Sesede Terziyan

German actress

Sesede Terziyan (born in 1981) is a German actress based in Berlin.

Biography

Sesede Terziyan was raised by Armenian parents from Yozgat in Turkey, growing up in Lower Saxony and later in Baden-Württemberg. Terziyan has said that she always had a strong desire to express herself, at first through music, but found she could be her true self in the theatre.^[1] She trained at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, and on graduating in 2005, co-founded the independent theatre company Eigenreich, appearing in its opening production, Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis.^[2]^[3]

Early stage appearances included Death of a Salesman at the Deutsches Theater Berlin and Bloody Homeland at the Maxim Gorki Theatre.^[4] She was engaged at Deutsches Theater (Göttingen) in 2006, returning to freelance work in 2008. In 2011, she took the teacher's role in Verrücktes Blut (Mad Blood), a play based on a French film, La Journée de la jupe, at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße in Berlin. The play was developed by Nurkan Erpulat and Jens Hillje through a process of improvisation, co-inspiration and ensemble work.^[5]^[6] In 2013, she returned to the Maxim Gorki Theater, under the artistic direction of Şermin Langhoff, appearing in several productions including Rewitching Europe and Berlin Oranienplatz.^[7]^[8]

In 2020, as chief detective Jasmin Sayed, she played the first female chief of a fictionalized Wasserschutzpolizei (river police) in the ARD series, WaPo Berlin.^[9]

Filmography

Cinema

2005: Cataract (short)
2008: Speed Racer
2011: Almanya: Welcome to Germany
2013: Lose Your Head [fr]
2014: A Spicy Kraut [de]
2016: Der Kuaför aus der Keupstraße (documentary)
2018: 25 km/h
2018: Skin Creepers

TV

2006: SOKO Köln
2006: Abschnitt 40
2007: Vertraute Angst
2007: Tatort: Roter Tod
2007: Tatort: Wem Ehre gebürt
2007–2009: Familie Sonnenfeld (TV series)
2008: Tatort: Schatten der Angst
2008: Unschuldig
2008: In letzter Sekunde
2008: Mordkommission Istanbul
2010: Ayla [de]
2010: SOKO Leipzig
2010: Der letzte Bulle (TV series)
2010: Der Doc und die Hexe (TV series)
2011: SOKO Kitzbühel
2013: Tatort: Melinda
2014: The Limits of Patience [de]
2017: Der Gutachter
2017: Der 7. Tag
2019: Familie Bundschuh – Wir machen Abitur
2020: WaPo Berlin (TV series)
2021: Tatort: Die dritte Haut

References

^ Lamp, Irina. "Sesede Terziyan: Melancholy and Justice". auroraprize.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ Stern, Susanne (2013-08-28). "Sesede Terziyan". ZITTY (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
^ "Eigenreich e.V." www.eigenreich-berlin.de. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
^ "Stückemarkt II - Theatertreffen". www.berlinerfestspiele.de. 2005. Archived from the original on 2021-07-21. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ Deibele, Anna (2011-05-12). "Integriert euch oder ich schieße! « Theatertreffen-Blog 2011". theatertreffen-blog.de. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ Tamler, Cory (2011-05-12). "Live-Blog zum Verrückten Blut « Theatertreffen-Blog 2011". theatertreffen-blog.de. Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ "Sesede Terziyan". Sesede Terziyan | Gorki. Archived from the original on 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
^ Shea, Christopher D. (2015-04-22). "Maxim Gorki Theater Leads an Immigrant Vanguard in Berlin". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
^ "Alle in einem Boot - WaPo Berlin - ARD | Das Erste". www.daserste.de (in German). DasErste.de. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2021-07-20.