Birsen Berrak Tüzünataç (born 2 November 1984) is a Turkish

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and producer.

Life and career

Berrak Tüzünataç moved to İstanbul in 1995 with her family and attended

Koç School The Koç School () is a private coeducational school in Istanbul, İstanbul, Turkey founded by Vehbi Koç, one of Turkey's wealthiest businessmen. The school comprises a high school that pioneered the International Baccalaureate, IB program in T ...

. In 2004, she began studying Business Administration at

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. She worked as a presenter on Number

One TV Dubai One (formerly known as Dubai 33, Ch33 and then One TV) is an United Arab Emirates, Emirati English language entertainment television channel, owned by Dubai Media Incorporated. It was launched on 14 May 1994, and is currently managed by S ...

. She joined a model agency and took acting lessons at the BKM workshop.

TV series

She rose to prominence by playing the character "Vahide" in hit series '' Elveda Rumeli'' about Turks in Macedonia when the

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lost the most of its European lands. She also played in the period series '' Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu?'', a spin off of ''

Hatırla Sevgili ''Hatırla Sevgili'' (''Remember, Darling'') was a popular but controversial Turkish TV series. The series started on October 27, 2006 on the Turkish TV channel ATV, aired on Friday evenings at 22:15 hrs local time. After 68 episodes, the fina ...

''. She has acted alongside

Engin Altan Düzyatan Engin Altan Düzyatan (; born 26 July 1979) is a Turkish film and television actor. Born in Karşıyaka, İzmir Province, Turkey, Düzyatan studied theatre at the Dokuz Eylül University in his home province before making his acting debut with '' ...

for many times. Their crime series ''

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'' () was sold to the

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, and the

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for adaptation. Tüzünataç also joined the cast of many hit series such as ''

Filinta ''Filinta'' is a Turkish detective fiction television drama series created for TRT1 by Yusuf Esenkal and Serdar Öğretici. Filmed in Seka Park Film studio, it was shot in İzmit in the largest film set ever built in the history of Turkish TV s ...

'', ''

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'', '' Ezel'', and ''

Muhteşem Yüzyıl ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (, ) is a Turkish historical drama series. Written by Meral Okay and Yılmaz Şahin, it is based on the life of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and his wife Hür ...

''.

Web series

With Mehmet Günsür,

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, she played in '' Fi'', based on a novel series. She played in '' Dip'' alongside

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and

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. She then appeared in ''Dünya Bu''.

Film

Tüzünataç made her acting debut in '' Beyza'nın Kadınları'' alongside

. She appeared in franchise comedy film '' Organize İşler''. She played in crime film ''

Ejder Kapanı ''Dragon Trap'' () is a 2010 Turkish crime-thriller film, directed by Uğur Yücel, about two detectives investigating a series of murders of released pedophiles, which was sponsored by the Istanbul Police Department. The film, which went on natio ...

'' alongside her '' Ezel'' co-star

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. Together with Düzyatan, she had leading role in ''Bir Avuç Deniz''. She played in ''

Kıskanmak ''Envy'' () is a 2009 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Zeki Demirkubuz based on the novel of the same name by Nahit Sirri Orik, about a married woman who has an affair with the son of a rich man. The film, which went on nationwide gene ...

'' based on a classic novel. In 2013, she played in the historical film '' Çanakkale: Yolun Sonu''.

Filmography

References

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