Renan Demirkan

Renan Demirkan (born 12 June 1955) is a German writer and actress. 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.

Filmography

 * 1984: Super
 * 1984: Don Carlos
 * 1985: 
 * 1988: Reporter
 * 1989: Er – Sie – Es
 * 1989: Quarantäne
 * 1991: Forever Young
 * 1992: Auge um Auge
 * 1992: Der Augenzeuge
 * 1992: 
 * 1993: Das Sahara-Projekt
 * 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).