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3	Sibel Kekilli (born June 16, 1980 in Heilbronn, UsefulNotes/WestGermany) is a German actress of Turkish descent.
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5	She began acting in [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} adult movies]]; her first non-porn film role was as the co-star of Fatih Akin's acclaimed 2004 movie ''Gegen die Wand'', released under the title ''Head-On'' in English-speaking countries. It was reported at the time that she got the break because the casting director couldn't find any non-porn Turkish-German actresses who were willing to do the nudity and (simulated) sex scenes required for the part. In 2006, she was in both the Turkish coup film ''Eve Dönüş'' as an official's wife and the Holocaust film ''Film/DerLetzteZug'' as a Jewish woman on her way to a concentration camp. She won the Best Actress Lola for her role in the 2009 film ''Die Fremde''.
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7	She was quite upset when the German press began to report on [[OldShame her pornographic past]] around the time she started winning acting accolades, equating it to a "smear campaign". Due to this, [[IHaveNoSon her parents disowned her]]. She has also indicated {{domestic abuse}} occurred often in her family, but didn't go into detail.
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9	She gained wider attention in 2011 when she began playing Shae, Tyrion Lannister's CampFollower-turned-[[TheMistress mistress]], in ''Series/GameOfThrones''. She also has become a regular on German crime series ''{{Series/Tatort}}'' playing investigator Sarah Brandt.
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11	!!Roles
12	* ''Gegen die Wand (Head-On)'' (2004) as Sibel
13	* ''Kebab Connection'' (2004) as the Italian girl
14	* ''Winterreise'' (2006) as Leyla
15	* ''Fay Grim'' (2006) as the concierge
16	* ''Film/DerLetzteZug (The Last Train)'' (2006) as Ruth Zilbermann
17	* ''Eve Dönüş'' (2006)
18	* ''Pihalla'' (2009)
19	* ''[[Film/WhenWeLeave Die Fremde]] (When We Leave)'' (2009) as Umay
20	* ''The Inspector and the Sea'' (2010) as Ivonne Baumann
21	* ''Mordkommission Istanbul'' (2010) as Fatma Benli
22	* ''{{Series/Tatort}}'' (2010-2017) as Sarah Brandt
23	* ''What a Man'' (2011) as Nele
24	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2011-2014) as Shae
25	* ''Bruder: Schwarze Macht'' (2017) as Sibel
26	* ''Bullets'' (2018) as Madina Taburova
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28	!!Tropes
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30	* TheDanza: She shares her first name with the protagonists of ''Head-On'' and ''Bruder: Schwarze Macht''.
31	* NonSpecificallyForeign: In the first season of ''Game of Thrones'', her character Shae, [[AdaptationalNationality who was a native Westerosi in the books]], is only identified as "foreign" to account for her Mediterranean appearance and distinctly German accent. She is confirmed to be from the Free City of Lorath in the second season, likely because the only other Lorathi character in the series, Jaqen H'ghar, is played by fellow German actor Tom Wlaschiha.
32	* {{Typecasting}}: Although born and raised in Germany, she was often cast in foreign roles in her early career due to her Turkish family's background, which she was not very happy about. She has managed to break out of this typecasting in more recent years and now often plays characters of German origin.
33	* YouLookFamiliar: She had a guest appearance on ''Tatort'' before becoming a regular.

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