Wilma Elles (born 18 October 1986) is a Turkish-German actress, model and fashion designer. Elles is the second of a family of five children. Her father and mother are in the engineering distribution business. She graduated from school with Abitur at the French-German bilingual Burgau-Gymnasium in Düren with a 1,8 grade. Since the age of ten, she engaged in school theatre plays, took acting, guitar and dance classes. She also studies at the University of Cologne. She got the Turkish citizenship next to her German citizenship in 2016.