Nisan Arikan

Biography

Nisan Arikan (born 1991 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a German-Turkish actress and editor.

She completed her acting training at the Bühnenstudio Hamburg from 2008 to 2010 and subsequently participated in various international workshops and masterclasses—including the Talent Campus Sarajevo (in collaboration with Berlinale Talents) and workshops on the Strasberg and DeFazio methods in Istanbul.

Arikan is based in Hamburg and has additional accommodation options available in Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Ankara, and Istanbul, among other locations. She is a native speaker of German and Turkish, and also speaks English.

She is known, among other things, for her work on the productions Bearkittens, Leon muss sterben, and Performaniax. Additionally, she has played roles in film and television productions such as Birthright, Nagellack auf Plexiglas, SOKO Stuttgart, and Malibu – Mein Traum, dein Traum.

On the theater stage, she has appeared in productions including Der Flüsterer im Dunkeln, Dagon, Schatten über Innsmouth, and Pickmans Supermodel—works created in collaboration with Lars Henriks and the Miskatonic Theater.

Arikan is also active in the audio sector, having contributed to audio drama productions such as Korridore, Korridore 2, and Miskatonic High School.

For her work, she has received several awards and grants, including the INITIAL special scholarship from the Academy of Arts (Akademie der Künste) and the Audience Choice Award at the International Sanford Film Festival for Leon muss sterben.