İrem Altuğ (born 15 September 1980) is a
Turkish actress.
Life and career
She started her career in the show business at the age of 7 when she was nominated the best commercial face in a national talent contest. She has done over 40 commercials and acted in various theater projects as a child actor through the years. Her first profession debut on silver screen was at 1989 by the film ''
Karilar Kogusu'' in direction of
Halit Refig.
To develop her inspirations in acting, she started studying drama at
Mimar Sinan University of Conservatory. In 2000, she moved to US and continued her education in the Theater Art Department of
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...
. During her study in California, she has taken different roles in independent films.
In
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
she has starred in two crime investigation TV series called ''
Seytan Ayrintida Gizlidi'' and ''
Kayip Araniyor'' and two drama TV shows known as ''
Ihlamurlar Altinda'' and ''
Vazgec Gonlum''.
She made her second appearance on silver screen in 2006 by the period film of
Semir Aslanyurek’s ''
Eve Giden Yol 1914''. Later on she starred in the comedy film ''
Kirpi''. She performed in the German-Turkish co-production TV film ''
Murder in Bosphorus'' directed by
Michael Kreindl.
In 2009 she starred in the drama ''
Melekler ve Kumarbazlar'' and her latest feature film is ''
Nar'' written and directed by
Umit Unal which will be released in 2011.
Aside from acting, Irem Altug has been writing short stories and scripts. She wrote a short film script called ''Love is Blind'' and co-produced it with the director
Ertuğ Tüfekçioğlu. The short film was selected to
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world.
Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
's Short Film Corner
and was awarded “the best short film” in world cinema category at
Indianapolis Film Festival
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.
Filmography
Film
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Karılar Koğuşu
''Karılar Koğuşu'' is a 1990 Turkish drama film, directed by Halit Refiğ and starring Irem Altug, Kadir Inanir, and Hülya Koçyigit.
References
External links''Karılar Koğuşu''at the Internet Movie Database
IMDb, historically kn ...
1989
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Eve Giden Yol-1914
Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the origin story, "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop through oral traditions and there ...
(İffet) 2006
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Melekler ve Kumarbazlar (Zeynep) 2009
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Kirpi (Çiğdem) 2009
TV
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Şeytan Ayrıntıda Gizlidir
''Şeytan'' ("Demoness") is a 1974 Turkish cult horror film directed by Metin Erksan that plagiarizes William Friedkin’s ''The Exorcist'' (1973).
The film was apparently shot with a low budget, resulting in a grainy and poor image quality, an ...
(Zeynep) 2004
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Ihlamurlar Altında (Feride) 2005
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Vazgeç Gönlüm (Bahar) 2007
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Kayıp Aranıyor (Asya) 2011
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Aşk Ekmek Hayaller (Reyhan) 2013
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Çember 2017
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Çukur
''Çukur'' () is a Turkish Action film, action, Drama (film and television), drama and Crime film, crime Thriller film, thriller television series produced by Ay Yapım, directed by Sinan Öztürk and written by Gökhan Horzum and Damla Serim. I ...
(Ayşe Koçovalı) 2017–2021
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Kalp Yarası (Feraye) - 2022
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Yalı Çapkını
''Yalı çapkını'' (English: ''The Golden Boy'', also called ''Kingfisher'') is a Turkish romance drama television series based on story created by Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu. The series revolves around a forced marriage with plenty of intrigue ...
(Sultan) - 2022
References
External links
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Turkish child actresses
Turkish television actresses
San Francisco State University alumni
1980 births
Living people
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