ZOE.LEELA was born the daughter of a Croatian mother and an Italian father in Ulm. Directly after high school, she traded her home in southern Germany for a place in Berlin. Her interest in artistic expression led her to the Nawrot-Reduta Acting School, where she studied under Theresa Nawrot. Her acting studies further landed her a spot at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York City, where Robert DeNiro, Dennis Hopper, Steve Buscemi, Mickey Rourke and Harvey Keitel graduated.
