Yasemin Şamdereli (born 15 July 1973 in Dortmund, West Germany) is a German actress, screenwriter and film director.

Yasemin Şamdereli was born in Dortmund, West Germany on 15 July 1973, to a family of Kurdish Zaza origin.

Until 2002 she worked as a directing assistant to international cinema films, including the Jackie Chan films Jackie Chan is Nobody (1998) and Spy against Will (2001).

She was the co-writer of the successful television show, Turkish for Beginners.

She was awarded the German Filmpreis in 2011 for her film, Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland.