Tuba Büyüküstün (; born 5 July 1982) is a Turkish actress. She is the recipient of several awards and one of Turkey's most popular and highest paid actresses.

Personal life

Büyüküstün is

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. Büyüküstün's parents are from

Erzurum Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of an ...

. Her grandparents are Turkish immigrants. The maternal side of her family are Turkish immigrants from

Crimea Crimea ( ) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukrain ...

. Her paternal side are Turkish immigrants from

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, Greece. She studied costume & design at

Mimar Sinan University Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (, or MSGSÜ) is a public university, public Art school, art university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university's campus is located in the Fındıklı, Beyoğlu, Fındıklı, Beyoğlu. The university was established ...

, and graduated in 2004 On 28 July 2011, she married the Turkish actor

Onur Saylak Arif Onur Saylak (born 12 May 1977) is a Turkish people, Turkish actor, filmmaker and Film director, director. He was married for six years to Tuba Büyüküstün, with whom he has twin daughters. Personal life On 28 July 2011, Saylak married th ...

in Paris, France. In January 2012, she gave birth to twin girls Maya and Toprak. The couple split on 5 June 2017.

Career

TV series

Following appearances in television commercials, Büyüküstün made her television series debut in 2003 on the last four episodes of ''Sultan Makamı'', directed by Aydın Bulut and broadcast on Channel D. Her next period series role was Zarife on ''Çemberimde Gül Oya'', directed by

Çağan Irmak Çağan Irmak (born 4 April 1970) is a Turkish people, Turkish film and television writer and director, who has managed to attract a large audience in Turkey and is best known for the TV series ''Çemberimde Gül Oya'' (2004–2005) and ''Asmalı ...

, broadcast on Channel D in 2004. In 2005, she starred in the series ''Ihlamurlar Altında'', directed by Aydın Bulut. Making her a star throughout all the middle east. Her next role was the title character in the 2007–2009 television drama '' Asi'', alongside Murat Yıldırım and

Çetin Tekindor Çetin Tekindor (born 16 July 1945) is a Turkish theatre, cinema, TV series actor and voice actor. Biography Çetin Tekindor was born in 1945 in Sivas. After studying theatre at the Ankara State Conservatory, he made his professional acting debut ...

, directed by Cevdet Mercan. In 2010, she acted with

Cansel Elçin Cansel Elçin (born 20 September 1973) is a Turkish actor. Biography Cansel Elçin was born on 20 September 1973, in İzmir, Turkey, but his family moved to France when he was 9 years old. Elcin grew up trilingually and can speak French, ...

in the series ''Gönülçelen''. At the end of 2012, she starred alongside İlker Aksum in the dramatic series '' 20 Dakika'' (''20 Minutes''), a performance that earned her a nomination for the 42nd

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. Büyüküstün, who was appointed as a goodwill ambassador of

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in 2014, starred alongside Engin Akyürek in the 2014–15 series ''

Kara Para Aşk ''Kara Para Aşk'' ( English: ''Black Money Love'') is a Turkish television series broadcast on ATV screens on Wednesday evenings. The leading cast are Tuba Büyüküstün, Engin Akyürek and Erkan Can. The production of the series is undert ...

'' (''Black Money Love''). Her next series, which according to schedules began broadcast on 10 November 2016, is titled '' Cesur ve Güzel'' (''Brave and Beautiful''). She starred as the female lead, opposite

Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (; born 27 October 1983) is a Turkish actor, model, and former basketball player. He has won several accolades, including four Golden Butterfly Awards for Best actor for his role in Ask-I memnu (2009 and 2010), for his rol ...

. In 2021 Mavi in Sefirin Kizi.

Web series career

In 2020, she portrayed

Mara Branković Mara Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Мара Бранковић; – 14 September 1487), or Mara Despina Hatun, in Europe also known as ''Amerissa'', ''Sultana Maria'' or ''Sultanina'', was the daughter of Despotate of Serbia, Serbian monarch Đurađ Br ...

in the

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original docudrama '' Rise of Empires: Ottoman''. Büyüküstün starred in the

series "Another Self" in 2022.

Film career

In 2004, she portrayed the title character in the television movie ''Gülizar''. She played Aysun in the hit film ''

Babam ve Oğlum ''My Father and My Son'' () is a 2005 Turkish drama film written and directed by Çağan Irmak about a family torn apart by the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. The film which went on nationwide release on became one of the highest-grossing Turkish fil ...

'', directed by Çağan Irmak. Büyüküstün played a teacher in the 2006 movie '' Sınav'' (''The Exam''), where she had the opportunity to act alongside

Jean-Claude Van Damme Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (, ; born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme (, ), is a Belgian martial artist and actor. Born and raised in Brussels, his father enrolled him in a Shotokan karate schoo ...

. In 2010, her first leading role in cinema was Esma in ''Yüreğine Sor'' by Yusuf Kurçenli.

Filmography

Discography

* "Sayenizde" (2019) - cover version of Ercan Saatçi's 1995 song "Sayenizde"

Awards

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buyukustun, Tuba 1982 births Living people Actresses from Istanbul Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University alumni Cretan Turks Turkish people of Crimean Tatar descent