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| Born in Heilbronn, Germany in 1980 to Turkish parents, Sibel Kekilli was discovered in a shopping center. The 23-year-old, who was then an administrative employee at the Essen City Hall, was practically swept off the street and into her first feature-film role as Sibel in Fatih Akin's "Head-on" (Gegen die Wand). The film won the Golden Berlin Bear award at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival. Kekilli received the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award for an actress at the German Film Awards. After "Head-On" was released in Germany, tabloids disclosed that Kekilli had previously acted in pornographic films, and a huge media storm erupted. When the news came out, she got into enormous trouble. Her parents read about her past in the newspapers and reportedly burned her photos, much like in a scene from Akin's film. Kekelli will soon be see in many upcoming films. She has a role in Anno Saul's "Kebab Connection," where she plays an Italian woman. She has also wrapped production on two new films: Sebastian Steinbichler's "Winterreise" with Hanna Schygulla and Josef Bierbichler and Joseph Vilsmaier's "Der Letze Zug." |
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