Deleila Piasko (born 2 May 1991) is a Swiss actress.

Early life

Piasko was born into a Jewish family on 2 May 1991. From

Zürich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

, the eldest of three children born to a physicist father and dancer mother. She moved to Berlin aged 20 where she attended the

Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts The Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts (German: ''Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch'', ''HFS''), located in the Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, was founded in 1951 as the National Theatre School in Berlin with the status of colleg ...

Career

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Stage

After graduating from Berlin's Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin she had stage roles in Zürich, Frankfurt and Dresden. In 2019, she joined the

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in Vienna under director

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. In November 2023, it was announced that she would take on the role of Buhlschaft in Jedermann at the 2024

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alongside

Philipp Hochmair Philipp Hochmair (German: �fɪǀɪp ˈhoːxmɑɪɐ; born 16 October 1973) is an Austrian theater, film and television actor. Early life Hochmair grew up in Vienna (Austria) where he discovered his passion for literature, film and theater ...

Film and television

In 2018 she appeared in an adaptation of the

Charlotte Link Charlotte Link (born 5 October 1963) is a German writer. She is among the most successful contemporary authors writing in German. Life Charlotte Link is the daughter of well-known German writer and journalist Almuth Link. She wrote her first w ...

novel ''Im Tal des Fuchses'', produced by

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. Piasko appears in a 2021 adaptation of the

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novel

Confessions of Felix Krull ''Confessions of Felix Krull'' () is an unfinished 1954 novel by the Germany, German author Thomas Mann. Synopsis The novel is narrated by the protagonist, an impostor and adventurer named Felix Krull, the son of a ruined Rhineland winemaker. F ...

entitled ''Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull'', in which she played Zouzou Kuckuck. She also appears in

Leander Haußmann Leander Haußmann (sometimes Haussmann) (; born 26 June 1959) is a German theatre and film director. The son of actor Ezard Haußmann and costume designer Doris Haußmann, he was born in Quedlinburg and attended the Ernst Busch theatre school in ...

ensemble piece ''Stasi''. Piasko plays the based on real-life character

Lisa Fittko Lisa Fittko (born Elizabeth Eckstein, ; 1909 – March 12, 2005) helped many escape from Nazi Germany, Nazi-occupied France during World War II. The author of two memoirs about wartime Europe, Fittko is also known for her assisting German ph ...

in the

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French resistance series ''

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''. Her performance was singled out by Daniel Fienberg in ''

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'' for bringing life to her character. In 2023, she had the lead role in the six-part German-language series ''Der Schatten''. That year she started filming a six-part political thriller called ''Turmschatten'' for

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. She was also cast in the title role in ''Lili'' from

Thomas Imbach Thomas Imbach (born 1962) is an independent filmmaker based in Zürich, Switzerland. With his production company Bachim Films, Imbach produced his own work until 2007. He then founded Okofilm Productions with director/producer Andrea Staka. Al ...

, an adaptation of Fräulein Else by

Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Schnitzler (15 May 1862 – 21 October 1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives ...

, in which she will be appearing alongside

Milan Peschel Milan Peschel (born in 1968) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1999. Selected filmography References External links * 1968 births Living people German male film actors Actors from East Berlin Male ...

Partial filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piasko, Deleila 1991 births Living people Swiss actresses Film people from Zurich Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Date of birth unknown 21st-century Swiss women 21st-century Swiss people