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Tijan Marei

Actress | 1996 | German | Berlin

Personal Data

Languages: German (mother tongue), English (good), French (basic), Spanish (basic)

Residence: Berlin

Place of birth: Berlin

Nationality: German

Height: 1.63m (5' 4.1“)

Hair: brown

Eyes: blue-green

Training: Sigrid Andersson, Ivana Chubbuck Studio LA, frequent Coaching with Laura Garde

Musical instruments: piano

Dance: Oriental, Tribal/Fusion, traditional Indian Dance, Contemporary

Sports: yoga, kung-fu, horse riding

Driving licence: car (B)

special skills: yoga coach

Awards

nom. Hessian Filmaward "Best Actress" for "Ellas Baby" 2017

"Schneewittchen" winner at fabulix-Festival 2019

Feature | Television

2021 | Alle für Ella | Neue Bioskop Film Produktions | feature film | Director: Teresa Fritzi Hoerl

2019 | Die Niere | epo-film | feature film | Director: Michael Kreihsl

2018 | Six Minutes to Midnight | Mad As Birds | feature film | Director: Andy Goddard

2018 | My Zoe | Amusement Park Films, Tempête sous un crâne Production, Electrick Films, Baby Cow Films | feature film | Director: Julie Delpy

2017 | Die Hütte | Ostlicht Filmproduktion, Lightburst Pictures | feature film | Director: Philipp Hirsch

2017 | Deus Ex Macchina | dffb | TV series | Director: Leonie Minor, Donald Houwer, Basti Gaucho

2016 | Monkey King | Port au Prince Film & Kultur Produktion | feature film | Director: Oliver Rihs

2014 | Who Am I | Wiedemann & Berg | feature film | Director: Baran Bo Odar

2014 | Zeit der Reife | Director: Stefan Krohmer

2014 | Oblivio | Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf | short | Director: Miro Bernatek

2012 | Himmel und Hölle | dffb | short | Director: Kristina Kean Shtubert

Stage

Audio

Tijan Marei found her way to acting at the age of ten, after casting directors took notice of her at Bundesjugendspiele and she landed a small role alongside Anna Loos in the ZDF TV movie “Das Echo der Schuld”. In 2013, she played a small supporting role in the thriller “Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher”. She then appeared in the Inga Lindström adaptation “Die Kinder meiner Schwester”.

Marei received her first leading role in 2017 in the ARD production “Ellas Baby,” directed by David Dietl. For her performance, she was nominated for the Hessian Film Award as “Best Actress” and for the “New Faces Award 2018”. In 2018, Tijan Marei was in front of the camera for the English feature film “Six Minutes to Midnight” (directed by Andy Goddard) alongside Judi Dench, as well as in other leading roles, such as for Ngo The Chau’s directorial debut “Snow White” and for the ARD production “Nachts baden” alongside Maria Furtwängler.

In 2020, she played a leading role in Til Schweiger’s film “Die Rettung der uns bekannten Welt”. This year she shot with Felix Fuchssteiner and Katharina Schöde the Netflix production “Das Privileg”, with Mira Thiel in Netflix’s “Rumspringa” as well as a leading role in Teresa Fritzi Hoerl” feature film “Featuring Ella”.

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