1. Sibel Kekilli gained public attention after starring in the 2004 film Head-On.
11 Facts About Sibel Kekilli
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Sibel Kekilli won two Lolas, the most prestigious German film award, for her performances in Head-On and When We Leave.
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Sibel Kekilli's parents came to Germany from Turkey in 1977, and were described by Kekilli as having a rather modern and open attitude.
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Sibel Kekilli won the leading part in Head-On against a field of 350 other hopefuls.
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Sibel Kekilli received the 2004 Bambi prize for "best shooting star" for her role in Head-On.
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Sibel Kekilli starred in the Turkish coup d'etat film Home Coming, playing the wife of a man who was unjustly imprisoned and tortured.
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Sibel Kekilli was awarded the Lola for Best Actress in 2010 for her role.
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Sibel Kekilli said that she was glad not to be playing a character of foreign descent, as she feels she has been typecast in the past.
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In 2017, Sibel Kekilli blocked her Instagram account from being accessed in Turkey, saying that users from that country had sent a multitude of abusive and threatening messages.
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Sibel Kekilli denounced the senders as "bigoted, hypocrites and full of hate".
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In March 2015 at an International Women's Day event at the President of Germany's residence at Schloss Bellevue, Sibel Kekilli gave a speech on violence against women in the name of honour.