Zeynep Tokuş (born 1977) is a
Turkish actress and former
beauty pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...
winner. In 2007, she won the title of the TV show
Turkish version of ''Dancing on Ice''.
Biography
Tokuş was educated in
graphic design
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at the
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 ...
in Ankara.
In 1998, she became the winner of the beauty contest of the newspaper ''Star'', and received thereupon a role in the movie ''Deli Yürek''.
In 2001, Tokuş was awarded the "Best Actress" for her role in the movie ''Yazgı''.
On 11 March 2007, she won the title and a prize of
TRY 100,000 in the
Show TV
Show TV is a Turkish free-to-air national television channel, established in 1991 by Erol Aksoy, Dinç Bilgin, Haldun Simavi and Erol Simavi, owned by the Can Holding.
History
The channel replaces Cine5's now-defunct frequencies, and it was ...
show ''Buzda Dans'' (''
Dancing on Ice
''Dancing on Ice'' is a British television series broadcast from 2006 to 2014 and then from 2018 to 2025. It was presented by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern. Other previous hosts include Phillip Schofield and Christine Lampard. The series ...
''), after competing for ten weeks. Her partner was the American figure skater Robert Beauchamp, a former ''
Holiday On Ice'' performer.
Zeynep Tokuş gave birth to her son Alp on 5 December 2001 in
Canada
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.
Filmography
;Movies:
* ''Vizontele'' – as Asiye (2000)
* ''Yazgı'' (2001)
* ''Vizontele Tuuba'' – as Asiye (2004)
* ''Doom of Love'' – as yoga instructor (2022)
;TV series:
TV mini series
* ''Deli Yürek'' – as Zeynep (1999)
* ''Kerem'' – as Sevil (1999)
* ''Çocuklar Duymasın'' – as Meltem (2002)
* ''Esir Şehrin İnsanları'' – as Nedime (2003)
* ''Bedel'' (2003)
* ''Hırçın Menekşe'' – as Deniz (2003)
* ''Çocuklar Ne Olacak'' (2004)
Notes
External links
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1977 births
People from Ankara
Bilkent University alumni
Turkish film actresses
Turkish television presenters
Living people
Turkish television actresses
Turkish women television presenters
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