Selen Öztürk (born

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, 23 July 1980) is a

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actress.

Biography

Her mother was a

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from

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, while her father was from

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State Conservatory. Soon after graduation, she moved to

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and started her career on stage. Aside from her career as an actress, she appeared in various movies and TV series, most notably in ''

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'' as Gülfem Hatun and in '' Payitaht: Abdülhamid'' as

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. Since 1994, she has worked as a voice actress and has voiced over characters in the

dubbed version of movies such as ''

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'', '' Léon: The Professional'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

* Aşkları Ege'de Kaldı - 2002 * Kukla (short Film) - 2007 * Sonsuz - (Nurse Ayten) - 2009 * Çilek - (Ceren) - 2014 * Çiçero - 2019 * Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu - 2019 *

Kağıttan Hayatlar ''Paper Lives'' () is a 2021 Turkish drama film directed by Can Ulkay and written by Ercan Mehmet Erdem. The film stars Çağatay Ulusoy, Emir Ali Doğrul, Ersin Arıcı, Turgay Tanülkü and Selen Öztürk. It premiered on Netflix on Marc ...

- 2021

Television

* Kara Yılan - (Asiye) - 2007 * Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş - (Sema) - 2008 *

- ( Gülfem Hatun) - 2011–2014 * Benim Adım Gültepe - (Meziyet) - 2014 * Serçe Sarayı - (Aliye) - 2015 * Hatırla Gönül - (Figen) - 2015 * Payitaht: Abdülhamid - (

) - 2017–2019 * Azize - (Tuna Alpan) - 2019 *

Atiye Deniz Atiye Yılmaz (born 22 November 1988), originally known by the artist name Atiye Deniz () and later by the mononym Atiye, is a Turkish pop singer. She releases songs in Turkish and English. Career The second album by Atiye was self-title ...

- (Seher Altın) - 2020 * Çocukluk - (Gülay) - 2020 * Misafir - (Nazan) - 2021 * Kizil Goncalar-Hasna Gunes-2023

References

External links

* * 1980 births Living people Actors from İzmir 20th-century Turkish actresses 21st-century Turkish actresses Turkish people of Cypriot descent Turkish voice actresses Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Hacettepe University alumni {{Turkey-actor-stub