
Banafshe Hourmazdi studied acting at the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg and at the Zurich University of the Arts. She developed and acted in plays at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße Berlin, Münchner Kammerspiele, Theater Oberhausen, Ruhrtriennale and Sophiensaele Berlin. She was awarded the Newcomer Prize by the City of Vienna in 2015 for her production Meine Nase läuft at the Drachengasse Theater. At the 2019 First Steps Awards she won the Götz George Young Talent Award for her acting in the ensemble of Futur Drei.

Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970

Kommissarin Lucas
TV • 2003

MaPa
TV • 2020

MaPa
TV • 2020

Cocoon
MOVIE • 2020

Loving Her
TV • 2021

Messiah Superstar
TV • 2025

Klandestin WT
MOVIE • 2025

2 Minuten
TV • 2020

The Second Wave
TV • 2023

No Hard Feelings
MOVIE • 2020

No Beast. So Fierce.
MOVIE • 2025

Matze, Kebab und Sauerkraut
MOVIE • 2020

Sonderlage - Ein Hamburg-Krimi
TV • 2023

Ein Fest Fürs Leben
MOVIE • 2023

Immer der Nase nach
MOVIE • 2021

Yallah Habibi
MOVIE • 2021

Lehrer kann jeder!
MOVIE • 2022