Jale Arıkan (born 22 August 1965) is a Turkish-German film and television actress. At the 35th Moscow International Film Festival in 2013, she won the Silver George for Best Actress for her role in the film Particle (2012) which won the Golden George.
Career Arıkan was born in Turkey but later moved to Germany where she successfully pursued a career in acting. She showed a preference for thrillers and dramas. She has starred in several popular German-language television series, including Ein Fall für zwei (1987–1992), Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989), Hotel Paradies (1990), Tatort (1990–2012), Praxis Bülowbogen (1992), Wolffs Revier (1992), Der Fahnder (1994), Schwarz greift ein (1995), Abschnitt 40 (2003), Leipzig Homicide (2009), Stolberg (2009), Dahoam is Dahoam (2009–2010), Küstenwache (2011), and Der Lehrer (2015).
She starred as Polish Nadenka in the 2005 Luxembourgish film Your Name is Justine which was nominated at the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
She was cast as Naomi in the English-language television film Samson and Delilah (1996).
Awards and nominations At the 35th Moscow International Film Festival in 2013, she received the Silver George for Best Actress for her role in Particle. In 2014, she also won the award Best Actress in the Turkish Film Festival Frankfurt.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Vatanyolu – Die Heimreise Selvi 1989 The Storyteller Ivy 1990 Sleepy Betrayers Miriam 1990 Eine Liebe in Istanbul Nursim 1991 The Nude 1992 Shadow Boxer Leyla 1992 Misunderstanding of the Moon 1993 Tersine Dünya 1995 Pack mich Leonie Short film 1995 Nachtbus Short film 1995 Grenzgänger Short film 1998 Avcı Zala 2002 Nothing Less Than the Best Lili 2004 Sie wird ... Short film 2004 Soundless Friend of the Russians 2004 Hinter der Tür Sabiya Çetin Short film 2005 Your Name is Justine Nadenka 2006 Zucker im Blut Dancer Short film 2007 Porno!Melo!Drama! 2008 1. Mai Yavuz's mother 2008 2012 Zenne Dancer Şükran 2012 Particle Zeynep 2016 Mrs Nebile's Wormhole Mrs Nebile Short film 2021 Kerr 2024 Elbow
Television Year Title Role Notes 1987–1992 Ein Fall für zwei Ilse 1989 Rivalen der Rennbahn 1990 Hotel Paradies Isabel 1990–2012 Tatort Uschi Petzold/Sabine 1992 Praxis Bülowbogen 1992 Business with Friends Turkish woman TV short film 1992 Wolffs Revier Katja 1993 Glückliche Reise Rosa Saebra 1993 Maus und Katz Ana TV film 1994 Nacht der Frauen Hülya TV mini-series 1994 Der Fahnder 1994–1995 1995 Schwarz greift ein 1995 Die Partner 1995 Tot auf Halde Christina TV film 1996 Landgang für Ring TV film 1996 Max Wolkenstein Farah 1996 Samson and Delilah Naomi TV film 1998 An Angel's Revenge Ayse TV film 2000 Nadiye TV film 2002 Einmal Star in Hollywood Herself TV documentary 2003 Abschnitt 40 Doctor Winzer 2005 3 Wild Angels Doctor Ariane Foster 2006 Der beste Lehrer der Welt TV film 2007 Ein starkes Team Turkish barmaid 2008 Augenzeugin Ira TV film 2009 Leipzig Homicide Yasemin Scröter 2009 Stolberg Monika Strecker 2009–2010 Dahoam is Dahoam Yıldız Kesoğlu 2010 Der Kriminalist Ayşe Şahin 2011 Küstenwache Doctor Marlies Tenhagen 2012 Veda Behice 2013 Simay TV film 2014 Her Sevda Bir Veda Selma 2014–2015 Kiraz Mevsimi Monika Tessa 2015 Der Lehrer 2015 Kommissar Marthaler – Ein allzu schönes Mädchen Gazetti, service station owner TV film 2015 Ulya Buchner
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