Şehnaz Dilan (born Şehnaz Vreskala; August 27, 1960) is a Turkish former women's footballer, model, film and TV actress and singer.

Private life

Şehna Dilan was born as Şehnaz Vreskala to an Albanian immigrant family from former Yugoslavia in Izmir, Turkey on August 27, 1960. In 2000, she gave birth to a daughter.

Career

Footballer

Inspired by her uncle, who was the regional director in Izmir for football, Dilan began football playing in 1979. She was a member of Filizspor in her hometown. She became the captain of her team, and enjoyed championship title in 1981. Her football career lasted until the end of 1983 when her mother died. She did football training four hours a day. During this time, she performed also other sports like swimming, volleyball and took part at cycling races, but she liked football most.

Model

After her mother's death, she went to

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, where she was raised by her aunt. She began to appear in advertising and runway shows. As she was a former football player, she had a muscular body, which was effective for the selection of her as a mannequin. Dilan also posed for

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in popular Turkish men's magazines like ''Erkekçe'', ''Peri'' and ''Bravo'' in the 1980s.

Actress

She entered cinema for a role in the move ''Kızlar Sınıfı'' ("Girls' Class"). She left modelling and made five more films with

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. Her family was against her acting in movies. However, she was very enthusiastic, and she divorced her husband to continue with the job of acting in films. Dilan starred with

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in the movie ''Âşık Oldum'' ("I Fell in Love") (1985) by

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, an adaptation of '' Woman in Red''. Her next film, she played a leading role in, was with

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in ''Yoksul'' ("The Poor") (1986) by

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. Then, she appeared in the movie ''Gömlek’'' ("The Shirt") by

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. For her role in ''Eskici ve Oğulları'' ("The Used-good Dealer and His Sons") by Şahin Gök, she was honored. Dilan left the film set of ''addam’ın Askerleri'' ("The Soldiers of

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") by Gani Rüzgar Şavata and gave up because she could not stand the killing of a horse. She returned to the cinema with a role in ''Yağmurlu Gecede Gülperi'' by Oğuz Gözen.

Singer

After her divorce, she played in the television serials with the singers

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and

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in 1993. She appeared as a singer on the stage in a night club. Later, she worked as a soloist in luxury hotels.

Filmography

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