Cemre Kemer (born 17 February 1985) is a Turkish singer-songwriter, ballet dancer and film and television actress.

Career

Kemer started her career by performing with the Child and Youth Ballet group at the

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. She graduated from ballet department of

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. After completing her singing and piano lessons, she started her career in the media by appearing in a music video for one of

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's songs. Later, she took part in the commercial called ''Trafikte 1 Dakika''. In 2005, she founded a girl band called "

Hepsi Hepsi was a Turkish girlband. They consist of Eren Bakıcı, Cemre Kemer and Yasemin Yürük, and formerly of Gülçin Ergül, who left in 2009. Cemre Kemer's mother is a famuos manager, Şebnem Özberk. When they were nine years old, they were st ...

" with her childhood friends Eren Bakıcı,

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and Yasemin Yürük. This marked the breakthrough in her career. The album ''Bir'', which she released with the band, broke sales records in Turkey, and they achieved widespread fame with the song "Bad Penny". Her mother, Şebnem Özberk, was the band's manager. In 2006, she and the band toured Turkey with

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under the sponsorship of

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and recorded a promotional single. Later, she started to be seen in "40 Degree Parties" with

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, with whom she started a relationship. Together with the band, she released the album ''İki'' in 2007. Meanwhile, she took the leading role in a TV series called ''

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'', which was first broadcast on

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and then on ATV. After this acting experience, she took part in the comedy series ''Avrupa Yakası'' and ''Benim Annem Bir Melek''. In the same year, she starred in the movie ''Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika''. In 2008, together with Hepsi, she released an album called ''Şaka 10+1''. In 2009, she took the leading role in the movie ''Kayıp Çocuklar Cenneti'', also known as ''Herkesin Duyamadığı Şarkı''. In 2009, she released another album called ''Geri Dönüşüm'' with Hepsi. In 2011, she went on a tour in Turkey with Kral Pop in 2011, and in 2013 she joined the dubbing cast of the movie ''Pinocchio''. In 2015, she acted in

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's "Benim Ol" music video. In 2016, she took part in the fashion program ''

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'', where she announced that Hepsi would soon put an end to their hiatus, but no works were released afterwards. In 2017, she announced that she would make a solo album. However, in 2018, she stated that she was quitting music and that she would continue her career as an influencer. In December 2020, Kemer married Emre Medina. In 2021, they announced they were expecting their first child, a girl.

Discography

Albums

* 2005 - '' Bir'' (with Hepsi) * 2006 - '' İki'' (with Hepsi) * 2008 - '' Şaka 10+1'' (with Hepsi) * 2009 - ''Geri Dönüşüm'' (with Hepsi)

Singles

* 2011 - "Şık Şık" (with Volga Tamöz,

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and Hepsi)

Filmography

Film

* 2006 - '' Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika'' - Cemre * 2009 - ''Kayıp Çocuklar Cenneti'' - Cemre

TV series

* 2004 - ''

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'' * 2007 - ''

'' * 2008 - '' Benim Annem Bir Melek''

Voice acting

* 2013 - ''Pinocchio''

References

External links

* * {{authority control 1985 births Living people Turkish women singers 21st-century Turkish actresses