Tijan Marei

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Tijan Marei (born 1996 in Berlin) is a German actress. She made her debut as a child actress in 2007 and has appeared regularly in German and international television series and film productions since 2013.

Marei's mother is German, her father has Circassian ancestors. [1] [2] When she was ten, a casting director at the Bundesjugendspiele became aware of her and she took on a small role alongside Anna Loos in the ZDF television film The Echo of Guilt. [1]

After graduating from high school, she completed a short yoga teacher training course in Goa, India, at the age of 18. [3] She then did a two-year yoga course in Berlin. She also began studying fine arts at the Berlin University of the Arts. [4]

Marei received her first leading role in 2017 in the ARD production Ellas Baby, directed by David Dietl. In the film, she plays a 16-year-old schoolgirl who accidentally becomes pregnant during a school exchange in France. For her performance, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Hessian Film Awards. [3] In 2019, she played the title role in a film adaptation of Snow White. In 2020 she took on the role of Gretel in the British drama film Six Minutes to Midnight .

In 2020, shooting began for the film The Rescue of the World We Know by Til Schweiger, in which Marei played a leading role. [5] In 2021, filming was completed for the Netflix horror film The Privilege , directed by Felix Fuchssteiner and Katharina Schöde. In the same year she shot, also for Netflix, Rumspringa , directed by Mira Thiel. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Tijan Marei: Eines der interessantesten Gesichter des deutschen Films (Article by Eric Leimann for Prisma, Germany] Retrieved 14 February 2022)
  2. ↑ Tijan & Oma Marlies: „Sie hat nie den Glauben an sich selbst verloren”. Website von Heynana. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Tijan Marei über das, was man am TV-Set niemals tun darf. Website der B.Z. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Porträt des ZTA PR & Commercial Managements von Zetha Asafu-Adjaye. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Til Schweiger dreht am Walchensee: Neuer Film 2021 im Kino". 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Sasha Bühler über die Netflix-Filmstrategie: "Wir haben Lust auf Neues"" . Retrieved 3 July 2021.
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