Shadi Hedayati (born 1985) is a German actress. She became known for her role as Zari in the

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production ''Die Schlikkerfrauen''.

Early life

Hedayati was born in

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, Germany, to parents from Iran. Between 2001 and 2009, she studied singing, dancing and acting.

Career

She made her debut as a theatre actress in the 2008 play ''Der Messias''. She was also a part of the cast in ''Antigone'' and ''Winnetou and the Crossbreed''. Hedayati made her first appearance on TV in the German

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'' in 2010. Her cinematic debut followed in 2012, when she had a guest role in '. She played the lead for the first time in an episode of the

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production ''Flemming''. Hedayati was cast as the main character Selma Hadschi in the

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pilot ''Scarlet & Hadschi''. She made her first appearance as a lead character in a television film in the 2014

movie ' taking on the role of Schlikker employee Zari. One year later, she played the lead in the comedy ''Die Udo Honig Story''. In the Sat.1 crime series ''23 Cases'', Hedayati plays the main character Tara Schöll, a Federal Criminal Police officer, who thinks a convicted criminal is innocent. Although production started in 2015, the series is yet to air. Hedayati starred as counter-terrorism investigator Pinar in the pilot ''Hamdullah – Im Namen Allahs'' (Hamdullah – In the Name of Allah) in 2015.“Hamdullah – Im Namen Allahs: Cast”
Retrieved 14 November 2018. Hedayati lives in Cologne.

Selected filmography

*2010: ''

'' (one episode) *2012: ' *2012: ''

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'' (episode 17x05) *2012: ''

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'' (episode 1x08) *2015: ''Die Udo Honig Story'' *2017: ''

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'' (episode 8x25)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hedayati, Shadi 1985 births Living people German film actresses German stage actresses Actresses from Bochum