Nihal Geyran Koldaş is a
Turkish actress and theater director. She is known for her roles in ''
Masumiyet'' as Yusuf's (
Güven Kıraç) elder sister and in ''
Bıçak Sırtı'' as Gönül. Together with
Zeki Demirkubuz Zeki Demirkubuz (born 1 October 1964 in Isparta, Turkey) is a contemporary Turkish film director, screenwriter, producer and film editor.
Biography
Demirkubuz dropped out of high school and started working in a textile workshop. He then wor ...
, she was one of the two producers of ''Masumiyet''.
Early in her career, she worked mostly in
theater
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
. In 1997, she started working at Bilsak Theater Studios and got role in plays such as
Heiner Müller
Heiner Müller (; 9 January 1929 – 30 December 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdr ...
's ''Hamlet/Machine'' and
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
's ''
Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
''. She later wrote and developed the play ''Park Yapılmaz'' together with Ceysu Koçak. In 1999, at the 11th International Istanbul Theater Festival in Bilsak Theater Studios, she got a role in the play ''Kurbağa Öyküleri''.
In 2003, she directed the play ''Özel Bir Gün'' at Tiyatro Diyez, in which
Hale Soygazi has the main role. In 2004, together with Aylin Deveci and Gözde Saner, she brought the story ''Mut'' by
Sevim Burak
Zeliha Sevim Burak (29 June 1931 – 31 December 1983) was a Turkish author and playwright.
Her mother was a Jewish migrant from Bulgaria and her father was a Turkish sea captain. She was born in Ortaköy and grew up in the Istanbul neighbourhoo ...
on stage and directed it as well. In 2005, she appeared in the play ''Homebody/Kabul'' by
Tony Kushner
Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work ''Angels in America'' which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn ...
, which tells the story of a western woman believed that the history needs to ask for forgiveness from the exploited east.
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Oyun Studios. Retrieved: 1.11.2007.
In November 2007, she appeared in front of the audience again with the play ''Beckett Grimavi'' at Bilsak Theater Studios & Maya Stage, which she had translated, designed and edited herself. She was later cast in
Kanal D
Kanal D, also known as Channel D, is a nationwide television channel in Turkey and part of Demirören Group. It was founded by Ayhan Şahenk and Aydın Doğan in 1993.
The network also runs an international channel, Euro D which is available ...
's TV series ''
Bıçak Sırtı'' and continued to work at Bilsak Theater
Studios & Maya Stage.
In 2012, she had a leading role in the movie ''Kuma'', directed by Umut Dağ.
References
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Turkish stage actresses
Turkish film actresses
Turkish television actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)