
Aylin Tezel
Biography
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.
Acting (29 movies)

Bis dass der Tod uns scheidet
2008

Weekend Rebels
2023

Almanya: Welcome to Germany
2011

Bis aufs Blut
2010

Breaking Horizons
2012

Move
2012

Kleine Schiffe
2013

Coming In
2014

Scrapper
2023

Aschenputtel
2011

Macho Man
2015

Luks Glück
2012

Robinson Crusoe
2016

Die Informantin
2016

The Yellow Birds
2018

7500
2019

Little Miss Dolittle
2018

Lost in the Living
2018

One Man's Happiness
2018

Die Informantin - Der Fall Lissabon
2019

The Master Butcher
2019

All Russians Love Birch Trees
2022

To Life!
2014

Unschuld
2008

Sui tuoi passi
2009

Ameisen gehen andere Wege
2011

Riss
2010

Tanz mit ihr
2013

Falling into Place
2023
Directing (4 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Tanz mit ihr | 2013 | Writer | 
| Tanz mit ihr | 2013 | Producer | 
| Phoenix | 2020 | Writer | 
| Falling into Place | 2023 | Writer | 
| Falling into Place | 2023 | Screenplay | 

