Sema Meray


Sema Meray is a German-Turkish actress and author.
Meray, of Turkish origin, grew up in Germany. She became known to a wider audience when she took over the role of Helga Schrader in the WDR TV series Die Anrheiner in 1998. She retained this role until 2003. She is occasionally seen in LindenstraĂźe as Aunt Hatice. Meray also works as a theatre actress, as an author and in lipsyncing.
In February 2008, her theatre performed Wegen der Ehre, along with Vedat Erincin, directed by Till Rickelt in an outdoor workshop at the Free Workshop of the Cologne Theatre. In this piece, the actress who plays her is her daughter.
Meray is also committed to the preservation of the Mor Gabriel Monastery in Turkey.
In the spring of 2014, Meray married her companion, Hubertus, Prinz von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and currently lives with him at Strauweiler Castle in Odenthal in the Bergisches Land.

Filmography (selection)