Pegah Ferydoni

Pegah Ferydoni
Ferydoni at the 2018 Berlin International Film Festival
Born (1983-06-25) June 25, 1983 (age 41)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationActress
Known forFilm and television acting

Pegah Ferydoni (Persian: پگاه فریدونی; born June 25, 1983) is an Iranian-born German actress and singer. Ferydoni left Iran with her family when she was two years old,[1] during the Iran–Iraq war. She started her career as a singer when she was age 16 but gave up singing in favour of acting.[2]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Rabbit Without Ears 2 Lana
Women Without Men Faezeh [3][4]
2010 Ayla [de] Ayla
2012 Turkish for Beginners [de] Yagmur Öztürk
2013 300 Worte Deutsch [de] Lale Demirkan
2015 Women Who Made History Cleopatra
2018 The Last Berliner Shirin Kämper [5]
A Dysfunctional Cat [de] Mina
2020 Isi & Ossi Teacher
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2006–2008 Türkisch für Anfänger ("Turkish for Beginners") Yagmur Öztürk German television comedy-drama series[6]
2007, 2010 Der Kriminalist
2019–present SOKO Hamburg Sara Khan
2021–present Almania Sahra Nouri
2023–present A Murder at the End of the World Ziba American psychological thriller television miniseries on FX on Hulu.[7]

References

  1. ^ Louis, Chantal (1 April 2012). "Eine Iranerin in Deutschland". EMMA (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ Mangold, Ijoma (10 October 2018). "Pegah Ferydoni: Die Schauspielerin Pegah Ferydoni wäre als Teenager beinahe Popsängerin geworden". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ Holden, Stephen (13 May 2010). "In 1953 Iran, Sisterhood Sought During a Coup". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095.
  4. ^ Malone, Alicia (15 November 2018). The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women. Mango Media Inc. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-63353-838-2.
  5. ^ "The Last Berliner". Film Festival Flix. Archived from the original on 21 November 2023.
  6. ^ Hake, Sabine; Mennel, Barbara (1 October 2012). Turkish German Cinema in the New Millennium: Sites, Sounds, and Screens. Berghahn Books. pp. 100–104. ISBN 978-0-85745-769-1.
  7. ^ Otterson, Joe (11 February 2022). "Clive Owen, Jermaine Fowler, Alice Braga Among 10 Cast in FX Mystery Drama 'The Retreat'". Variety. ISSN 0042-2738.


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