She then enrolled in the acting class at the University of Arts (UdK) in Berlin, where she graduated in 2002.

She had breakout roles in 2006 with the drama Wut ("Anger") and as police officer Silvia Henke in the critically acclaimed TV show KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst.

The 70th Filmfest Berlin presented Melika in the title role of Pari directed by Siamak Etemadi in the Section Panorama.

When Iranian Pari arrives in Athens with her husband, her son is not at the airport as planned.

Pari sets off in search of him and gets deeply caught up in the fabric of this foreign city.