Actor

Banafshe Hourmazdi

January 1, 1990 · Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany

Banafshe Hourmazdi studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg and at the Zurich University of the Arts. She developed and acted in plays at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße Berlin, Münchner Kammerspiele, Theater Oberhausen, Ruhrtriennale and Sophiensaele Berlin. She was awarded the Newcomer Prize by the City of Vienna in 2015 for her production Meine Nase läuft at the Drachengasse Theater. At the 2019 First Steps Awards she won the Götz George Young Talent Award for her acting in the ensemble of Futur Drei.

Often works with

Lena Klenke
3 titles together
Cocoon, Immer der Nase nach, Loving Her
Mohamed Issa
2 titles together
Cocoon, MaPa
Thelma Buabeng
2 titles together
Cocoon, Immer der Nase nach
Christoph Maria Herbst
2 titles together
A Feast for Life, Lehrer kann jeder!
Maryam Zaree
2 titles together
No Hard Feelings, MaPa
Knut Berger
2 titles together
No Hard Feelings, MaPa

Full filmography · 23

Klandestin WT
as Amina
2025
No Beast. So Fierce.
as Khalifa
2025
Familie is nich
as Mariam
2024
A Feast for Life
as Sebi
20235.8
Slimane
as Ava
2023
Sonderlage - Das Kind muss sterben
as Mely Oktay
2023
Sonderlage - Der Angriff
as Mely Oktay
2023
Lehrer kann jeder!
as Dilek Günes
2022
Mona & Parviz
as Mona
2021
Immer der Nase nach
as Alev
2021
Octavia's Visions
cast
2021
Yallah Habibi
as Elaha
2021