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").