Renan Demirkan


Renan Demirkan is a Turkish-born German writer and actress. In 2016, she initiated the call "checkpoint:demokratie", which became a registered association in May 2017 and of which she is the chair of the board. In June 2017, she founded the non-profit company "Zeit der Maulbeeren", of which she is the managing director. The project is supported by the state of NRW and is a free three-week offer to financially needy women with cancer, with or without children.

Filmography

  • 1984: Super
  • 1984: Don Carlos
  • 1985: '
  • 1988: Reporter
  • 1989: Er – Sie – Es
  • 1989: Quarantäne
  • 1991: Forever Young
  • 1992: Auge um Auge
  • 1992: Der Augenzeuge
  • 1992: '
  • 1993:
  • 1995: Inzest – Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
  • 1998: Reise in die Nacht
  • 2005: ''Unter weißen Segeln''

Publications

  • Schwarzer Tee mit drei Stück Zucker. Roman, 1991.
  • Die Frau mit Bart. Erzählung, 1994.
  • Es wird Diamanten regnen vom Himmel. Roman, 1999.
  • Über Liebe, Götter und Rasenmähn. Geschichten, 2003.
  • Septembertee. Autobiographie, 2008.

Awards

Demirkan has won numerous awards including the Goldene Kamera, the Adolf Grimme Awards, the Theaterpreis INTHEGA and the Bundesverdienstkreuz.