Taies Farzan

Taies Farzan, born in Tehran in 1974, is an actress, film director, and producer of Turkish-German-Iranian background. After growing up partly in Iran and Turkey, she relocated to Germany in 1990 and earned her Abitur there in 1993. Her acting education came through a range of seminars, drama schools, and workshops in both Germany and Turkey. She went on to build a career as a stage, film, and television performer, and also worked as a voice actress in radio dramas, appearing across multiple countries and languages.

Her feature film debut came in 2005 with Yılmaz Arslan's drama *Fatricide – Brudermord*. She drew international recognition as a director for her short film *Weiße Lügen* (White Lies), which won Best International Directorial Debut at the 2007 LA Independent Film and Video Festival. Among her lead acting roles are parts in *Hitler's Grave*, *Içimdeki Sessiz Nehir*, *Pia*, and *Sandstern*. From 2012 to 2014, she also performed the title role in *Antigone* at the Istanbul State Theatre. Farzan works in Persian, Turkish, English, and German, and has basic knowledge of Kurdish.