
Actor
Aylin Tezel
Born 1983 · Bünde, Germany
Aylin Tezel recently wrote and directed her English language debut feature film, Falling into Place, which she also stars in. Falling into Place premiered at the 2023 Tallinn Film Festival and was awarded the Fipresci Prize. Aylin is also one of Germany's most prolific leading actresses. She played the lead role in Yasemin Samdereli's film Almanya - Welcome to Germany, which premiered in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. On television she is known for her regular role as resistance fighter Zosia in season 3 of the Canadian Spy-Series X Company, and for her series lead role as young cop Nora Dalay in Germany's most popular police drama Tatort. Aylin has also recently been seen in the feature film 7500 opposite Joseph Gordon Levitt. Aylin also recently featured in Charlotte Regan’s Bafta-nominated feature Scrapper and she is currently filming one of the series leads in Apollo Has Fallen for Amazon and Hulu.
Directed
Acting

Homeland
Amena · 2011

7500
Gökçe · 2019

Almanya: Welcome to Germany
Canan · 2011

Scrapper
Nina · 2023

Weekend Rebels
Fatime · 2023

Robinson Crusoe
Stachelschwein Epi (voice) · 2016

The Yellow Birds
Claudia · 2018

Scene of the Crime
Nora Dalay · 1970

X Company
Zosia · 2015

Move
Maria · 2012

Coming In
Heidi · 2014

The Master Butcher
Delphine · 2019

Wer weiß denn sowas?
Self · 2015

Little Miss Dolittle
Vanessa · 2018

Shades of Guilt
Jana · 2015

Falling into Place
Kira · 2023

Breaking Horizons
Lara · 2012

A Houseful of Animals
Reitlehrerin Maria Götz · 2010

Lost in the Living
Sabine · 2018

Hamburg Dockland
Swantje Oswald · 2007

All Russians Love Birch Trees
Mascha · 2022

A Case For Two
Lale · 1981

Kleine Schiffe
Lilli · 2013

Macho Man
Aylin Denizoglu · 2015


