Renan Demirkan (born 12 June 1955) is a Turkish-born German writer and actress.

[1] In 2016, she initiated the call "checkpoint:demokratie", which became a registered association in May 2017 and of which she is the chair of the board.

In June 2017, she founded the non-profit company "Zeit der Maulbeeren", of which she is the managing director.

The project is supported by the state of NRW and is a free three-week offer to financially needy women with cancer, with or without children.

[citation needed] Demirkan has won numerous awards including the Goldene Kamera (1989), the Adolf Grimme Awards (1990), the Theaterpreis INTHEGA (2002) and the Bundesverdienstkreuz (1998).