Selin Saime Hizli (also credited as Seline Hizli) (born 1989) is an English actress from
Flamstead
Flamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original ''Verulamstead''.
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Hertfordshire, best known for her starring role in the second and third series of the
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
drama ''
Land Girls''.
Early life and education
Hizli was born in
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
,
Oxfordshire and raised in
Flamstead
Flamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original ''Verulamstead''.
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in
Hertfordshire. Her mother, Liz Hizli, is a community fundraiser.
[ As a child Hizli attended ]Roundwood Park School
Roundwood Park School is a mixed, 11-18 secondary school with Academy (English school), academy status situated in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, UK. Opened in 1956, it currently has around 1300 pupils, most of whom live in the local a ...
in Harpenden followed by the BRIT School
The BRIT School is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, dan ...
in Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
. After a four-stage application process, she was one of only 34 young actors to be accepted for a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...
in 2007 to do a three-year acting degree. She graduated in July 2010.
Career
After graduating from the Royal Academy, Hizli won the part of Connie Carter in the second series of the BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
wartime drama '' Land Girls''. To prepare for the role, she researched the work of the Women's Land Army
The Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created in 1917 by the Board of Agriculture during the First World War to bring women into work in agriculture, replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the W ...
.[ She returned to the series for its third run of episodes in 2011.]
In September 2011, Hizli appeared as Mae West in ''Appropriate Adult
In English law, an appropriate adult is a parent, guardian or social worker; or if no person matching this is available, any responsible person over 18. The term was introduced as part of the policing reforms in the Police and Criminal Evidence ...
'', a two-part drama based on the events surrounding the arrest of serial killer Fred West
Frederick Walter Stephen West (29 September 1941 – 1 January 1995) was an English serial killer, who committed at least twelve murders between 1967 and 1987 in Gloucestershire, most of them with his second wife, Rose West.
All the victi ...
. Later in the year she also appeared in an episode of the sixth series of '' Law & Order: UK''. Hizli's first professional stage role was the part of Katie in the play ''One Night in November'' at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ...
.[ Further credits include a starring role as The Bride in an adaptation of ]Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...
's ''Blood Wedding
''Blood Wedding'' ( es, link=no, Bodas de sangre) is a tragedy by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed at Teatro Beatriz in Madrid in March 1933, then later that year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...
'' which was performed at the 2012 London Festival Fringe
The London Festival Fringe is a festival that promotes art and entertainment in London, England. In addition to helping artists and performers stage their work, the festival runs the London Awards for Art and Performance each year in various art ca ...
. She has also appeared as Amelia in the play '' House of Bernarda Alba'', also by Federico García Lorca, which was performed between 19 January and 10 March 2012 at the Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Theatre, opened in 1980, is a 325-seat producing house with an international reputation, which takes its name from the street on which it is located, off Upper Street, in the London Borough of Islington. The theatre produces a diver ...
, London.
Filmography
References
External links
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Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
1989 births
Actresses from Hertfordshire
Actresses from Oxfordshire
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
English people of Turkish descent
English television actresses
People from Flamstead
Actors from Oxford