Maryam Zaree

Maryam Zaree was born in 1983 in Teheran, Iran. Fleeing political persecution, her mother brought her to Germany when she was two. She grew up in Frankfurt am Main and studied acting in the renowned Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. She has played lead roles in a dozen feature films, worked for theatre and Television and has been awarded for her performances. In 2018 she received a Grimme Preis for her performance in the TV show 4 Blocks. Her first theatre play, Kluge Gefühle, received the Author’s Prize of the Heidelberg Stückemarkt and has been performed in multiple theaters. Born in Evin is her debut feature film as a filmmaker.