Zerrin Tekindor (born 5 August 1964) is a Turkish actress and painter.

Biography

In 1985 she graduated from the

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old to ...

State Conservatory, School of Theater. In that year, she began to work at the Adana State Theatre as an intern. After two years she was charged with a duty in Ankara at the State Theatre and performed in numerous plays such as: ''Laundry, Ferhad and Sirin'', ''A Noisy and Clamorous Story'', ''Death'', ''Istanbul Efendisi'', ''Last of the Red Hot Lovers'', ''Skylight'', ''From War to Peace, From Love to Quarrel'', ''Love Kills'', ''The Government Inspector'', ''A Place in the Middle of the Earth''. In 2003 she moved to

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

to work at the Istanbul State Theatre. In 2004 she performed in ''

The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' ( rus, links=no, Ревизор, Revizor, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist, Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the pla ...

'' ( N. V. Gogol) as Anna Andreyevna. She won an Afife Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy. Besides her theatre career, Zerrin Tekindor also studied painting as a special student at the

Bilkent University Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...

School of Fine Arts between 1990-1994 in the Halil Akdeniz Workshop. The heroes of many plays are settled on her canvas as Tekindor's figures by using mixed technique. With their costumes, actions, lines, and even with their appearances under the stage light, they become paintings, being filtered through Tekindor's interpretation who is also part of that particular action on the stage. Zerrin Tekindor has a son with actor Çetin Tekindor. At present, Zerrin Tekindor continues her career as an actress and a painter in Istanbul. Since 1992, she has held nineteen personal exhibitions.

Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of person ...

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- ID İletişim & BKM - 2017 *

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of a middle-aged couple, Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they receive ...

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- Oyun Atölyesi - 2013 *

Antony and Cleopatra ''Antony and Cleopatra'' (First Folio title: ''The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed, by the King's Men, at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre in around ...

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- Oyun Atölyesi &

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- 2012 *

God of Carnage ''God of Carnage'' (originally in French ''Le Dieu du carnage'') is a play by Yasmina Reza that was first published in 2008. It is about two sets of parents; the son of one couple has hurt the son of the other couple at a public park. The paren ...

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- Istanbul State Theatre - 2009 * Dünyanın Ortasında Bir Yer : Özen Yula - Istanbul State Theatre - 2007 *

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- Istanbul State Theatre - 2003 * Love Kills :

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-Ankara State Theatre - 1999 * Savaştan Barışa, Aşktan Kavgaya :

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1999 * Geyikler Lanetler :

Murathan Mungan Murathan Mungan (born 21 April 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish author, short story writer, playwright, and poet. Biography Mungan's family originates from Mardin. His father is an Arab and mother is a Bosniak. After receiving his BA from the ...

- Ankara State Theatre - 1999 *

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1997 * İstanbul Efendisi : Musahipzade Celal - Ankara State Theatre - 1995 *

Last of the Red Hot Lovers ''Last of the Red Hot Lovers'' is a comedy by Neil Simon. It premiered on Broadway in 1969. Production The play opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on December 28, 1969, and closed on September 4, 1971, after 706 performances and si ...

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1995 *

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1994 * İstanbul Efendisi : Musahipzade Celal - Ankara State Theatre - 1993 * Gürültülü Patırtılı Bir Hikaye : Savaş Dinçel - Ankara State Theatre - 1993 * Ferhat ile Şirin :

Nâzım Hikmet Mehmed Nâzım Ran (15 January 1902 – 3 June 1963), Note: 403 Forbidden error received 10 October 2022. commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet (), was a Turkish-Polish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director, and memoirist. He was ...

- Ankara State Theatre - 1992 * Laundry : D. Durvin\ H. Prevest - Ankara State Theatre - 1991 *

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1987

Filmography

TV series

* '' Cafe Casablanka'' * '' Mars Kapıdan Baktırır'' * '' Aşk-ı Memnu'', Mademoiselle Deniz de Courton - 2008–2010 * ''

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 Tur ...

'', Gişe Memuru (guest appearance) - 2010 * ''

Kuzey Güney ''Kuzey Güney'' () is a Turkish television drama series. The scenarists are Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. The series stars Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ as Kuzey Tekinoğlu, a tough and rebellious son of an Istanbul baker, who comes back from pri ...

'', Gülten Çayak - 2011–2013 * ''

Kurt Seyit ve Şura ''Kurt Seyit ve Şura'' is Turkish television drama based on a novel of the same name in a series. (It is not a direct adaptation of ''Kurt Seyt ve Murka,'' which is the second novel in the series, nor of ''Shura'', which is the third novel.) It ...

'', Yazar - 2014 * ''

Kara Sevda ''Endless Love'' ( tr, Kara Sevda, literal translation ''Dark Love'') is a Turkish drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on Star TV between 2015 and 2017. It is directed by Hilal Saral and stars Turkish actors Burak Özçivit, Nesliha ...

'', Leyla Acemzade - 2015–2017 * '' Şahin Tepesi'', Tuna Akdora - 2018 * '' Zemheri'', Aliye Pınar - 2020 * ''

Mucize Doktor ''The Miracle'' ( tr, Mucize, pronounced //) is a 2015 Turkish drama film directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül. The movie received a sequel called The Miracle 2: Love (Turkish: Mucize 2 Aşk) in 2019. Background This film is remarked towards the K ...

'', Vuslat Kosoğlu - 2021 * '' Between the World and Us'' - Burçin - 2022

Film

* ''

Pek Yakında ''Coming Soon'' ( tr, Pek Yakında) is a 2014 Turkish comedy film directed by Cem Yılmaz. Cast *Cem Yılmaz as Zafer Yildiz/Besir * Tülin Özen as Arzu *Ozan Güven as Bogac Boray *Özkan Uğur as Ejder *Zafer Algöz Zafer Algöz (born 30 A ...

'' - 2014 * '' İkimizin Yerine'' - 2016 * '' İstanbul Kırmızısı'' - 2017 * '' Müslüm'' - 2018

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tekindor, Zerrin 1964 births Living people Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Turkish artists People from Burhaniye Hacettepe University alumni