Ayda Aksel (born 31 October 1962) is a Turkish actress.
She studied theatre at
Mimar Sinan University
The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University ( tr, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, or MSGSÜ) is a Turkish public university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbu ...
. While studying at primary school, she learned ballet and cello at conservatory. Aside from her career as an actress, Aksel voiced various commercials. She worked for the
Turkish State Theatres
The Turkish State Theatres ( tr, Devlet Tiyatroları - DT) is the official directorate of the national theatre companies in Turkey. It is bound to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and financed by the state to promote performed arts and enhance t ...
for 15 years. She also briefly joined the Sadri Alışık Theatre.
Theatre
* ''Angel on My Shoulder'' :
Stephan Levi - Istanbul State Theatre - 2007
* ''
Yarım Bardak Su'' :
Tarık Ginersel - Istanbul State Theatre - 2004
* ''Dead Guilty'' :
Richard Harris
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in '' This Sporting ...
- Istanbul State Theatre - 2002
* ''
Private Lives
''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetu ...
'' :
Noël Coward - Istanbul State Theatre - 2000
* ''
Karşı Penceredeki Kadın'' :
Yavuz Özkan - Sadri Alışık Theatre - 1998
* ''
Ben Anadolu'' :
Güngör Dilmen - Istanbul State Theatre - 1997
* ''
No Exit
''No Exit'' (french: Huis clos, links=no, ) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944. The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting ...
'' :
Jean-Paul Sartre
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- Istanbul State Theatre - 1993
* ''
Seven Females'' :
Barbara Schottenfeld - Istanbul State Theatre - 1992
* ''
The Tempest'' :
William Shakespeare
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- Istanbul State Theatre - 1991
* ''
The Idiot
''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69.
The title is an ...
'' :
Fyodor Dostoevsky\
Simon Gray
Simon James Holliday Gray (21 October 1936 – 7 August 2008) was an English playwright and memoirist who also had a career as a university lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London, for 20 years. While teaching at Q ...
- Istanbul State Theatre - 1990
* ''
Yangın Yerinde Orkideler'' :
Memet Baydur - Istanbul State Theatre - 1989
* ''
Tohum ve Toprak'' :
Orhan Asena - Istanbul State Theatre - 1986
* ''
Rhinoceros
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'' :
Eugène Ionesco - Istanbul State Theatre - 1986
* ''
Macbeth'' :
William Shakespeare
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- Istanbul State Theatre - 1986
* ''
Ah Şu Gençler'' :
Turgut Özakman
Turgut Özakman (1 September 1930 – 28 September 2013) was a Turkish lawyer, a civil servant, a dramaturge and a writer.
Life
He was born in Ankara in 1930. In 1952 he graduated from the law school of Ankara University and served as a lawyer. ...
- Istanbul State Theatre - 1985
* ''
The Good Doctor'' :
Neil Simon
Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He has received mo ...
- Istanbul State Theatre - 1984
* ''
Düşüş'' :
Nahid Sırrı Örik\
Kemal Bekir - Istanbul State Theatre - 1984
* ''
İstanbul Efendisi'' :
Musahipzade Celal - Istanbul State Theatre - 1983
* ''
Yoklar Dağındaki Kar'' :
Mümtaz Zeki Taşkın - Istanbul State Theatre - 1981
* ''
The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
''The Trojan War Will Not Take Place'' (french: La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu) is a play written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. In 1955 it was translated into English by Christopher Fry with the title ''Tiger at the Gates''. The ...
'' :
Jean Giraudoux
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II.
His wo ...
- Istanbul State Theatre - 1980
Filmography
Film
* ''
Mucize 2: Aşk'' - 2019
* ''
Hayat Öpücüğü'' - 2015
* ''
Mandıra Filozofu'' - 2014
* ''
Aşk Kırmızı'' - 2013
* ''
Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm'' - 2011
* ''
Bir Avuç Deniz'' - 2011
* ''
Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever'' - 2011
* ''
Kars Öyküleri'' - 2010
* ''
Sınav'' - 2006
* ''
Halk Düşmanı'' - 2004
* ''
Kaçıklık Diploması'' - 1998
* ''
Cumhuriyet
''Cumhuriyet'' (; English: " Republic") is the oldest up-market Turkish daily newspaper. It has been described as "the most important independent public interest newspaper in contemporary Turkey". The newspaper was awarded the ''Freedom of Pr ...
'' - 1998
* ''
Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi'' - 1996
TV series
* ''
Baba'' - 2022 (Fazilet Saruhanlı)
* ''
Hercai
Hercai (''Inconstant Love'') is a Turkish romantic television series starring Akın Akınözü and Ebru Şahin, along with Gülçin Santırcıoğlu, Serhat Tutumluer, Oya Unustası and Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar. It premiered on ATV on March 15, ...
'' - 2019–2021 (Azize Aslanbey-Ayşe Şadoğlu)
* ''
Gülperi'' - 2018 (Ayten)
* ''
Dudullu Postası'' - 2018
* ''
Tutsak'' - 2017
* ''
Poyraz Karayel'' 2016–2017
* ''
Kördüğüm'' - 2016
* ''
Zengin Kız Fakir Oğlan'' - 2012–2015 (Serpil)
* ''
Yalancı Bahar'' - 2011
* ''
Gönülçelen'' - 2010–2011
* ''
Esir Kalpler'' - 2006
* ''
Hatırla Sevgili'' - 2006
* ''
Adı Aşk Olsun'' - 2004
* ''
Kıvılcım'' - 1999
* ''
Kurtuluş
Kurtuluş is a neighbourhood of the Şişli district of Istanbul that was originally called ''Tatavla,'' meaning 'stables' in Greek ( el, Ταταύλα). The modern Turkish name means "liberation", "salvation", "independence" or "deliverance". On ...
'' - 1994
* ''
Yıldızlar Gece Büyür'' - 1991
* ''
Yaprak Dökümü
''Yaprak Dökümü'' (''The Fall of Leaves'') is a novel by Turkish author and playwright Reşat Nuri Güntekin, written in 1930. It is available in an English translation by W. D. Halsey
Plot summary
The novel revolves around a middle-class Tu ...
'' - 1988
* ''
Üç İstanbul'' - 1983
Awards
* 16th Sadri Alışık Awards : Best Supporting Actress - ''
Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever''
* Afife Theatre Awards : Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy - ''Angel on My Shoulder'' - 2007
* Lions Theatre Awards : Most Successful Actress - ''Angel on My Shoulder'' - 2007
*
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...
Awards : Most Successful Actress - ''Angel on My Shoulder'' - 2007
* İsmet Küntay Awards : Best Actress - ''
Yarım Bardak Su'' - 2004
* Afife Theatre Awards : Best Actress - ''Dead Guilty'' - 2003
* 11th Ankara Film Festival : Best Actress - ''
Kaçıklık Diploması'' - 1999
* 10th Orhan Arıburnu Awards : Best Actress - ''
Kaçıklık Diploması'' - 1999
References
External links
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1962 births
Turkish film actresses
Turkish stage actresses
Turkish television actresses
Actresses from Istanbul
Living people
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