Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a child in 1992 she emigrated to Germany with her family on account of the war. In Germany she trained as a registered nurse from 1999 to 2004, subsequently working in this profession. In 2006 she started studying and working as an actor, and since 2010 has been studying directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). In 2012 she won a scholarship to the film and media art section of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin; she participated in the Sarajevo Talent Campus in 2014.

Source: 68. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)