Asli Bayram
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Aslı Bayram is a German actress and model of Turkish
descent, who is best known for being Miss Germany
in 2005.
with Turkish
roots and hence attended the Miss Universe
contest in Bangkok.
Aslı Bayram completed actors training with Eric Morris, Los Angeles, and Anne Mertin, Vienna
.
The first international film she acted was Jump!
with Patrick Swayze
. Ensuing, she appeared in a very prominent role in the black comedy Shortcut to Hollywood, shot in USA and successfully presented at the Berlinale Film Festival 2009.
In October 2007, Aslı Bayram premiered with great success in the solo theater performance Anne Frank: The Diary at the Théatre de la Ville D’Esch in Luxembourg. An invitation at the theatre festival of German
language in Prague
followed, and afterwards the German premiere in Frankfurt/ Main. Buddy Elias, Anne Frank’s cousin, complimented Aslı Bayram on this project. In 2008/2009 she did a tour with the English version in Canada and the USA. She finished this project on the occasion of the commemoration of Anne Frank
’s 80th birthday with three performances at the Museum of Tolerance
in Los Angeles
, Hollywood. The Times
described her performance in Anne Frank: The Diary as "...emerging as one of Germany's most convincing and subtle actresses".
She wrote a book, Grenzgängerin. Leben zwischen den Welten (Border Crosser) which was published 2009 by Random House
.
2009 the films 180°
, Switzerland
, and Sevdah za Karima, Bosnia, (English title: Sevdah for Karim) were shot. For both roles there was no lip-synchronization necessary. Aslı Bayram acted in the national languages, Switzerland
and Bosnian
. Both films attended several International Film Festivals, like Zurich, Sarajevo, Pec´, Antalya, Goteborg, Rotterdam, Berlin.
The Hollywood Reporter praised her performance in the film “180”: "Asli Bayram in a very few scenes delivers a heartbreaking portrait of a young woman navigating between two worlds while living in neither of them.
In September 2010 her book Grenzgängerin. Leben zwischen den Welten achieved a record in the Guinness World Records
for the number of most people in a public reading relay.
Aslı Bayram campaigns publicly against racism and xenophobia
. Since 2010 Aslı Bayram is appointed honorable Ambassador for Crime Prevention by the Justice Ministry Hessen, Germany. She also was made the honorary Patron of the Riehl-School, with many children from immigrant backgrounds, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Since 2011 Aslı Bayram has performed the female lead role in a new Turkish television serial on Star TV, Sirat.
Robert Hofferer
is her Manager.
School in Frankfurt am Main;
Drama
training at the BKM (Besiktas Kültür Merkezi) in Istanbul
, Eric Morris Los Angeles
and Anne Mertin, Vienna
;
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
descent, who is best known for being Miss Germany
Miss Germany
Miss Germany is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Germany. In 1927, the contest was held for the first time.In the past there were several organisations which claimed the title: In the 1920s already, German jurisdiction decided that the title Miss Germany could not be patented or...
in 2005.
Biography
In 2005 she became the first Miss GermanyMiss Germany
Miss Germany is a national beauty pageant for unmarried women in Germany. In 1927, the contest was held for the first time.In the past there were several organisations which claimed the title: In the 1920s already, German jurisdiction decided that the title Miss Germany could not be patented or...
with Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
roots and hence attended the Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
contest in Bangkok.
Aslı Bayram completed actors training with Eric Morris, Los Angeles, and Anne Mertin, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
.
The first international film she acted was Jump!
Jump! (film)
Jump! is a 2007 British-Austrian drama film written and directed by Joshua Sinclair. It starred Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon. It was loosely based on the real-life Halsman murder case. The film was premiered on the 2009 Jewish Film Festival in June 2009...
with Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest...
. Ensuing, she appeared in a very prominent role in the black comedy Shortcut to Hollywood, shot in USA and successfully presented at the Berlinale Film Festival 2009.
In October 2007, Aslı Bayram premiered with great success in the solo theater performance Anne Frank: The Diary at the Théatre de la Ville D’Esch in Luxembourg. An invitation at the theatre festival of German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
language in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
followed, and afterwards the German premiere in Frankfurt/ Main. Buddy Elias, Anne Frank’s cousin, complimented Aslı Bayram on this project. In 2008/2009 she did a tour with the English version in Canada and the USA. She finished this project on the occasion of the commemoration of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt...
