Arzum Onan (born October 31, 1973) is a
Turkish actress
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,
former model
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Models c ...
and
Miss Europe
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1993.
Biography
She was born on October 31, 1973, in
Ankara
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,
Turkey
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. Her family is of Circassian descent.
After the primary school in Ankara, her family moved to
İstanbul
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, where she finished the vocational high school as a
draftswoman.
Arzum began her career in 1992 as a model. She participated in the Miss Turkey contest in April 1993, and won the title. The same year in July, she represented her country at the Miss Europe beauty contest held in İstanbul, and was crowned Miss Europe 1993. She became the fifth Turkish beauty queen following
Günseli Başar
Günseli Başar (22 January 1932 – 20 April 2013) was a Turkish beauty contestant and columnist who was crowned Miss Turkey 1951 and Miss Europe 1952.
Biography
Başar was born on February 22, 1932, to an officer's family in İstanbul, ...
,
Filiz Vural,
Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu and
Neşe Erberk.
Since 1997, she successfully played in a number of films, mini television series and commercials.
In 1996, Arzum married the actor
Mehmet Aslantuğ
Mehmet Aslantuğ (; born 25 September 1961) is a Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter of Adyghe people, Circassian origin. He has received a International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival, Golden Boll Award, a Golden Objective Awar ...
, from whom she has a son, Can, born in 2000. In 2005, she underwent a
thyroid
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surgery.
Filmography
* ''Yeni Bir Yıldız'' (1997)
* ''Sıcak Saatler'' (1998)
* ''Aşk ve Hüzün'' (2000)
* ''Merdoğlu'' (2000)
* ''Zeybek Ateşi'' (2002)
* ''
Sahra
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'' (2004)
* ''Sessiz Firtina'' (2007)
* ''Kardelen'' (2008)
References
* Official Fan Page
''Biography of Arzum Onan''
*
* DiziFilm.Com
''Biography of Arzum Onan''
* Who is who database
''Biography of Arzum Onan''
* HyperTV
''News on Arzum Onan''
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1973 births
People from Ankara
Miss Turkey winners
Miss Europe winners
Living people
Turkish television actresses