Aylin Tezel
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
7500
as Gökçe 2019
Robinson Crusoe
as Stachelschwein Epi (voice) 2016
Almanya: Welcome to Germany
as Canan 2011
Scrapper
as Nina 2023
The Yellow Birds
as Claudia 2018
Weekend Rebels
as Fatime 2023
Move
as Maria 2012
Coming In
as Heidi 2014
Breaking Horizons
as Lara 2012
Macho Man
as Aylin Denizoglu 2015
Little Miss Dolittle
as Vanessa 2018
Die Informantin
as Aylin 2016
Falling into Place
as Kira 2023
The Master Butcher
as Delphine 2019
All Russians Love Birch Trees
as Mascha 2022
To Life!
as Emily 2014
Die Informantin - Der Fall Lissabon
as Aylin 2019