Deleila Piasko (born 2 May 1991) is a Swiss actress.

Deleila Piasko
Born (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 33)
Zürich, Switzerland
Education
OccupationActress
TelevisionTransatlantic

Early life

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Piasko was born into a Jewish family on 2 May 1991.[1] From Zürich, the eldest of three children born to a physicist father and dancer mother. She moved to Berlin aged 20 where she attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.[2]

Career

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Jedermann and Buhlschaft in Jedermann by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Salzburg Festival 2024

Stage

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After graduating from Berlin's Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin she had stage roles in Zürich, Frankfurt and Dresden. In 2019, she joined the Burgtheater in Vienna under director Martin Kušej.[3] In November 2023, it was announced that she would take on the role of Buhlschaft in Jedermann at the 2024 Salzburg Festival alongside Philipp Hochmair.[4]

Film and television

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In 2018 she appeared in an adaptation of the Charlotte Link novel Im Tal des Fuchses, produced by Degeto Film.[5] Piasko appears in a 2021 adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel Confessions of Felix Krull entitled Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull, in which she played Zouzou Kuckuck.[6] She also appears in Leander Haußmann ensemble piece Stasi.[7]

Piasko plays the based on real-life character Lisa Fittko in the Netflix French resistance series Transatlantic.[8][9] Her performance was singled out by Daniel Fienberg in The Hollywood Reporter for bringing life to her character.[10] In 2023, she had the lead role in the six-part German-language series Der Schatten.[11] That year she started filming a six-part political thriller called Turmschatten for Paramount+.[12] She was also cast in the title role in Lili from Thomas Imbach, an adaptation of Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler, in which she will be appearing alongside Milan Peschel.[13]

Partial filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2020 Im Tal des Fuchses Debbie Lee TV movie
2021 Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull Zouzou Kuckuck
2022 Stasikomödie Natalie Film
2023 Transatlantic Lisa Fittko 7 episodes
2023 Der Schatten Norah Richter 6 episodes
TBA Turmschatten
TBA Lili Lili

References

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  1. ^ "18 Things to Know About Jewish Actress Deleila Piasko". Hey Alma. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Woman from Zurich gets the leading role in the "Netflix" series". Schweizer-illustrietre.ch. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. ^ Rider, Barbara (July 11, 2019). "This is the Swiss Penélope Cruz". Kurier.At. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Deleila Piasko is the new lover". ORF.at. November 17, 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. ^ "The first: "Charlotte Link - Im Tal des Fuchses" (AT): End of shooting for another bestseller adaptation of the ARD Degeto series With Benjamin Sadler, Ludwig Trepte, Lisa Bitter, Katharina Schüttler and others". Pressportal.de. July 19, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Heiserer, Dirk (September 1, 2021). "Felix Krull in the cinema: Plenty of material for confessions". Abendzeitung-muenchen.de. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "End of shooting for the new Leander Haussmann Stasi comedy". ufa.de. November 8, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (April 7, 2023). "Transatlantic': The Daring Rescue of Jews From Nazi-Occupied France". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  9. ^ Kobelt, Nina (April 6, 2023). "Netflix series "Transatlantic" is reminiscent of war and resistance". Swissinfo.ch. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  10. ^ Fienberg, Daniel (April 5, 2023). "Transatlantic' Review: Netflix's Glossy but Superficial Account of a World War II Rescue Network". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  11. ^ Hannemann, Matthias (June 12, 2023). "Cold is more than just an outside temperature". Faz.net. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  12. ^ Brinkmann, Tanja (September 15, 2023). ""Tower Shadow" with ideal cast: Heiner Lauterbach plays the leading role in the political thriller". Merkur.de. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  13. ^ ""Lili": Historical drama implemented with futuristic production technology". srgd.ch. November 1, 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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