Idil Üner
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İdil Üner is a German-Turkish actress.
Üner studied at the Berlin University of the Arts
. She received piano lessons for 17 years—starting from the age of 6—and formal opera training for two years. She joined the youth chapters of the Turkish-speaking theater Tiyatrom in Berlin of which her father was a founding member. She made her television debut in the series Tatort
(Crime Scene) (1993) and her cinema debut with Rudolf Thome's The Secret. Üner achieved recognition in the works of Fatih Akın
and Thomas Arslan, particularly Dealer and Im Juli
. She wrote the lyrics to "Güneşim", the main song of Im Juli. She also wrote and directed a short film in 2001 named Die Liebenden vom Hotel von Osman
in which she shares the leading roles with Fatih Akın. In 2004, in the segment directed by Fatih Akin of the film Visions of Europe, Üner sang the title lied by Schumann, "Die alten, bösen Lieder".
She is married to the actor Laurens Walter.
Üner studied at the Berlin University of the Arts
Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin, UdK is a public art school in Berlin, Germany, one of the four universities in the city...
. She received piano lessons for 17 years—starting from the age of 6—and formal opera training for two years. She joined the youth chapters of the Turkish-speaking theater Tiyatrom in Berlin of which her father was a founding member. She made her television debut in the series Tatort
Tatort
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...
(Crime Scene) (1993) and her cinema debut with Rudolf Thome's The Secret. Üner achieved recognition in the works of Fatih Akın
Fatih Akin
Fatih Akın is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent.- Personal life :Akın was born in 1973 in Hamburg to parents of Turkish ethnicity...
and Thomas Arslan, particularly Dealer and Im Juli
Im Juli
-Plot:At the beginning of his summer holiday, a somewhat naïve trainee teacher Daniel buys a ring from a stall run by Juli . The ring bears a Mayan sun symbol, which, according to Juli, has the power to lead him to the woman of his dreams, whom he will recognise by a similar sun symbol...
. She wrote the lyrics to "Güneşim", the main song of Im Juli. She also wrote and directed a short film in 2001 named Die Liebenden vom Hotel von Osman
Die Liebenden vom Hotel von Osman
Die Liebenden vom Hotel von Osman is a 2001 German short film directed by İdil Üner. It stars Üner herself and Fatih Akın in the cast....
in which she shares the leading roles with Fatih Akın. In 2004, in the segment directed by Fatih Akin of the film Visions of Europe, Üner sang the title lied by Schumann, "Die alten, bösen Lieder".
She is married to the actor Laurens Walter.
Selected filmography
- 1995 — The Secret
- 1998 — Short sharp shockShort Sharp Shock (film)Short Sharp Shock is an award-winning 1998 film directed by Turkish-German director Fatih Akın.The film, which according to Rekin Teksoy, writing in Turkish Cinema, "focuses on the identity crises faced by German youth from various ethnic backgrounds," was the feature debut of the German-born...
(Kurz und schmerzlos) - 1999 — Dealer
- 2000 — Im JuliIm Juli-Plot:At the beginning of his summer holiday, a somewhat naïve trainee teacher Daniel buys a ring from a stall run by Juli . The ring bears a Mayan sun symbol, which, according to Juli, has the power to lead him to the woman of his dreams, whom he will recognise by a similar sun symbol...
- 2001 — Mostly MarthaMostly Martha (film)Bella Martha is a 2001 German romantic comedy drama film directed by Sandra Nettelbeck. The American movie No Reservations is heavily based on this. It is about a skilled chef in Hamburg, Germany. When her sister dies, she is left taking care of her niece, who gives her problems...
- 2000 — Zwei Mädels auf Mallorca - Die heißeste Nacht des Jahres
- 2004 — Urban Guerillas
- 2004 — Saniye's Lust
- 2005 — Istanbul TalesIstanbul TalesIstanbul Tales is a 2005 Turkish drama-anthology film, directed by Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabancı, Ümit Ünal, Yücel Yolcu and Ömür Atay, which tells 5 interconnected stories set in modern day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red...
(Anlat İstanbul)