# Jale Arıkan

Jale Arıkan (born 22 August 1965) is a Turkish-German film and television actress. At the 35th Moscow International Film Festival in 2013, she won the Silver George for Best Actress for her role in the film Particle (2012) which won the Golden George.

## Career

Arıkan was born in Turkey but later moved to Germany where she successfully pursued a career in acting. She showed a preference for thrillers and dramas. She has starred in several popular German-language television series, including Ein Fall für zwei (1987–1992), Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989), Hotel Paradies (1990), Tatort (1990–2012), Praxis Bülowbogen (1992), Wolffs Revier (1992), Der Fahnder (1994), Schwarz greift ein (1995), Abschnitt 40 (2003), Leipzig Homicide (2009), Stolberg (2009), Dahoam is Dahoam (2009–2010), Küstenwache (2011), and Der Lehrer (2015).
She starred as Polish Nadenka in the 2005 Luxembourgish film Your Name is Justine which was nominated at the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
She was cast as Naomi in the English-language television film Samson and Delilah (1996).

## Awards and nominations

At the 35th Moscow International Film Festival in 2013, she received the Silver George for Best Actress for her role in Particle. In 2014, she also won the award Best Actress in the Turkish Film Festival Frankfurt.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Vatanyolu – Die Heimreise | Selvi | |
| 1989 | The Storyteller | Ivy | |
| 1990 | Sleepy Betrayers | Miriam | |
| 1990 | Eine Liebe in Istanbul | Nursim | |
| 1991 | The Nude | | |
| 1992 | Shadow Boxer | Leyla | |
| 1992 | Misunderstanding of the Moon | | |
| 1993 | Tersine Dünya | | |
| 1995 | Pack mich | Leonie | Short film |
| 1995 | Nachtbus | | Short film |
| 1995 | Grenzgänger | | Short film |
| 1998 | Avcı | Zala | |
| 2002 | Nothing Less Than the Best | Lili | |
| 2004 | Sie wird ... | | Short film |
| 2004 | Soundless | Friend of the Russians | |
| 2004 | Hinter der Tür | Sabiya Çetin | Short film |
| 2005 | Your Name is Justine | Nadenka | |
| 2006 | Zucker im Blut | Dancer | Short film |
| 2007 | Porno!Melo!Drama! | | |
| 2008 | 1. Mai | Yavuz's mother | |
| 2008 | Evet, I Do! [de] | | |
| 2012 | Zenne Dancer | Şükran | |
| 2012 | Particle | Zeynep | |
| 2016 | Mrs Nebile's Wormhole | Mrs Nebile | Short film |
| 2021 | Kerr | | |
| 2024 | Elbow | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987–1992 | Ein Fall für zwei | Ilse | |
| 1989 | Rivalen der Rennbahn | | |
| 1990 | Hotel Paradies | Isabel | |
| 1990–2012 | Tatort | Uschi Petzold/Sabine | |
| 1992 | Praxis Bülowbogen | | |
| 1992 | Business with Friends | Turkish woman | TV short film |
| 1992 | Wolffs Revier | Katja | |
| 1993 | Glückliche Reise | Rosa Saebra | |
| 1993 | Maus und Katz | Ana | TV film |
| 1994 | Nacht der Frauen | Hülya | TV mini-series |
| 1994 | Der Fahnder | | |
| 1994–1995 | Ärzte [de] | | |
| 1995 | Schwarz greift ein | | |
| 1995 | Die Partner | | |
| 1995 | Tot auf Halde | Christina | TV film |
| 1996 | Landgang für Ring | | TV film |
| 1996 | Max Wolkenstein | Farah | |
| 1996 | Samson and Delilah | Naomi | TV film |
| 1998 | An Angel's Revenge | Ayse | TV film |
| 2000 | Schimanski muss leiden [de] | Nadiye | TV film |
| 2002 | Einmal Star in Hollywood | Herself | TV documentary |
| 2003 | Abschnitt 40 | Doctor Winzer | |
| 2005 | 3 Wild Angels | Doctor Ariane Foster | |
| 2006 | Der beste Lehrer der Welt | | TV film |
| 2007 | Ein starkes Team | Turkish barmaid | |
| 2008 | Augenzeugin | Ira | TV film |
| 2009 | Leipzig Homicide | Yasemin Scröter | |
| 2009 | Stolberg | Monika Strecker | |
| 2009–2010 | Dahoam is Dahoam | Yıldız Kesoğlu | |
| 2010 | Der Kriminalist | Ayşe Şahin | |
| 2011 | Küstenwache | Doctor Marlies Tenhagen | |
| 2012 | Veda | Behice | |
| 2013 | The Dad Test [de] | Simay | TV film |
| 2014 | Her Sevda Bir Veda | Selma | |
| 2014–2015 | Kiraz Mevsimi | Monika Tessa | |
| 2015 | Der Lehrer | | |
| 2015 | Kommissar Marthaler – Ein allzu schönes Mädchen | Gazetti, service station owner | TV film |
| 2015 | Die letzte Spur | Ulya Buchner | |