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- Irmak Unal is a popular celebrity who is best known as a TV Actress. Irmak was born on February 15, 1977 in Turkey. She graduated from the Department of Cinema and Television at Academy Of Art University in San Francisco in 2002. TV actress who played Deniz in Pars: Operation Cherry in 2007 and Zeynep in the 2017 TV series Dolunay. She has over 8,000 followers on her irmare Instagram account. Irmak Unal is a member of famous TV Actress. She put on the play Demon Industry for one season at the Bela Theater Union in 2000. She married Emre Karabacak. Their children are Kayla and Valley. She acted alongside Mehmet Kurtulus in Pars: Operation Cherry.
- Burcu graduated from Anadolu University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Economy Department in 2000.
In 2002, she was being a correspondent and news reporter in Channel D News; editor and news reporter in Radio D and Radio Foreks; host in "Bi Dünya Tasarim" program during 3 seasons in the channel TRT Türk TV.
Burcu Kara got an acting training by Sahika Tekand.
Her professional acting career that began in 2003, she starred in the Tv series "Haziran Gecesi", "Elveda Derken", "Ipsiz Recep", "Kirli Beyaz", "Maskeli Balo", "Yillar Sonra", "Tozlu Yollar", "Milat" ; in the long feature films "O Simdi Mahkum", "Dünyayi Kurtaran Adamin Oglu", "Romantik Komedi", "Romantik Komedi 2" and theatre plays "Güllü", "Tatli Çarsamba", "Eglenceli Cinayetler Kumpanyasi".
Lastly, she played the role of "Advocate Nihan" in the Tv series "Kördügüm" . - Melisa Sözen is a Turkish actress, best known for her performance in Palme D'or winning Winter Sleep (2014).
Starting her professional career at the very early age of 15, Sözen starred in many Turkish TV hits including The Magnificient Century (2011), Subat (2012) and 7YUZ (2017). Melisa attracted international attention with her phenomenal acting in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Palme D'or winning Winter Sleep in 2014. Following her role in the third season of Eric Rochant's influential series Le Bureau des Legendes in 2017, her first leading role in a French movie came in 2019 with Damien veut changer le monde.
After achieving an extra-ordinary level of critical success in her homeland by winning both Theater Critics Association's and Film Critics Association's awards for the actress in a leading role in 2015 with her performances in The Knot of the Heart and Winter Sleep, Sözen frequently was invited as a jury member to many international film festivals including Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico, 2015), Istanbul International Film Festival (Turkey, 2016), Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia Herzegovina, 2017) and Cannes Series (France, 2018). The actress speaks English and French. - Actress
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Born in Turkey. Nihan Gur's passion has always been acting. She pursued this at a Conservatory School in New York City. Now residing in Los Angeles, Nihan Gur has worked on numerous projects. Her exotic, ambiguous look has caught the eye of several industry people, making her a sought after commodity.- Actress
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Worked as a journalist for the magazine Aktuel in 1992; editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, Turkey, 1992-1995; editor-in-chief of the Kelebek newspaper, the main supplement of Hurriyet newspaper 1996-1997. Columnist, interviewer (Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Marie Claire, Aktuel, Hurriyet, Sabah, Aksam). Created, produced and hosted some television shows on mainstream television channels such as ATV "This is The Show", Star "With Elif Dagdeviren", Cine 5 "Young Turks with Elif Dagdeviren", TRT "Build a Your Career", Skytürk "Butterfly Effect", Türkmax "Social Media Universe with Elif Dagdeviren", Turkmax "Heberler"... Founded and developed netbul.com, one of the first dot com companies of Turkey. Sold it in 2001. Co-founded her own company Hermes Film Productions. Produced blockbuster movies "Shattered Soul", "Living and Dying" (a co-produced Hollywood film), "Waiting For Heaven" (an award winner art-house film) and "IceCream I Scream" (2007 Academy Awards candidate for nomination on behalf of Turkey, an international award winner cult movie) and recently "Iftarlik Gazoz". Gave classes at Istanbul University, Marmara University, Akademi Hayat, MGSM on Journalism, Social Media, New Media, Communications and Film Production. Recently founded ED.GE All-In-One, to put all her experiences of filmmaking, journalism, media, internet, production, organizations and communications into one pool and produce films. Ex-board member of TURSAK (Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture). Members of: EFA, EWA, SEYAP Founder of the non-profit organization Cinema of Turkey. Festival Director of International Antalya Film Festival.- Actress
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Aylin Tezel is a German actress known for her role in the thriller 7500 (2019) alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt and for playing the main role in Unbroken (2021) a neooriginal miniseries about a young cop who has her baby stolen out of her belly and is determined to solve her own case.
