Name
Taies Farzan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
(56 years old)
Place of Birth
Teheran, Iran
Biography
Taies Farzan (born 1974 in Tehran) is a Turkish-German-Iranian actress, film director, and producer.
Taies Farzan was born in Iran, spent part of her childhood in Turkey, and moved to Germany in 1990, where she completed her *Abitur* (secondary school graduation) in 1993. She received her acting training through various seminars, drama schools, and workshops in Germany and Turkey. Subsequently, she worked as a stage, film, and television actress, as well as a voice actress for radio dramas, across several countries and languages.
Farzan made her feature film debut in 2005 in Yılmaz Arslan’s drama *Fatricide – Brudermord*. She also garnered international attention as a director with her short film *Weiße Lügen* (White Lies), which was awarded Best International Directorial Debut at the 2007 LA Independent Film and Video Festival. As an actress, she has played lead roles in films such as *Hitler’s Grave*, *Içimdeki Sessiz Nehir*, *Pia*, and *Sandstern*. Additionally, from 2012 to 2014, she played the title role in *Antigone* at the Istanbul State Theatre. Farzan works in Persian, Turkish, English, and German, and also possesses basic knowledge of the Kurdish language.
Known For
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- 2009 The Shadowless as Hacer
- 2016 Adam ve Çocuk
- 2005 Fratricide as Zilan
- 2013 Chaplin of the Mountains as Shireen
- 2007 Breathful as Berta
- 2018 Sandstern as Fatma
- 2012 Argo as Middle Class Iranian Woman
- 2014 O.H.A: In Search of Oflu Hodja as Arzu
- 2011 Hitler's Grave as Atossa
- 2006 The Stoning as Roya
- 2011 River Inside Me as Ayla
- 2023 Elaha as Dr. Farhadi
- 2007 Kader ( 13 episodes ) as Şeyda
- 2020 Crews and Gangs: Tanz um dein Leben ( 5 episodes ) as Naika
- 2023 London Class ( 27 episodes ) as Shahanaz
