Seyneb Saleh

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Seyneb Saleh
Born
Seyneb Saleh

(1987-12-25) 25 December 1987 (age 38)
Aalen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Alma mater Berlin University of the Arts
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)

Seyneb Saleh (born 25 December 1987) is a German actress.

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Early life and education

Seyneb Saleh was born on 25 December 1987 in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. She is a daughter of a German mother and an Iraqi father. Apart from two years in Casablanca, where she attended an American school, she was mainly raised in Germany. [1] [2] Saleh lives in Berlin.

She studied acting from 2008 to 2012 at the Berlin University of the Arts and received a scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes in 2010. [3]

Career

After graduating Seyneb Saleh performed in over 26 theater productions at the Maxim Gorki Theater, the Schauspielhaus Graz, the Volkstheater Wien, the Schauspiel Hannover and the Deutsches Theater Berlin. [4]

In addition to her theater engagements, she has regularly worked for film, TV and streaming platforms, including the Netflix productions Mute (2018), Dogs of Berlin (2018), an Arabic-speaking role in Deutschland 86 , the ZDF series Jenseits der Spree (2021), the German-Israeli Sky series Munich Games (2022), the award-winning German anthology series Uncivilized (2024), the German adaptation of the French cult series: Call my Agent - Berlin (2025) and feature films such as Toubab (2021), Was von der Liebe bleibt (2022) and Sabbatical (2023). [5]

She was introduced to a wider international audience in 2018 in Duncan Jones neo-noir science fiction film Mute , in which she played the female lead character Naadirah alongside Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd & Justin Theroux. [6] In 2022 her leading role in the Sky series Munich Games further gained her much praise from international critics. [7] [8] [9] Her performance in the multilingual, action packed espionage series gained her and Yousif Sweid nominations for the German Acting Award as Best Duo - performance in 2023.

Saleh won her first German Acting Award in 2022 for her performance in Toubab as Best Supporting Role [10] and a second one followed for her performance in the episode 9/11 of the German anthology series Uncivilized as Best Episodic Role in 2025. [11]

Seyneb Saleh is multilingual and speaks German and English fluently, as well as French and Arabic.

Through her intense work with director and puppeteer Nikolaus Habjan she learned how to operate puppets, as she performed in his plays both, as an actress and a puppeteer.

Filmography

Film, Tv and Streamers

YearTitleRoleDirectorNetworkNotes
2010 The Red Room  [ de ]Sibil Rudolf Thome cinematic release
2012 Offroad  [ de ]Özlem Elmar Fischer  [ de ]cinematic release
2014For NothingBlancheStephan Geenecinematic release
The Lies of the Victors  [ de ]Mira Christoph Hochhäusler cinematic release
2017NedaNedaAfagh Irandoostshort film
2018 Deutschland 86 AyaFlorian Cossen, Arne Feldhusen Amazon Prime / Sundance TV 2 episodes
Dogs of Berlin Rafika Masaad Christian Alvart Netflix 6 episodes
Mute Naadirah Duncan Jones Netflix
2019Golden TwentiesTamaraSofie Klugecinematic release
HerzjagenAnikaElisabeth ScharangORFTV movie
2020 Over Christmas KarinaTobi Baumann Netflix 3 episodes
2021Jenseits der SpreeKay FreundMarcus Ulbricht, Neelesha Barthel ZDF 4 episodes
Dengler - Kreuzberg BluesEzra MalikDaniel Rübesam ZDF TV movie
ToubabYaraFlorian Dietrichcinematic release
2022Munich GamesMaria Köhler Philipp Kadelbach Sky 6 episodes
2023Between UsYasemine Kanwal Sethi cinematic release
202430 Tage LustMariePia Hellenthal, Bartosz Grudziecki SWR 1 episode
UncivilizedSahra AlwaniBilal Bahadır ZDF 1 episode
SabbaticalTaraJudith Angerbauercinematic release
2025Call my Agent - BerlinNicole MeisterJohann Buchholz, Boris Kunz, Laura Lackmann Disney+ / Hulu 8 episodes

Theater (selected)

Theater productions

YearTitleAuthorRoleDirector
2012 Clavigo Goethe MarieAlexandra Liedtke
FaustIn and Out Elfriede Jellinek FaustinPhilip Jenkins
2013 Orphans Dennis Kelly HelenLina Hölscher
No Man's LandYael Ronen & the ensembleLeylaYael Ronen
2014 - 2018 The Misunderstanding Albert Camus Maria, the MotherNikolaus Habjan
2015 Vieux Carré T. Williams Jane SparksSebastian Schug
The Changeling Christine Lavant Wrga, ZithaNikolaus Habjan
2016 Brighton Beach Memoirs Neil Simon NoraSarantos Zervoulakos
Ship of Fools Katherine Anne Porter Lizzi Spöckenkieker Dušan David Pařízek
2017 Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare JulietSebastian Schug
2017 - 2018 Dekalog: The Ten Commandments Krzysztof Kieślowski Anka / Majka / Ola / ZofiaStephan Kimmig
2019Platonowa Anton Tschechow SofiaStephan Kimmig
Iphigenia Euripides IphigeniaAnne Lenk
2020The Marriage of Figaro Beaumarchais SuzanneAndrás Dömötör
2021 - 2023 Pictures of Your True Love Wolfgang Herrndorf IsaMarkus Bothe
2022 - 2025 Minna von Barnhelm Lessing FranziskaAnne Lenk

Awards

Deutscher Schauspielpreis

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2022Toubab Best Supporting Actress Won [12]
2023Munich Games Best Duo Nominated [13]
2025Uncivilized Best Episodic Role Won [14]

Filmfestival Türkei Deutschland

YearNominated workCategoryResultRef.
2024Was von der Liebe bleibt Best Actress Nominated [15]

References

  1. ↑ Petsch, Barbara (24 August 2016). "Seyneb Saleh: "In sich zuhause sein ist wichtig"". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ↑ ""Mute": Eine Volkstheater-Schauspielerin erobert Netflix". Die Presse (in German). 28 February 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Seyneb Saleh | Schauspiel Hannover" . Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "filmmakers profil Seyneb Saleh". filmmakers.
  5. ↑ "profil of Seyneb Saleh's German agency". Wasted Management.
  6. ↑ "'Mute': Film Review". the hollywoodreporter.
  7. ↑ "Munich Games review - this tense thriller's hero is like a multilingual terminator". the guardian.
  8. ↑ "The makers of Fauda have another hit on their hands: Sky Atlantic's Munich Games reviewed". the spector.
  9. ↑ "If you enjoyed Fauda and Tehran, then Munich Games is your next must-watch". the telegraph.
  10. ↑ "Starke Frauen beim Deutschen Schauspielpreis". n-tv.
  11. ↑ "Auszeichnungen: Deutscher Schauspielpreis". tagesspiegel.
  12. ↑ "Starke Frauen beim Deutschen Schauspielpreis". n-tv.
  13. ↑ "List of all nominees of the German Acting Award 2023". blickpunkt film.
  14. ↑ "Auszeichnungen: Deutscher Schauspielpreis". tagesspiegel.
  15. ↑ "Saleh's German managements website". Wasted Management.
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