Sibel Kekilli is an actress best known for the film Game of Thrones, where she played Shaya. Another famous film with her participation is "Head on the Wall", which became the winner of the Berlin Festival.
Biography
Sibel Kekilli was born in Heilbronn (Germany) on June 16, 1980. Her parents moved from Turkey in 1977. Sibel speaks fluent German and Turkish. She studied well at school, after graduation she began to work in the town hall (sewer cleaning department). The girl sought to earn extra money, she was a saleswoman, a cleaner, a promoter, a doorman, a fashion model, she starred in porn films
In 2002, in a shopping center in Cologne, she met by chance with the casting manager, he invited her to participate in the selection of actresses for the film "Head against the Wall". The casting was attended by 350 competitors, but they chose Sibel. Then she took acting courses, had a little plastic surgery.
After Head on the Wall won the Berlinale, Bild magazine published footage of Sibel Kekilli's pornography. The publications drew attention to the young actress, the woman was condemned, her parents stopped communicating with her.
In 2004, Sibel asked journalists to stop bullying at one of the awards. In the same year, the German Press Council condemned the publication by the magazine Bild, which was called a humiliation of human dignity. After the release of the picture, she received invitations to events against violence against women in Muslim families.
Personal life
Sibel Kekilli lives in Hamburg, is not married, but she has a close friend. Sibel has no children. She does not like questions from journalists about her personal life, partly due to the fact that her last name appeared in the tabloid press.
Films with Kekilli
The actress was invited to shoot several films:
- Winter Journey (Leila);
- Returning Home (Esma);
- Kebab (Italian);
- Faye Grim (concierge);
- "Alien" (Umai);
- "On the street" (Laura) and others.
The most famous heroine is Shaya (Game of Thrones).
Sibel contributed to the Starke Stimmen audiobook collection for Brigitte magazine. In particular, she voiced the heroine of the novel "Sense and Sensibility" by the writer Jane Austen.
In 2004, Kekilli received the Best Actress and Best Leading Actor awards, Bunte magazine awards, Undine awards (Best Young Actress), and others.
The actress participates in the crime scene television project together with Axel Milberg. Sibel devotes a lot of time to public work, taking part in activities against the pressure of women, female violence. The actress is included in the jury of international film festivals. In particular, in 2017 she participated in the jury of the festival held in Odessa.
