Nilam Farooq (born 26 September 1989) is a German actress. She has appeared in several television series, films, and commercials. She won the best actress
Jupiter Award (2019) and the Bavarian Film Awards (2020) for movies ''Heilstätten'' and ''Contra''.
Biography
Nilam Farooq is the daughter of a Pakistani father and a Polish mother, and she has a younger brother. She was born in Berlin and grew up in the Wilmersdorf district,
where she attended the local Goethe-Gymnasium and completed her
Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
. Farooq displayed an early interest in acting and began her acting career at age 14. In addition to German, she is fluent in Polish and English, and has language credentials in Latin and Ancient Greek.
In 2006 Farooq had her first guest and supporting roles as an actress on television and short films. She started appearing in commercials in the late 2000s and since the beginning of the 2010s, took some roles as a voice actress.
From 2013 to 2019 Farooq was regularly seen in the television series ''
Leipzig Homicide'' as Commissioner Olivia Fareedi.
She has since played roles in various TV films and series, for example in ''Tatort: Roomservice''
or ''Polizeiruf 110: Grenzgänger''.
Since 2015 she has had a number of feature-length film roles, including ''
My Blind Date with Life'', ''Sweethearts'' by Karoline Herfurth, the horror film ''Heilstätten'', and David Dietl's ''Rate Your Date''.
For her portrayal of Betty in Heilstätten, she won the 2019
Jupiter Award for Best Actress.
Filmography
Television
* 2006: ''
Alle lieben Jimmy'' – RTL
* 2007: ''Adem's Sohn'' – ARTE
* 2009: ''
Stolberg – Bei Anruf Mord'' – ZDF
* 2009: ''
Bella Block
''Bella Block'' is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger as inspector Bella Block. The show was first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF and last aired in 2018, having run for 38 seasons.
See also
* List of German t ...
: Vorsehung'' – ZDF
* 2009: ''
Danni Lowinski – Selbstbestimmung'' – Sat.1
* 2010: ''
The Old Fox
''Der Alte'' ("The Old One" or "The Old Fox") is a German crime drama series created by Helmut Ringelmann. It premiered on 11 April 1977 on ZDF. Since 1978 the series is part of the Friday Crime Night of the network.
It depicts the crime-solvi ...
– Tödliche Ermittlung'' – ZDF
* 2014: ' – Das Erste
* 2015: ''
Tatort
("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-se ...
– Roomservice'' – Das Erste
* 2015: ''
Polizeiruf 110
''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series. The name refers to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic ...
– Grenzgänger'' – Das Erste
* 2016: ''
NSU German History X: '' – Das Erste
* 2013–2019: ''
Leipzig Homicide'' – from episode 229 – ZDF
Feature-length films
* 2016: ''
Allein gegen die Zeit – Der Film''
* 2017: ''Fette Kumpels''
* 2017: ''
My Blind Date with Life''
* 2018: ''Heilstätten''
* 2018: ''Verpiss dich Schneewittchen''
* 2019: ''Rate Your Date''
* 2019: ''
Sweethearts''
* 2020: ''
Contra
Contra may refer to:
Places
* Contra, Virginia
* Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U.S. state of California
* Contra Costa County, California
* Tenero-Contra, a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerla ...
''
* 2021: ''
The Four of Us''
* 2022: ''
Locked-in Society''
* 2023: ''
Manta, Manta: Legacy''
* 2023: ''
Early Birds''
Short films
* 2007: ''Stiller Frühling''
* 2007: ''Türk Rulet''
* 2008: ''Suzan''
* 2010: ''Tintenfischwolken''
* 2011: ''George 90°''
* 2012: ''Der Passagier''
Commercials
* 2009: Telekom "Grenzen gab es gestern" ("Borders are the thing of the past")
* 2012: Lebe Viva
* 2018: Wix.com
Voice acting
* 2010: Berliner Morgenpost: Kinderkram
* 2010: Upperdog – Rolle: Yanne
* 2011: Royal Pains – Rolle: Anna
* 2013: Quellen des Lebens – Rolle: Laura
Awards
* 2019:
Jupiter Award – Best Actress for "Heilstätten"
* 2018: nominated for Young Icons Award – Actress/Actor for "My Blind Date with Life"
* 2020:
Bavarian Film Awards
The Bavarian Film Awards () are film awards given to German films in the state of Bavaria, awarded by the state government.
Background and description
The Bavarian Film Awards have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bav ...
– Best Actress for "Contra"
References
External links
*
Agent website for Nilam Farooq*
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Actresses from Berlin
21st-century German actresses
1989 births
People from Wilmersdorf
German women bloggers
Living people
German people of Pakistani descent
German people of Polish descent