Gülçin Santırcıoğlu (born July 25, 1977) is a Turkish actress.

Biography

She was born on 25 July 1977 in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. She took opera lessons at Dokuz Eylül University Conservatory School of Performing Arts. Aside from her acting career, she worked as a soloist for various bands and taught singing courses at Ruhi Su Culture and Arts Foundation. The first movie she appeared in was ''Türev''. Released in 2005, it won the Best Film award at the

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival The Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (), known for a few years from 2015 as Antalya International Film Festival, is a film festival, held annually since 1963 in Antalya, and is the second most important film festival in Turkey. Since 2009, t ...

. With her role as Süreyya in this movie, she was awarded as the Most Promising Actress at the 13th ÇASOD Awards. Her breakthrough came through her role in the hit period series ''Elveda Rumeli'', in which she portrayed the character of Hatice. In 2007, she was cast alongside Nejat İşler,

Saadet Aksoy Saadet Işıl Aksoy (; born 29 August 1983) is a Turkish actress, who received critical acclaim with her portrayal of Aska, a red-haired punk trumpet player in Italian actor-director Sergio Castellitto's film '' Twice Born'', in which she co-st ...

and Ufuk Bayraktar in ''

Yumurta ''Egg'' () is a 2007 Turkish Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu. The film is the first instalment of the ''Yusuf Trilogy'', named after the eponymous lead character of the series, which includes ''Milk'' and ''Hon ...

'', the first installment of a trilogy directed by

Semih Kaplanoğlu Semih Kaplanoğlu (born 4 April 1963) is a Turkish people, Turkish screenwriter, film director and producer. Life and career In 1984, Kaplanoğlu moved to Istanbul and worked for a couple of years as a copywriter for advertising companies like G ...

which later won many national and international awards. In 2008, she shared the leading role with Kaan Keskin in the movie İki Çizgi, which was screened at 30 national and international film festivals, including the 65th

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and the 45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Santırcıoğlu then continued her career by appearing in various TV productions. In 2012, she voiced the song "Ala Gözlerini Sevdiğim Dilber" for Badem band's studio album ''Badem ve Konukları''. In 2013, she was among the judging panel of the Rotterdam Golden Tulip Film Festival. She was cast in surreal period comedy "Osmanlı Tokadı". In recent years, Santırcıoğlu has been mainly known for her roles in series such as ''Kara Ekmek'', ''Oyunbozan'' and ''

Hercai Hercai (''Inconstant Love'') is a Turkish romantic television series starring Akın Akınözü and Ebru Şahin, along with Gülçin Santırcıoğlu, Serhat Tutumluer, Oya Unustası and Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar. It premiered on ATV on March 15, ...

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

*2006: 13th ÇASOD "Best Actors" Awards - Most Promising Actress (''Türev'')

References

External links

* * 1977 births Turkish television actresses Turkish film actresses Actresses from İzmir Living people {{Turkey-actor-stub