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Sibel Kekilli (born 16 June 1980) is a German actress of Turkish descent. She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Head-On (German: Gegen die Wand). For her performances, she was awarded twice with the most prestigious German movie award, the Lola. Kekilli was born and raised in Heilbronn, then in West Germany, to a family of Turkish origin. Her parents had come to West Germany from Turkey in 1977, and were described by Kekilli as fairly liberal. After leaving school at age 16, she worked for two years for the local city government, then moved to Essen, where she worked... MORE

Sibel Kekilli (born 16 June 1980) is a German actress of Turkish descent. She gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Head-On (German: Gegen die Wand). For her performances, she was awarded twice with the most prestigious German movie award, the Lola. Kekilli was born and raised in Heilbronn, then in West Germany, to a family of Turkish origin. Her parents had come to West Germany from Turkey in 1977, and were described by Kekilli as fairly liberal. After leaving school at age 16, she worked for two years for the local city government, then moved to Essen, where she worked various jobs. One day in 2002 while at a Cologne shopping mall, she was noticed by a casting director, who called her up for an audition for a role in a movie. Sibel won the leading role for Fatih Akın's planned movie against a field of 350 other hopefuls. This film, Head-On, (German: Gegen die Wand) was released in 2004 and was a major public success, receiving several prizes at film festivals. Filming proved strenuous for Kekilli personally, however, and she underwent an appendectomy during the filming in Turkey. After the movie, she had a rhinoplasty. Shortly after the release of Head-On, the LESS