Pınar Altuğ Atacan (born 2 September 1974) is a Turkish actress, tv host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for family comedy "Çocuklar Duymasın" (2002-2019) which one of the longest Turkish series and hit romantic comedy series "Davetsiz Misafir" which played two roles.
Education
Altuğ studied at Saint-Benoît French High School. She started modeling while in high school. Her father died when she was 17 years old. Altuğ, who was elected
Miss Turkey
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History
The Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspa ...
1994, stopped her education at
Istanbul University
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School of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1997. She eventually pursued a degree in communication studies.
Career
She started her career in television in 1995. Between 1995 and 1998, she worked as a presenter on various
news-magazine programs.
In 1999, she started presenting the food program ''Pınar'ın Yemek Zevki'', after which she retired from modelling. In 2003, she released her first cookbook, titled ''Pınar'ın Mutfağından''. From 2004 to 2006, she presented the ''Türkiye'nin Yıldızları'' contest.
In 2000, she was cast in the ''Kurt Kapanı'' TV series. She continued her career as an actress with roles in popular series ''Çocuklar Duymasın'', ''Omuz Omuza'', ''
Davetsiz Misafir'' and ''İlk Aşkım''. She played two roles in "Davetsiz Misafir". In 2010, she began taking part in the new season of comedy series ''Çocuklar Duymasın'', for which she eventually a
Golden Butterfly Award
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for Best Comedy Actress in 2018.
With
Emre Kınay, she performed for twice in play "Mutlu Aile Tablosu" which won
Afife Jale Best Comedy Play Award.
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Personal life
In 2000, she married Umut Elçioğlu but divorced after a few years. In 2008, she married actor Yağmur Atacan. Their daughter, named Su, was born in January 2009.
Filmography
Television
Film
TV programs
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Living people
1974 births
Actresses from Istanbul
Miss Turkey winners
Turkish female models
Turkish television presenters
Turkish television actresses
Turkish film actresses
Golden Butterfly Award winners