Aylin Tezel had her breakthrough with main roles in Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011) (Berlinale Competition) and Breaking Horizons (2012) for which she received the Best Actress Award at Torino Film Festival. She is further known for having played series lead regular role Nora Dalay in Germany's most popular police drama Tatort (1970) and for her regular role in the 3rd season of the Canadian CBC Spy-Series X Company (2015) where she played Jewish Polish resistance fighter Zosia, alongside Warren Brown. She was seen as lead role Heidi in Marco Kreuzpaintner's romantic comedy Coming In (2014) and has also filmed the lead role of Sabine in Robert Manson's Indie film Lost in the Living (2015). Recently she played the lead Mascha in Pola Beck's forthcoming feature Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt (2022).
Besides Acting Aylin Tezel directed the short documentary Trust me it works about British choreographer Royston Maldoom as well as the short film Tanz mit ihr (2013) which premiered at Cork Film Festival and aired on German- French TV Channel ARTE. She also wrote and directed the short film Phoenix (2020) starring Killian Scott, Brid Brennan and Leonie Benesch. She is preparing her directorial debut, the English language feature film Falling Into Place that will be produced by Weydemann Bros who recently earned themselves a lot of recognition with Nora Fingscheidt's film System Crasher (2019) which won awards at the Berlinale, the European Film Awards and was the German submission to the Oscars.- Actress
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Asli completed actor's training with prestigious coaches and studios including Eric Morris in Los Angeles, James Hallett in New York and Anne Mertin in Vienna. The first international film she acted in was Jump! (2007) with Patrick Swayze. She appeared in a prominent role in the black comedy _Short Cut to Hollywood_(2009), shot in the US and presented at the Berlinale Film Festival 2009.
In 2007 she performed for the first time on stage and to critical acclaim in the solo theater performance Anne Frank: The Diary at the Théatre de la Ville D'Esch in Luxembourg. An invitation at the Theatre Festival of German language in Prague followed, and afterwards the German premiere in Frankfurt am Main. Buddy Elias, Anne Frank's cousin, complimented Asli Bayram on this project. In 2008 she toured with the English language version in Canada and the USA. She finished the project on occasion of the commemoration of Anne Frank's 80th birthday with three performances at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Hollywood. The Times described her performance in Anne Frank: The Diary as 'emerging as one of Germany's most convincing and subtle actresses'.
In 2009 she also authored the book, Grenzgängerin - Leben zwischen den Welten (Border Crosser. Life between Worlds) published by Random House.- Actress
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Serenay Sarikaya was born 1 July 1992 in Ankara, Turkey. She is a Turkish actress and model. Sarikaya started to study at Antalya Saime Salih Konca High School. But she moved to Istanbul. So, she graduated from theatre department of Fine Arts High School in Istanbul.
At the age of fourteen, she had minor roles in the movie "Saskin" (2006) and the film "Plajda" (2008). Her first leading role is in the fantasy child series Peri Masali (2008). With Kaan Urgancioglu, she played in series Limon Agaci (2008) and english short film "Hoscakal".
Her breakthrough role is "Sofia" in hit comedy crime series Adanali (2008-10). She came to international attention for her roles in series "Lale Devri", "Medcezir" Turkish remake of The O.C, "Fi" based on the novel and fantasy series "Sahmaran".
With Nejat Isler, she continued her movie career in franchise film series "Behzat C. Ankara Yaniyor" and "Ikimizin Yerine". Since 2019, Sarikaya performs in "Alice Müzikali", which a musical adaption based on the Alice in Wonderland. She received critical acclaim and won numerous accolades, including two Golden Butterfly Awards.
