Via Jikeli, born in Aachen in 1997, lived initially in Cologne and then grew up in Berlin. She has studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin since 2019. Via has been a Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes fellowship recipient since 2020 and can be seen at the Gorki with some of her fellow students in AMORE. Via Jikeli has been a permanent member of the Maxim Gorki Theater ensemble since the 2023/24 season and plays the leading role in Der Untertan as Diedrich Heßling under the direction of Christian Weise.
Photo: Esra Rotthoff