Salome Dastmalchi was born in Berlin and studied acting at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern. She then toured the world for a year with the dance theater piece Return to sender by Helena Waldmann and was thus seen at festivals in India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Egypt and Afghanistan. In 2010 she played, among others, Katarina in a Basel production of Lars Norén’s Demons, the role of Motte in Das blaue, blaue Meer at Heimathafen Neukölln and Frau Witzany in Die Fozen at Ballhaus Ost. As a writer and director, she debuted at HAU 3 with her play Mein Herz ist voller Hass – und das liebe ich and was invited to festivals in Cologne and Frankfurt/Oder with this production. After readings and a performance with her band, Salome Dastmalchi was seen at Ballhaus Naunynstraße in Bloodshed in Divercity and staged the play Run brother Run as part of the theater evening Scheppernde Antworten auf dröhnende Fragen. In 2013 she staged the play Schizo! together with the akademie der autodidakten at the Ballhaus.