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.

Filmography

• 2026Ein Arm ist ein Arm ist ein Arm
• 2025Klandestin WT — Amina
• Messiah Superstar — Nadine Moradi
• 2025No Beast. So Fierce. — Khalifa
• 2024Familie is nich — Mariam
• 2024Phantom Heist — Arin
• 2023A Feast for Life — Sebi
• 2023Slimane — Ava
• 2023Sonderlage - Das Kind muss sterben — Mely Oktay
• 2023Sonderlage - Der Angriff — Mely Oktay
• Sonderlage - Ein Hamburg-Krimi — Mely Oktay
• The Second Wave — Sofia Silva
• 2022Lehrer kann jeder! — Dilek Günes
• 2021Immer der Nase nach — Alev
• Loving Her — Hanna
• 2021Mona & Parviz — Mona
• 2021Octavia's Visions
• 2021Yallah Habibi — Elaha
• 2 Minuten — Samira
• 2020Cocoon — Mrs Kallert - Sports Teacher
• MaPa — Deniz
• 2020Matze, Kebab und Sauerkraut
• 2020No Hard Feelings — Banafshe Arezu
• Kommissarin Lucas — Leila Sabuni
• Das Traumschiff — Amrei Seibold
• Scene of the Crime — Annika Kröger

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Volle Kanne — Self