Aylin Tezel

Director & actor · born 29 November 1983 · Bünde, Germany

Aylin Tezel recently wrote and directed her English language debut feature film, Falling into Place, which she also stars in. Falling into Place premiered at the 2023 Tallinn Film Festival and was awarded the Fipresci Prize. Aylin is also one of Germany's most prolific leading actresses. She played the lead role in Yasemin Samdereli's film Almanya - Welcome to Germany, which premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. On television she is known for her regular role as resistance fighter Zosia in season 3 of the Canadian Spy-Series X Company, and for her series lead role as young cop Nora Dalay in Germany's most popular police drama Tatort. Aylin has also recently been seen in the feature film 7500 opposite Joseph Gordon Levitt. Aylin also recently featured in Charlotte Regan’s Bafta-nominated feature Scrapper and she is currently filming one of the series leads in Apollo Has Fallen for Amazon and Hulu.

Where to start: Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011).