Nilperi Åžahinkaya (born 23 February 1988) is a Turkish actress.
Life and career
Åžahinkaya was born on 23 February 1988 in
Senegal
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. Her father, Salim Levent Åžahinkaya, is a diplomat. She finished primary school in
Paris
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and attended secondary school in
Bern
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. In 2003, her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to
Ankara
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and in 2006 she graduated from
Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle
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. Between 2006 and 2010, she studied at
Bilkent University
Bilkent University () is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with th ...
School of Music and Performing Arts.
As she was studying, she made her television debut with a role in the daily series ''Deniz Yıldızı''. She graduated from the university with her name entering the institution's High Hall of Fame. In June 2010, she was cast in period series ''
Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki'' and settled in
Istanbul
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. After portraying the character of Mesude in ''Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki'', she joined the cast of crime series ''Kayıp'', playing the roles of Defne and Sedef. Her breakthrough came with a leading role in rom-com ''
Kiraz Mevsimi
''Kiraz Mevsimi'' (English : Cherry Season) is a Turkish drama series ran on Fox TV. It is also dubbed in Arabic in the Middle East on MBC 4, Urdu in Pakistan on ARY Zindagi, Vietnamese in Vietnam on VTV, Indonesian in Indonesia on Trans TV and i ...
'' as Şeyma, after which she got a role in ''N'olur Ayrılalım'', playing the character of Temmuz Akıncı.
She continued her stage career by getting a role in an adaptation of ''
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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'' directed by Hira Tekindor, in which she acted alongside
Zerrin Tekindor
Zerrin Tekindor (born 5 August 1964) is a Turkish actress and painter.
Biography
In 1985 she graduated from the Hacettepe University State Conservatory, School of Theater. In that year, she began to work at the Adana State Theatre as an in ...
,
Tardu Flordun
Tardu Flordun (born 25 May 1972) is a Turkish actor.
Biography
Tardu Flordun was born on 25 May 1972 in Ankara as the son of actor Macit Flordun. He graduated in theatre from Hacettepe University after which he went to work at the Kocaeli City ...
and
Şükrü Özyıldız
Şükrü Özyıldız (born 18 February 1988) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for playing Onur Karasu in the series '' Ruhun Duymaz''.
Early life
Özyıldız was born in İzmir. The maternal side of his family is of Rûm descent who immigrate ...
. She performed in play "Dijital Sahne: Bir Bebek Evi" which published in YouTube.
She later joined the cast of
ATV
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* Amateur television
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's series ''Bu Şehir Arkandan Gelecek'', playing the role of Aslı alongside
Kerem Bürsin
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. After appearing in the web series ''
YaÅŸamayanlar'' and ''Aynen Aynen'' with
Kerem Bürsin
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for third times.
She continued her career on television with a supporting role in ''Kuzgun'', ''Yeni Hayat'', ''Yasak Elma''.
With comedian
Cem Yılmaz
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, she played for many times. She played an actress and her many roles in Netflix spin off comedy series
Erşan Kuneri. She was cast in films "Yahşi Batı", "Deli Aşk". She played two roles in film series
Karakomik Filmler and spin off film "Ayzek ile Bir Gece".
She performed in surreal web series "Derin Mor" and comedy web series "Nasıl Fenomen Oldum". She played in drama films "Gelincik", "Benim Babam Bir Melek".
Personal life
She speaks
English
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* English people
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* ''English'', an Amish ter ...
,
Turkish
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,
French
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Arts and media
* The French (band), ...
,
German
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and
Italian
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fluently.
Filmography
Web series
TV series
Film
Theatre
Awards
* Tevfik d'Or Theatre Festival, Best Supporting Actress (2005)
* Tevfik d'Or Theatre Festival, Turkish Ambassador to France's Special Award (2006)
*
24th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards, Most Successful Actress in a Supporting Role (2019)
References
External links
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1988 births
Turkish television actresses
Turkish film actresses
Living people