At the age of fifteen, she participated in a beauty competition and received a special award from the jury at the European Youth Beauty Competition. Later, Sarikaya became the first runner-up at Miss Turkey 2010. In addition to her acting career, Sarikaya has appeared in many advertising films and is the face of numerous brands. In 2014, she was chosen as the Woman of the Year by GQ Turkey.- Actress
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Born 17 August 1989 in Istanbul, Farah moved to the UK at the age of 15. She studied French, Media, and Drama in Sixth Form in Maidenhead, Berkshire, where she received her first award for acting from Theresa May. Her first professional acting experience in theatre was 'Closer' by Patrick Marber with the role of Alice, in Canterbury. A graduate from University of Kent, Drama and Theatre Studies & French Department, she started her professional career on screen with the record-breaking Turkish TV series, 'Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki', where she was given the opportunity to star as one of the leading roles before she had thought upon a pathway in acting. After 2 years of experience in the television industry, Farah made her powerful film debut with Turkey's nominee for The Academy Awards, 'The Butterfly's Dream' (2013) where she was highly acclaimed for her performance. She continued her success in the well-known TV series 'Magnificent Century: Kösem', which has been sold to 43 countries and 'Kurt Seyit & Shura', one of the highly preferred Turkish drama series around the world, currently being shown in 52 countries. The song 'Gel ya da git' performed by Farah for the soundtrack of the film 'Whisper If I Forget' topped the national charts for numeral consecutive weeks. She has been nominated and received many awards for her films, including SIYAD Turkish Film Critiques Association Awards, one of the most important award ceremonies in the national film industry. Farah also attended film festivals as an international jury member with members such as Guillermo Arriaga, Hayet Benkara, Pierre-Henri Deleau, and Nathan Silver. In addition to her achievements, she is a strong supporter of WWF, HeForShe campaign and Amnesty International Turkey.- Actress
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Damla Sonmez was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her maternal family is Abkhazian immigrants. Her paternal grandmother is of Circassian descent who immigrated to Diyarbakir from Syria. Her native language is Turkish and is fluent in English and French. Cinema has been her greatest passion since she was child.
She is an award-winning actor of international distinction. She received several nominations for her performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) , winning the Antalya Golden Orange Award, Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival Award and a Sadri Alisik Theatre & Movie Award. She was also nominated for The Young Talent Award at the Yesilcam Movie Awards for her performance in Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan (2010)
As a young actress, Sonmez trained in cities throughout Europe. After graduating from Saint Joseph French High School in Istanbul, she was accepted to Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III Theatre department. She studied for a year in Paris before being awarded a scholarship to the Yeditepe University Fine Arts Theatre Department in Istanbul. She also attended Jillian O'Dowd's Contemporary Acting Workshop at the London Dramatic School of Arts..
Sonmez made her film debut in Kampüste Çiplak Ayaklar (2009) , which was quickly followed up with her award-winning performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) in which she played a confused, yet ruthless Lady M-inspired girl from Izmir. She played a young conservative worker in _Çakal(2010)_ and was nominated for her work as an Ottoman Empire Sultan in Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan (2010). Sonmez next played an abused girl who takes matters into her own hands in the comedy Last Stop: Kurtulus (2012) She continued her work in film in A Long Story (2012) as an attorney's daughter who meets the love of her life, followed by Thou Gild'st the Even (2013) playing a young town girl who has the ability to stop time. She won the Best Actress Award in 2015 Milano Film Festival and 21. Adana International Film Festival with her role in Across the Sea (2014) as a young pregnant Turkish immigrant living in NY who tries to make peace with her haunting past which was followed up with another award-winning performance in Taksim Hold'em (2017) in which she played a young journalist who's about to lose her job due to political conflicts. Her latest film Sibel (2018) just made it's world premier in 71.Locarno Film Festival.- Burcu Esmersoy is a Turkish anchorwoman, journalist, model, occasional actress, and former beauty pageant contestant who represented her nation at Miss International in Japan. She received a Golden Butterfly for Best Female Presenter. Burcu Esmersoy was born in Istanbul to Circassian parents. After finishing her secondary studies at Besiktas Lisesi, a prestigious high school located on the European side of Istanbul, she enrolled in the Tourism Management Department of the Faculty of Business Management at Istanbul University. Following her graduation, she went on to study Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management at Tisch Center, New York University School of Professional Studies.
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Janset is a Turkish actress. She is known for popular romantic comedy "Ayrilsak da Beraberiz" and popular comedy series "Yarim Elma". During her career, she played in several TV Series, web series, movies and theaters.
