Aylin Tezel

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Aylin Tezel
Tezel on the red carpet of the opening gala of the Berlinale in February 2023
Born	(1983-11-29) 29 November 1983 (age 40) Bünde, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Film actress Television actress
Years active	2007–Present

Aylin Tezel (German: [ˈaɪlɪn ˈteːtsl̩]; born 29 November 1983) is a German actress, writer and director. She was born in Bünde. Her father is a Turkish-born medical doctor practicing in Bielefeld, Germany, and her mother is a nurse. She is a middle child, having an older sister and a younger brother. She had her breakthrough with a main role in the film Almanya - Welcome to Germany which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2011 and with the main role in the film Am Himmel der Tag (En: "Breaking Horizons"), for which she received the Best Actress Award at the Torino Film Festival in 2012. In 2023 she released her directorial debut Falling Into Place which won the award of the International Federation of Film Critics, known as the FIPRESCI Prize, at the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.