Bennu Yıldırımlar Yarar is a Turkish actress known for her performance in ''Yaprak Dökümü'' as Fikret Tekin, '' Umutsuz Ev Kadınları'' as Nermin, ''Kadın'' as Hatice, and as Elif.

Biography

Her family is Turkish origin who immigrated from

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and

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. Bennu Yıldırımlar studied at

Erenköy Girls High School Erenköy Girls High School (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Erenköy Kız Anadolu Lisesi'') is a public girls high school in the Erenköy, Kadıköy, Erenköy neighborhood of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded in 1911 during the Ottom ...

and graduated from

Istanbul University State Conservatory The Istanbul University State Conservatory (Turkish language, Turkish: ''İstanbul Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuarı'') is a Public university, public Music school, conservatory affiliated with Istanbul University, specializing in music, theatre, ...

in 1990. From 1990 to 1991, she gained experience at the Westminster Adult Education Institute in London. Yıldırımlar was chosen 'Most Promising new Actress' at the 6th Ankara Film Festival for her role in ''Ağrıya Dönüş'' in 1994. In 1999, she was given the 'Best Actress' Sadri Alışık award for her performance in the film '' Kaç Para Kaç''. She has been married to actor

Bülent Emin Yarar Bülent Emin Yarar (born 1 January 1961) is a Turkish actor and theatre director. Life and career Yarar was born in Ankara. He became interested in theatre at a young age after watching several plays with his family. He didn't participate in a ...

since 1995.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirimlar, Bennu Living people Cretan Turks Actresses from Istanbul Turkish film actresses Turkish stage actresses Turkish television actresses Erenköy Girls High School alumni Golden Butterfly Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)