Sibel Kekilli

Sibel Kekilli's story is one of the more striking reinventions I know of in film. She broke out with Fatih Akin's Head-On in 2004 and walked straight into a Lola, Germany's top film award, then won a second for When We Leave. That's serious dramatic credibility, and the Cross of the Order of Merit in 2017 underlines how seriously Germany takes her. Internationally, of course, most people met her as Shae in Game of Thrones. I respect that she built a real acting career on talent and refused to be defined by her past. Born in Heilbronn in 1980, she feels like a genuine survivor's success.

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Name (English)

Sibel Kekilli

Name (Japanese)

シベル・ケキリ

Reading

しべる・けきり

Born

June 16, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Heilbronn, Stuttgart Government Region, Germany

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / pornographic actor / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• German Film Award
• 2017 Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Official sitehttps://sibelkekilli.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sibelkekilli/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibel%20Kekilli
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63682

Tags

• Stuttgart Government Region
• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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