Banafshe Hourmazdi

Biography

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.

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Annika Kröger

Cocoon

Mrs Kallert - Sports Teacher

Kommissarin Lucas

Leila Sabuni

No Hard Feelings

Banafshe Arezu

Klandestin WT

Amina

Mona & Parviz

Mona

Loving Her

Hanna

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Ein Arm ist ein Arm ist ein Arm
2025	Klandestin WT	Amina
2025	No Beast. So Fierce.	Khalifa
2024	Phantom Heist	Arin
2024	Familie is nich	Mariam
2023	A Feast for Life	Sebi
2023	Sonderlage - Das Kind muss sterben	Mely Oktay
2023	Sonderlage - Der Angriff	Mely Oktay
2023	Slimane	Ava
2022	Lehrer kann jeder!	Dilek Günes
2021	Octavia's Visions
2021	Mona & Parviz	Mona
2021	Yallah Habibi	Elaha
2021	Immer der Nase nach	Alev
2020	Matze, Kebab und Sauerkraut
2020	No Hard Feelings	Banafshe Arezu
2020	Cocoon	Mrs Kallert - Sports Teacher

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Messiah Superstar	Nadine Moradi
2023	Sonderlage - Ein Hamburg-Krimi	Mely Oktay
2023	The Second Wave	Sofia Silva
2021	Loving Her	Hanna
2020	2 Minuten	Samira
2020	MaPa	Deniz
2020	MaPa
2003	Kommissarin Lucas	Leila Sabuni
1999	Volle Kanne	Self
1970	Scene of the Crime	Annika Kröger