
Person
Gizem Emre
Acting · Born 1995-04-19 · Berlin, Germany
Biography
Gizem Emre, born on May 22, 1995, in Berlin-Kreuzberg, is a German actress and model. The daughter of Kurdish parents from Turkey, she discovered her passion for acting while still in school. At the age of 17, she applied to an acting agency and began her career with minor roles. She achieved her breakthrough in 2013 with the role of Zeynep in the successful film series *Fack ju Göhte*. She reprised this role in the sequels *Fack ju Göhte 2* and *Fack ju Göhte 3*, as well as in the spin-off *Chantal im Märchenland* (2024). Since 2014, she has played the lead role of Commissioner Dana Wegener in the television series *Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei*, appearing in over 50 episodes through 2022. In addition to her work in Germany, Gizem Emre has also gained international experience, including a role in the US series *Homeland* and a Turkish-language role in the series *Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem*.
Known for

Homeland
Demet

Leute heute
Self

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Dana Wegener

Never Too Late for Justice
Birte Idel
Bavarian Film Awards
Self

Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben
Self

Rookies
Iggy

Einstein
Zoe

Chantal in Fairyland
Zeynep Tezel

Crystal Wall
Dita
Filmography
- 2025Neo Nuggets: A Pulled Pork ComedySamira
- 2025Crystal WallDita
- 2024Chantal in FairylandZeynep Tezel
- 2023Pulled PorkSamira
- 2023ParadiseEva
- 2022RumspringaIna
- 2020RookiesIggy
- 2019Joko & Klaas gegen ProSiebenSelf
- 2017Suck Me Shakespeer 3Zeynep
- 2017High SocietyManuela
- 2017Pretty Far from OkayLinda
- 2017Zaun an ZaunAysel
- 2017EinsteinZoe
- 2016Dimitrios SchulzeSamira El Fani
- 2016Never Too Late for JusticeBirte Idel
- 2015Die NeueNeriman
- 2015As If We Were Somebody ElseJess
- 2015Suck Me Shakespeer 2Zeynep
- 2015Super-DadJanette
- 2014Not My Day
- 2013Suck Me ShakespeerZeynep
- 2011HomelandDemet
- 1997Leute heuteSelf
- 1996Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway PoliceDana Wegener
- 1979Bavarian Film AwardsSelf
- —Chantal im Märchenland 2Zeynep
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