Saturday, September 15, 2018

German/Turkish actress Meryem Uzerli

Zohre Esmaeli isn't the only German celebrity of Asian descent to make her mark on Germany's popular culture. There's also Meryem Uzerli.


Meryem Uzerli is a German-born television actress of Turkish origin on her father's side (her mother is German) who started out as a model before landing TV roles in both Turkey and Germany.  Her early TV appearances include a role in the German hospital drama "Notruf Hafenkante" and the crime-detective series "Ein Fall für zwei" ("A Case For Two"), both in 2010.

She became a star in Turkey on the television miniseries "Muhteşem Yüzyıl", or "The Magnificent Century," about the old Ottoman Empire.  In the series, which ran from 2011 to 2013, she played a slave girl who married a sultan . . . and then became one herself.

Oh yeah, the Turkish edition of GQ chose her as 2012's Woman of the Year.

Turkish immigrants in Germany have had trouble assimilating there, but Meryem Uzerli is probably the best argument for immigration being an added value. :-)  

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