Pegah Ferydoni
German actress
Pegah Ferydoni | |
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![]() Ferydoni at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival | |
Born | (1983-06-25) June 25, 1983 (age 41) Tehran, Iran |
Occupation | Actress |
Known for | Film and television acting |
Pegah Ferydoni (Persian: پگاه فریدونی; born June 25, 1983) is an Iranian-born German actress and singer. Ferydoni left Iran with her family when she was two years old,[1] during the Iran–Iraq war. She started her career as a singer when she was age 16 but gave up singing in favour of acting.[2]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Rabbit Without Ears 2 | Lana | |
Women Without Men | Faezeh | [3][4] | |
2010 | Ayla [de] | Ayla | |
2012 | Turkish for Beginners [de] | Yagmur Öztürk | |
2013 | 300 Worte Deutsch [de] | Lale Demirkan | |
2015 | Women Who Made History | Cleopatra | |
2018 | The Last Berliner | Shirin Kämper | [5] |
A Dysfunctional Cat | Mina | ||
2020 | Isi & Ossi | Teacher |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006–2008 | Türkisch für Anfänger ("Turkish for Beginners") | Yagmur Öztürk | German television comedy-drama series[6] |
2007, 2010 | Der Kriminalist | ||
2019–present | SOKO Hamburg | Sara Khan | |
2021–present | Almania | Sahra Nouri | |
2023–present | A Murder at the End of the World | Ziba | American psychological thriller television miniseries on FX on Hulu.[7] |
References
- ^ Louis, Chantal (1 April 2012). "Eine Iranerin in Deutschland". EMMA (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Mangold, Ijoma (10 October 2018). "Pegah Ferydoni: Die Schauspielerin Pegah Ferydoni wäre als Teenager beinahe Popsängerin geworden". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (13 May 2010). "In 1953 Iran, Sisterhood Sought During a Coup". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095.
- ^ Malone, Alicia (15 November 2018). The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women. Mango Media Inc. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-63353-838-2.
- ^ "The Last Berliner". Film Festival Flix. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023.
- ^ Hake, Sabine; Mennel, Barbara (1 October 2012). Turkish German Cinema in the New Millennium: Sites, Sounds, and Screens. Berghahn Books. pp. 100–104. ISBN 978-0-85745-769-1.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (11 February 2022). "Clive Owen, Jermaine Fowler, Alice Braga Among 10 Cast in FX Mystery Drama 'The Retreat'". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738.
External links
- Pegah Ferydoni at IMDb
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