Halima Ilter was born in Mardin and grew up in Germany, holding German nationality. She speaks Kurdish, Turkish, English, and Arabic natively or fluently alongside German. She built her career through a combination of short films, features, and German television, with early recognition when the short film Familienzuwachs (2017), in which she starred, won the Hessischer Filmpreis for Best Short Film. Her international credits include Sahim Omar Kalifa’s Zagros (2017), which screened at the Ghent International Film Festival, and Erol Afsin’s Es brennt (2022), which screened at the Raindance Film Festival 2024.

Her television work spans Lauchhammer, Lamia, Tender Hearts (Sky), the Disney+ series The Full Monty, and Soleen Yusef’s feature Sieger Sein (2023). Her recent credits include the RTL+ series Euphorie and the ZDF series Neuer Wind im Alten Land across multiple seasons. She is based in Berlin.