TV Series: In 1997 Janset landed her first role at Tatli Kaçiklar (1996) on-screen as Figen. Between 1999 and 2002, the actress starred in TV Series Ayrilsak da Beraberiz (1999) as Berna who divorced Teoman due to severe disagreements but she still loves him. In 2000 Janset starred in TV Series Baykuslarin Saltanati (2000) (written by Turkish poet and novelist Attila Ilhan) on TRT as Olga. In 2002 Janset appeared in TV Series Yarim Elma (2002) as Yonca. In 2002 Janset played in TV Series Çocuklar Duymasin (2002) a teacher. In 2003 Janset played in Patron Kim (2003) (a remake of "Who is the boss?", remade by Murat Disli) as Sibel on ATV. In 2007 Janset appeared in Evimin Erkegi as Jale on TRT 1. In 2010 Janset played in Kahve Bahane (2009) as Janjan on Kanal Turk. In 2012 the actress played in Homicide Unit Istanbul (2008) as Dr. Saylak. In 2012 Janset played in Canimin Içi (2012)
Movies: In 2002 Janset performed in Neredesin Firuze (2004) as Sibel. In 2005 she played in Banyo (2005) as Nesrin. In 2006 Janset played in Kisik Ateste 15 Dakika (2006) the role of Pelin. In 2010 the actress played in Romantik Komedi (2010) as Suzan Hanim. In 2011 Janset played in Ya Sonra (2011) as Ayten. In 2014 Janset played in Rimolar ve Zimolar: Kasabada Baris (2014) as Caca Nene. In 2015 Janset played in Hayat Öpücügü (2015) as Dr. Ayca. In the same year she played in Mole Family 2 - The Spell of the Shadow (2016) as Sahane. In 2016 Janset played in Dersaadet Apartmani (2021) as Deren. In 2022 the actress played in Adresi Olmayan Ev as Andac.
Web Series: In 2017 Janset played in Hayatin Muzigi (2017) as Arzu Hanim on BluTV. In 2021 Janset appeared in Sakli (remake of the Affair) as Efsun on BluTV. In 2022 Janset played in Aslinda Özgürsün (2022) as Melek on Gain.
In 2023 Janset made her first venture into the area of producing, and currently she is the producer and performer of solo theater Tomris. Janset has been named best theatre actress at the 2023 Success and Career Awards for her performance in Tomris.
Responsibility regarding rights in the cinema and TV sector:
29 March 2011 - Founding member of the Oyuncular Sendikasi (Actors Union)
2011 - 2014 / 1st term Actors Union Board Member
2010 - 2012 / 1st term BIROY (Cinema and TV Series Actors Professional Association) Board Member
2012 - 2014 / 2nd term BIROY Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
2014 - 2016 / 3rd term BIROY Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
2016 - 2018 / 4th term BIROY Chairwoman of the Auditing Board
2018 - 2020 / 5th term BIROY Chairwoman of the Auditing Board
2022 - 2023 / Cinema Support Board BIROY representative- Selma Ergeç (1 November 1978) is a Turkish-German actress, beauty pageant titleholder, model, designer, philologist, psychologist and doctor. Her mother is a German and her father is a Turk. Her paternal family came from lineage of Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire.
Born in Hamm, Germany, she studied medicine at Westfalia Wilhems University in Münster for 3 years and psychology and philosophy at the FernUniversität Hagen. She started modeling in 2000. She acted as Ugur Polat's wife in Sis ve Gece, as the teacher in Bes Vakit and as the Hatice Sultan in Muhtesem Yüzyil. She speaks German, English, Turkish, French fluently and Italian with limited proficiency. On 26 September 2015 Ergeç married Can Öz. The wedding was held in Ergeç's childhood hometown in Germany. - Zeynep Anil Tatdiran was born on 11 April 1993 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Wings of the Night (2009), AN (2024) and Cute & Dangerous (2015).
- Zeynep Tokus was born in 1977 in Ankara, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Vizontele (2001), Fate (2001) and Beyaz Melek (2007).
- Born in 26.09.1984 in Istanbul. She started her career with receiving first prize in 2001 Elite Model Look Competition.
After a few years of modelling, she worked as host in Dream Tv and presented programs such as "Müzik Haber" and "Happy Hours" beside many commercial film she played in.
In her acting career she starred in tv series such as "Kapali Çarsi", "Paramparça Asklar", "Akasya Duragi", "Ask Bir Hayal", "Halil Ibrahim Sofrasi", "Bir Çocuk Sevdim", "20 Dakika", "Fatih", " Muhtesem Yüzyil" and "Eskiya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz" She also played in long feature films "Recep Ivedik 2" and "Hadi Insallah".
Beside her role "Seda Berensel" in the series "Kiralik Ask", she is the brand face of Finans Bank. - Sibel Kekilli is a German actress of Turkish origin. With her debut in Fatih Akin's movie "Head On" she gained major public attention. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2004 and her acting performance received several national and international prizes, among them the highly prestigious German film award Lola for Best Actress.
Since then Kekilli played in several national and international productions like "Eve Dönüs" ("Home coming"), awarded Best Actress at the Antalya Film Festival, aside with Josef Bierbichler and Hanna Schygulla in "Winter Journey" ("Winterreise) or the leading role Umay in Feo Aladags "When We Leave" ("Die Fremde") in 2010 which lead to Best Actress Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and once again the Lola award among others.
Apart from other movie roles, as the very successful comedy "What a man" (2011) directed by Matthias Schweighöfer, she has been investigating in the highly regarded German series "Tatort" since 2010.
