Biography

Sima Beatrice Bürgin was born in 1968 in Zürich, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for My Sleeping Karma, Maybe... Maybe Not (1994) and A Case for Two (1981).

Lives in Berlin, Los Angeles and Zurich.

In Budapest she was admitted to study at the prestigious Federal Ballet Institute (Àllami Ballet Intezét). Later she was invited to join the Ballet Company at world famous Bavarian State Opera in Munich and, in her years there, she danced in a large variety of ballet and opera productions until 1995. During this period Sima also performed in and choreographed Volker Schlöndorff's production of "Lady Macbeth of Mzensk".

Has Swiss, Iranian and US Citizenship.