’s 80th birthday with three performances at the Museum of Tolerance
Museum of Tolerance
The Museum of Tolerance , a multimedia museum in Los Angeles, California, USA, with an associated museum and professional development multi-media training facility in New York City, is designed to examine racism and prejudice in the United States and the world with a strong focus on the history of...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Hollywood. The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
described her performance in Anne Frank: The Diary as "...emerging as one of Germany's most convincing and subtle actresses".
She wrote a book, Grenzgängerin. Leben zwischen den Welten (Border Crosser) which was published 2009 by Random House
Random House
Random House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
.
2009 the films 180°
180°
180 Degree is a 2004 album by MC Mong. This album is MC Mong's first solo album. This album features female vocalist Lyn.-Track listing:# Intro #Ah-oop #180° #그래도 남자니까 #My Memory in 1995...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and Sevdah za Karima, Bosnia, (English title: Sevdah for Karim) were shot. For both roles there was no lip-synchronization necessary. Aslı Bayram acted in the national languages, Switzerland
Swiss German
Swiss German is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries are grouped together with Swiss German as well, especially the dialects of Liechtenstein and Austrian Vorarlberg...
and Bosnian
Bosnian language
Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
. Both films attended several International Film Festivals, like Zurich, Sarajevo, Pec´, Antalya, Goteborg, Rotterdam, Berlin.
The Hollywood Reporter praised her performance in the film “180”: "Asli Bayram in a very few scenes delivers a heartbreaking portrait of a young woman navigating between two worlds while living in neither of them.
In September 2010 her book Grenzgängerin. Leben zwischen den Welten achieved a record in the Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
for the number of most people in a public reading relay.
Aslı Bayram campaigns publicly against racism and xenophobia
Xenophobia
Xenophobia is defined as "an unreasonable fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange". It comes from the Greek words ξένος , meaning "stranger," "foreigner" and φόβος , meaning "fear."...
. Since 2010 Aslı Bayram is appointed honorable Ambassador for Crime Prevention by the Justice Ministry Hessen, Germany. She also was made the honorary Patron of the Riehl-School, with many children from immigrant backgrounds, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Since 2011 Aslı Bayram has performed the female lead role in a new Turkish television serial on Star TV, Sirat.
Robert Hofferer
Robert Hofferer
Robert Hofferer is an Austrian film and theatre producer and a cultural manager.-Career:Hofferer produced several independent theatre projects in Graz as well as in Vienna. He is the manager of André Heller as well as the CEO of Artevent in Vienna, a company which was supposed to produce the gala...
is her Manager.
Education
School-leaving certificate (Abitur) at the Max BeckmannMax Beckmann
Max Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement...
School in Frankfurt am Main;
Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
training at the BKM (Besiktas Kültür Merkezi) in Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Eric Morris Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and Anne Mertin, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
;
Filmography
- Miss Universe 2005Miss Universe 2005Miss Universe 2005, the 54th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.At the conclusion of the final telecast, Miss Universe Canada, Natalie Glebova was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Jennifer Hawkins of Australia...
(documentary, 2005) - Beyza'nin kadinlariBeyza'nin KadinlariShattered Soul is a 2006 Turkish crime-thriller film starring Demet Evgar, Tamer Karadağlı and Levent Üzümcü, and directed by Mustafa Altıoklar.- Plot :...
- English title: Shattered Soul (2006) - JumpJump! (film)Jump! is a 2007 British-Austrian drama film written and directed by Joshua Sinclair. It starred Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon. It was loosely based on the real-life Halsman murder case. The film was premiered on the 2009 Jewish Film Festival in June 2009...
- with Patrick SwayzePatrick SwayzePatrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest...
, Heinz Hönig, Anja Kruse (movie, 2006) - Short Cut to Hollywood with Jan Henrik Stahlberg and Marcus Mittermeier, (movie, 2007), in Post-production
- 180° - (feature film, 2010)
- Sevdah za Karima (movie, 2010) - English title: Blues for Karim (2010)
- Sirat (TV series 2011)
- Naked Harbour (movie 2011)
- Body CompleteBody CompleteBody Complete is an upcoming film with an international cast by the producers Robert Hofferer and Lukas Sturm as well as the co-producer Puls 4 from 2011. Lukas Sturm directed the film and also wrote the script. Asli Bayram plays the leading role....
(movie 2011) - Shanghai Gypsy (movie 2011)