She has also become widely known as part of the main cast for her role as Shae in the HBO award-winning series "Game of Thrones" (Season 1 until Season 4). - Actress
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Born and raised in Paris, France, form a Turkish mother and a French father, Melissa is a blend of several different cultures and speaks French, Turkish, English and Spanish, as well as some Russian and Japanese. At only 15 years old, Melissa left Paris and moved on her own to the other end of the world: Sydney, Australia where she learned English and studied theater. After 3 years of theater classes at the most famous acting school of France (Cours Florent), she moved to Vancouver, Canada, in 2005, where she studied in the "acting for film and television" program of the Vancouver Film School (VFS). She has also lived in Macedonia, where she acted in a popular TV series during 35 episodes ("Farewell Balkans"); Istanbul, Turkey where she hosted a weekly TV show during 78 episodes on National TV, and Los Angeles, California where she is currently based since May 2013. Besides the Television series and shows, Melissa has also been in several feature films, including "The Precinct", which represented its country (Azerbaijan) at the 2011 Academy Awards, "Smyrn-Of" which was released in theaters in Turkey in 2010, "Discarded", shot in Los Angeles in 2013, and "Bensiz" (Without Me") released in theaters in Turkey in May 2014. Melissa also directs her own short films and has attended several festivals around the world where she won Awards for her work.- Eda Ece was born in Istanbul on 20th June 1990.
After Sisli Terakki High School, she graduated from Bilgi University - Psychology Department.
In 2011 by the Tv series "Pis Yedili" , Eda Ece's acting career has started and continued with "Beni Böyle Sev" and "Iliski Durumu Karisik", the Tv films "Deli Dumrul" and "Mahrumlar" the long feature films "Kizim Için", "Kocan Kadar Konus", "Kocan Kadar Konus-Dirilis", "Yol Arkadasim" and "Deliha 2".
She starred as the leading role in the movie "Görümce" with Gupse Özay and Bugra Gülsoy in 2016.
And lastly, she is starring in the new Tv series "Yasak Elma" as the leading role of "Yildiz" on the channel Fox. - Öykü Serter was born on 26 February 1975 in Ankara, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Ah Polis Olsam (2006), Isler Güçler (2012) and Etkileyici (2021).
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Eysan Özhim was born on 5 October 1970 in Izmir, Turkey. She is an actress and writer, known for Benimle Oynar misin? (2013), Yes Sir (2007) and Baska Semtin Çocuklari (2008).- Actress
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Irem Altug started out as a child actress at the age of 7 by starring in TV commercials and films. Her first silver screen debut was in Karilar Kogusu (1990), a film directed by the late Halit Refig. She has studied acting both in conservatory in Istanbul and at the theatre department of San Francisco State University.
Among her TV show performances are; a criminologist (Zeynep) in Seytan Ayrintida Gizlidir (2004), a belly dancer (Feride) in Under the Trees (2005), a young lawyer (Bahar) in Vazgeç Gönlüm (2007), a police officer (Asya) in Kayip Araniyor (2011), a house maid (Reyhan) in Ask Ekmek Hayaller and a mysterious woman (Ruya) in Masum (2017).
Playing the part Ayse, in the phenomenal TV show The Pit (2016) (2019).
She was nominated as the best actress for her performance in the film The Pomegranate (2011).
Aside from acting, she has been writing short stories, short and feature film scripts, and doing translation. Love Is Blind (2011) is an awarded short film she has written and produced. She is fluent in Turkish and English, and an intermediate Spanish speaker.- Actress
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Berguzar Korel, born in 1982 in Istanbul, graduated from the Theatre Department of Mimar Sinan State Conservatory. She acted in many plays and short films during her school life including the play Kuvayi Milliye at State Theatre. She went on to act in high profile projects, namely "1001 Nights", "Karadayi", "Kurtlar Vadisi Irak" and "Wounded Love (Vatanim Sensin)".- Actress
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Nurgül Yesilçay (born 26 March 1976) is a Turkish stage and film actress. Nurgül Yesilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskisehir. Since her graduation, she has performed several major roles for the stage, including Ophelia in Hamlet and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Theatre aside, she shot to prominence as the lead in, among others, three record-breaking Turkish television dramas. Her movie, Edge of Heaven won the prize for best screenplay at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007. She reported "big projects were offered to me by well-known producers in Cannes. But my son is a baby. I need begin new life. I can't." She made her screen debut in 2001 in Semir Arslanyürek's feature Sellale, (The Waterfall). She won the "Best Actress" award at the 45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival with the movie Vicdan.