Maryam Zaree
Maryam Zaree (born 22 July 1983) is an Iranian-German actress, film director and screenwriter.
Also recorded as Maryam Zareh
Maryam Zaree
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- Born
- 22 July 1983
- Birthplace
- Evin prison, Tehran, Iran
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- actress · film director · screenwriter
- Fields
- acting
- Languages
- German
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Maryam Zaree (born 22 July 1983) is an Iranian-German actress, film director and screenwriter.
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• Born — 22 July 1983 • Birthplace — Evin prison, Tehran, Iran
Life
Life
Zaree was born in 1983 in Evin Prison, a political prison in Tehran; both of her parents were inmates due to political dissidence. When Zaree was two, she and her mother left Iran for Frankfurt, Germany, where she grew up. Her father was released after seven years while waiting for the death penalty, and she finally met him when she was 10. She studied acting at Potsdam-Babelsberg Film University. Her 2019 directorial debut, the documentary film Born In Evin, follows Zaree's exploration of her birth in Iran. It was screened in over 40 countries and won the Berlinale's Kompass-Perspekktive Award and the German Film Award for Best Documentary Film 2020.
Filmography
Filmography
Source
Television
Television
• Doppelhaushälfte • Legal Affairs • 4 Blocks
Films
• Year — Film — Role — Notes • 2018 — Transit — Melissa • 2019 — Systemsprenger • 2019 — Born in Evin — Director • 2020 — Undine — Monika
Awards and recognition
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result — Ref • 2017 — Schiller Memorial Prize — Kluge Gefühle • Heidelberger Stückemarkt • 2018 — Grimme Prize — 4 Blocks • 2019 — Berlinale — Compass-Perspektive Award — Born in Evin • 2020 — German Film Award — Best Documentary Film
Kida Khodr Ramadan, Maryam Zaree, Marvin Kren (4 Blocks) beim Grimme-Preis 2018, am 13.04.2018 in Marl.
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Johanna Wokalek, Heide Schwochow, Matthias Glasner, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Maryam Zaree beim Grimme-Preis 2018, am 13.04.2018 in Marl.
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