biography of Nilam Farooq

Nilam Farooq 

(born 26 September 1989) is a German actress. She has appeared in several television series, films, and commercials. She won the best actress Jupiter Award (2019) and the Bavarian Film Awards (2020) for movies Heilstätten and Contra.

Nilam Farooq is the daughter of a Pakistani father and a Polish mother, and she has a younger brother. She was born in Berlin and grew up in the Wilmersdorf district,  where she attended the local Goethe-Gymnasium and completed her Abitur. Farooq displayed an early interest in acting and began her acting career at age 14. In addition to German, she is fluent in Polish and English, and has language credentials in Latin and Ancient Greek. 

In 2006 Farooq had her first guest and supporting roles as an actress on television and short films. She started appearing in commercials in the late 2000s and since the beginning of the 2010s, took some roles as a voice actress.

From 2013 to 2019 Farooq was regularly seen in the television series Leipzig Homicide as Commissioner Olivia Fareedi. 

She has since played roles in various TV films and series, for example in Tatort: Roomservice  or Polizeiruf 110: Grenzgänger.

Since 2015 she has had a number of feature-length film roles, including My Blind Date with Life, Sweethearts by Karoline Herfurth, the horror film Heilstätten, and David Dietl's Rate Your Date. 

For her portrayal of Betty in Heilstätten, she won the 2019 Jupiter Award for Best Actress. 

About

German YouTube vlogger who has accumulated over 1 million subscribers. Also an actress, she appeared on the German television series SOKO Leipzig and contributed voice-over work to the American series Royal Pains.

Before Fame

She uploaded her first YouTube video, "Vorstellung," in October of 2010.

Trivia

Her most viewed YouTube posts include "NUTELLA BISCUITS with only 3 ingredients - tasty, quick and easy recipe" and "FASHION/MODE Trends 2013."

Family Life

She and her brother were born into a family of Pakistani and Polish heritage. Her brother has a youtube channel titled EgalSpieltKeineRolle.

Associated With

She and Thaddeus Tjarks are two of Germany's best known YouTubers.

mini bio :

Nilam Farooq was born on September 26, 1989 in Berlin, Germany. She is an actress, known for Contra (2020), Leipzig Homicide (2001) and SOKO: Der Prozess (2013).

• 2006: Alle lieben Jimmy – RTL
• 2007: Adem's Sohn – ARTE
• 2009: Stolberg – Bei Anruf Mord – ZDF
• 2009: Bella Block: Vorsehung – ZDF
• 2009: Danni Lowinski – Selbstbestimmung – Sat.1
• 2010: The Old Fox – Tödliche Ermittlung – ZDF
• 2014: Letters from Santiago [de] – Das Erste
• 2015: Tatort – Roomservice – Das Erste
• 2015: Polizeiruf 110 – Grenzgänger – Das Erste
• 2016: NSU German History X: The Victims [de] – Das Erste
• 2013–2019: Leipzig Homicide – from episode 229 – ZDF

• 2016: Allein gegen die Zeit – Der Film
• 2017: Fette Kumpels
• 2017: My Blind Date with Life
• 2018: Heilstätten
• 2018: Verpiss dich Schneewittchen
• 2019: Rate Your Date
• 2019: Sweethearts
• 2020: Contra
• 2021: The Four of Us
• 2022: Locked-in Society
• 2023: Manta, Manta: Legacy
• 2023: Early Birds

• 2007: Türk Rulet
• 2008: Suzan
• 2010: Tintenfischwolken
• 2011: George 90°
• 2012: Der Passagier

• 2009: Telekom "Grenzen gab es gestern" ("Borders are the thing of the past")
• 2012: Lebe Viva
• 2018: Wix.com

• 2010: Berliner Morgenpost: Kinderkram
• 2010: Upperdog – Rolle: Yanne
• 2011: Royal Pains – Rolle: Anna
• 2013: Quellen des Lebens – Rolle: Laura

• 2019: Jupiter Award – Best Actress for "Heilstätten"
• 2018: nominated for Young Icons Award – Actress/Actor for "My Blind Date with Life"  
• 2020: Bavarian Film Awards – Best Actress for "Contra"

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