Melika Foroutan
Melika Foroutan (born 6 September 1976) is a German-Iranian actress.
Melika Foroutan
Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1976. · Tehran.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- actress.
- Education
- University of Cologne and Berlin University of the Arts.
- Known for
- Flaschenpost an meinen Mann.
- Honours
- Hessian TV Award.
- Languages
- German.
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Melika Foroutan. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q112743 · wikipedia · Melika Foroutan
In this article
Biography
Biography
Melika Foroutan studied at University of Cologne and Berlin University of the Arts. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Employment is recorded with Schauspiel Leipzig. Works named in the authority record are Flaschenpost an meinen Mann. Distinctions recorded are Hessian TV Award.
Melika Foroutan, born 6 September 1976 in Tehran to football manager Bahman Foroutan, initially studied philosophy, English and history in Cologne from 1995 to 1998. She then enrolled in the acting class at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin, where she graduated in 2002. In the three following years, she was part of the company at the Schauspielhaus Leipzig. She had breakout roles in 2006 with the drama Wut ("Anger") and as police officer Silvia Henke in the critically acclaimed TV show KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst. In 2015 she was awarded best actress at the Hessischer Filmpreis for her role in Louise Boni. The 70th Filmfest Berlin featured Foroutan in the title role of the film Pari, directed by Siamak Etemadi in the Section Panorama. When Iranian Pari arrives in Athens with her husband, her son is not at the airport as planned. Pari sets off in search of him and gets deeply caught up in the fabric of this foreign city. As of January 2013, Foroutan was living in Berlin with a male partner from Dortmund.
Filmography
Filmography
Source:
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Melika Foroutan”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q112743: Melika Foroutan
General reference · Wikidata
Awards
2015 Hessischer Fernsehpreis for her role in Begierde – Mord im Zeichen des Zen.
Melika Foroutan on the red carpet at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival
Harald Krichel · Harald Krichel / WikiPortraits
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Melika Foroutan, revision 1355449667 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Bongard, Michael. Trainerlegende Bahman Foroutan: Ich bin bereit für meine alte Heimat. Rhein-Zeitung. 2020-07-31.
- 2.Meder, Ines. Melika Foroutan und 'Die Kronzeugin' im ZDF. Der Westen. 27 January 2013.
- 3.Filmografie Melika Foroutan. fernsehserien.de. 11 December 2020.
- 4.Und dennoch lieben wir. In: ARD.
- 5.Jürgen Overkott: Melika Foroutan beeindruckt in ZDF-Krimi "Die Kronzeugin" In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 28 January 2013, retrieved, 17 November 2013.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Studied at
1- University of CologneOrganisation
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Melanie WinigerPerson
- Melha BediaPerson
- Melia KreilingPerson
- Melik DadashevPerson
- Melike İpek YalovaPerson
- Melina KanakaredesPerson
- Melina LeónPerson
- Melina MercouriPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Melika Foroutan?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.