Céci Chuh

Biography

Céci Chuh was born in 1991 and spent her childhood in Berlin. She was discovered by filmmaker Pia Marais who cast her as the teenage lead in "Die Unerzogenen" ("The Unpolished"). For her performance, Chuh received the Actor Award at the Las Palmas Festival. After a supporting role in the drama "Wenn die Welt uns gehört", Chuh starred in Monika Treut's "Von Mädchen und Pferden" (2014) and in the experimental festival favourite "umsonst" ("for nothing").

Over the following years, Chuh appeared in the ensemble casts of the dystopian thriller "Boy 7" (2015) and Joya Thome's children's film "Königin von Niendorf" ("Queen of Niendorf," 2016). Much of her work during this period was for television, including the "Tatort" episode "Es lebe der Tod" (2016), starring Ulrich Tukur, as well as episodes of the long-running crime series "Notruf Hafenkante" (2018) and "SOKO Potsdam" (2021). Returning to the big screen, she played a fellow university student of the protagonist (played by Canan Kir) in the drama "Die Welt wird eine andere sein" ("Copilot," 2021), about Islamist radicalization, and a kind-hearted cleaning woman in Joya Thome's family film "Lauras Stern" ("Laura's Star," 2021). She later portrayed the mother of a missing boy in the Magdeburg-set "Polizeiruf 110" episode "Ronny" (2023) and played Snow White in "Das Märchen von der silbernen Brücke" (2024).  

At the 2024 Oldenburg International Film Festival, the feature "Flieg steil" ("Ascend"), which had been completed in 2019, celebrated its world premiere. Chuh stars in the lead role as a musician from the far-right scene who forms an unlikely friendship with a violent punk. The film was finally released theatrically in Germany in August 2026.