Renan Demirkan

Renan Demirkan (born 12 June 1955) is a Turkish-born German writer and actress.^[1] In 2016, she initiated the call "checkpoint:demokratie", which became a registered association in May 2017 and of which she is the chair of the board. In June 2017, she founded the non-profit company "Zeit der Maulbeeren", of which she is the managing director. The project is supported by the state of NRW and is a free three-week offer to financially needy women with cancer, with or without children.^{[citation needed]}

Renan Demirkan
Demirkan in 2018
Born	Renan Demirkan (1955-06-12) 12 June 1955 (age 70) Ankara, Turkey
Years active	1982–present
Website	http://www.renan-demirkan.de/

Filmography

• 1984: Super
• 1984: Don Carlos
• 1985: On the Killer's Track [de]
• 1988: Reporter
• 1989: Er – Sie – Es
• 1989: Quarantäne
• 1991: Forever Young
• 1992: Auge um Auge
• 1992: Der Augenzeuge
• 1992: The Great Bellheim [de]
• 1993: Das Sahara-Projekt [de]
• 1995: Inzest – Ein Fall für Sina Teufel
• 1998: Reise in die Nacht
• 2005: Unter weißen Segeln

Publications

• Schwarzer Tee mit drei Stück Zucker. Roman, 1991.
• Die Frau mit Bart. Erzählung, 1994.
• Es wird Diamanten regnen vom Himmel. Roman, 1999.
• Über Liebe, Götter und Rasenmähn. Geschichten, 2003.
• Septembertee. Autobiographie, 2008.

Awards

Demirkan has won numerous awards including the Goldene Kamera (1989), the Adolf Grimme Awards (1990), the Theaterpreis INTHEGA (2002) and the Bundesverdienstkreuz (1998).