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 and the Bavarian Film Awards (2020) for movies Heilstätten and Contra.

Biography 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, such as in Tatort: Roomservice and 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.

Filmography Television 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: – Das Erste 2015: Tatort – Roomservice – Das Erste 2015: Polizeiruf 110 – Grenzgänger – Das Erste 2016: NSU German History X: – Das Erste 2013–2019: Leipzig Homicide – from episode 229 – ZDF 2024: Das Signal – Netflix

Feature-length films 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

Short films 2007: Stiller Frühling 2007: Türk Rulet 2008: Suzan 2010: Tintenfischwolken 2011: George 90° 2012: Der Passagier

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

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

Awards 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"