Actor

Taies Farzan

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Movies: 12Series: 1Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 1028807

IMDb ID: nm2080791

Known for: Acting

Place of birth: Teheran, Iran

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2005 - 2023

Years active: 19

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q1508889

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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.