PORTFOLIO
Biography
Talisa was born in Feburary 1996 in Berlin, Germany. With the age of six she started diving for a Berlin club team and soon found her passion for the sport. By the age of ten, Talisa was allowed to pursue her education at the athletic school in Berlin (SLZB) while diving for the junior national team.
In 2010 she was casted to play Lilli Lange, the daughter of Frank Lange (Milan Peschel), who gets diagnosed with brain cancer. The movie Stopped on Track (2011), directed by Andreas Dresen won the Prize of Un Certain Regard in Cannes (2011) as well as three German Film Awards in 2012. With this project Talisa found her passion for acting and was part of two feature films directed by Axel Ranisch after that.
In 2014 she joined the agency Bahl for Actors . After finishing her high school degree in 2016, Talisa decided to move to Ohio to pursure an education in Theater and Film as well as keep diving for their University team. During her four years of studying, Talisa assistant directed two student short plays, acted in four plays and five short films.
To further her career and specialization in film, Talisa decided to attend Ohio Universitiy's School of Film, where she is focusing on directing as well as camera. She has directed three of her own narrative short films, assistant directed several shorts as well as she has been the director of photography for two University films after being the 1st assistant camera on several shorts.
Talisa Lilli Lemke
Actress
EDUCATION
- Master of Fine Arts in Film
- Master of Arts in Theater
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication
- Specialzation in Acting and Directing
- Minor in Film Studies
- High School Diploma
SPECIAL SKILLS
I am always open to try and learn new things.
EXPERIENCE - Film
2011
Stopped on Track
SUPPORTING ROLE
Played Lilli Lange in Andreas Dresen´s drama of a family dad that gets diagnosed with brain cancer.
2013
I Feel Like Disco
SUPPORTING ROLE
Nele Förster, a young diver who accidently gets involved in a love triangle.
2015
Hopscotsch (Short)
LEAD ROLE
Roksana, a young teenager who likes breaking the rules and is the leader of a small female group.
2015
Alki Alki
Extra
Member of a young gang that breaks into a garden house of an alcoholic.
- 18 years of professional diving experience (jump from up to 16 meters)
- Acrobatic and Trampoline skills
- Basic piano and guitar skills
- Modern dance experience
- Experience with Scenic Construction
- Experience in Devising
- Basic stage combat skills
EXPERIENCE - Stage
2017
New Kid
Dennis Foon
SUPPORTING ROLE
The play was touring to schools in Northwest Ohio and was addressing the problems of bullying.
2018
The Bird and The Bee
SUPPORTING ROLE
A journalist who asked too many questions and a young school girl.
2019
A Midsummer Night´s Dream
SUPPORTING ROLE
Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons is forced to marry Theseus.
2020
A Bright New Boise
Samuel D. Hunter
SUPPORTING ROLE
A shy young Hobby Lobby worker that escapes from the real world into her romantic books .