wams/article107278/Man_erkennt_sich.html
- ^ "Culture & Lifestyle: From Bare to Bear for Ex-Porn Queen", Deutsche Welle, 2004-02-18, http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1118125,00.html, retrieved 2007-10-20
- ^ "Goldene Rehkitze für Hanks, Kekilli und Elton John" (in German), Spiegel Online, 2004-11-19, http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,328641,00.html
- ^ "Eklat um Sibel Kekilli in Berlin" (in German), Der Tagesspiegel, 4 December 2006, http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/art270,1944857
External links - German Fansite about Sibel Kekilli
- International Sibel Kekilli - Forum
- Sibel Kekilli at the Internet Movie Database
| Awards and achievements | Preceded by
Beste Bereket | Golden Orange Award for Best Actress
2006
for Eve Dönüş | Succeeded by
Özgü Namal | | v • d • e Türkan Şoray (1964) · Fatma Girik (1965) · Selma Güneri (1966) · Fatma Girik (1967) · Türkan Şoray (1968) · Hülya Koçyiğit (1969) · Belgin Doruk (1970) · Filiz Akın (1971) · Zeynep Aksu (1972) · Hülya Koçyiğit (1973) · Perihan Savaş (1974) · Hülya Koçyiğit (1975) · Adile Naşit (1976) · Semra Özdamar (1977) · Hale Soygazi (1978) · Meral Orhonsay (1981) · Nur Sürer (1982) · Hülya Koçyiğit (1983) · Hale Soygazi (1984) · Zuhal Olcay (1985) · Müjde Ar (1986) · Türkan Şoray (1987) · Gülşen Bubikoğlu (1988) · Nur Sürer (1989) · Hülya Koçyiğit (1990) · Sumru Yavrucuk (1991) · Lale Mansur (1992) · Müjde Ar (1993) · Türkan Şoray (1994) · Zuhal Gencer (1995) · Yasemin Alkaya-Hande Ataizi (1996) · Derya Alabora (1997) · Yelda Kaymakçı Reynaud (1998) · Başak Köklükaya (1999) · Sanem Çelik (2000) · Demet Akbağ-Yeşim Salkım (2001) · Meral Oğuz (2002) · Meltem Cumbul (2003) · Tülin Özen (2004) · Beste Bereket-Vildan Atasever (2005) · Sibel Kekilli (2006) · Özgü Namal (2007) · Nurgül Yeşilçay (2008) · Nergis Öztürk (2009) | | |
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