Lilay Huser, formerly ''Lilay Erincin'' (born 1958), is a German-Turkish actress.

Career

Huser was born in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. With a diploma in textile engineering, she emigrated to

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

in 1978 for her studies, and later to

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "'' Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

. By that time Huser already had an affinity for the theater. From 1986 onwards, for example, she worked increasingly in the intercultural theater scene of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

, such as acting at the Arkadas Theater in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

and co-founding the

Wupper-Theater Wupper-Theater is a theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Theatres in Wuppertal {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub ...

. Huser has acted in film roles since 2000, often on television in TV crime shows like ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

''. Her most notable roles are "Fatma Melek" in '' König von Kreuzberg'' (2005) and "Grandma Öztürk" in Türkisch für Anfänger (2008). She landed several other major roles in films such as ''

Chiko ''Chiko'' is a German 2008 film written and directed by Özgür Yıldırım. Cast * Denis Moschitto as Chiko *Moritz Bleibtreu as Brownie *Volkan Özcan as Tibet * Fahri Ogün Yardım as Curly * Reyhan Şahin as Meryem *Lilay Huser as Tibets M ...

'' (2008), ' (2008), '' What a Man'' (2011), and in one of the main roles in '' Almanya - Welcome to Germany'' (2011), along with her former husband

Vedat Erincin Vedat Erincin (born 1957, Istanbul) is a German actor of Turkish origin. The co-founder of the Wuppertal-based Wupper-Theater and former head of the Arkadaş Theater, he is dedicated to intercultural theatrical work. His former wife is fellow a ...

Filmography (selection)

* 2005: König von Kreuzberg * 2008: Türkisch für Anfänger * 2008:

* 2008: * 2011: Almanya: Welcome to Germany * 2011: What a Man * 2013: * 2013: King Ping – Tap Taps Tödchen * 2014: Monaco 110: ''Einstand'' * 2015: * 2016:

Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ("Alarm for Cobra 11 – The Highway Police") is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police (Autobahnpolizei), originally set in Berlin and since 1999 in ...

* 2016: Die Pfefferkörner: Goldqueen Loves You

External links

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Lilay Huser: Oma Öztürk ganz privat
WZ vom 21. November 2008 Turkish film actresses German film actresses Turkish stage actresses German stage actresses Turkish expatriates in Germany German expatriates in Turkey 1958 births Living people German people of Turkish descent Turkish emigrants to West Germany Date of birth missing (living people) People from Wuppertal {{Germany-stage-actor-stub