Suna Selen
Suna Selen (born 1 July 1939) is a Turkish actress of theatre, film and television. She has appeared in numerous plays at the Istanbul State Theatre. Selen was born in 1939 in Istanbul. Her father was lawyer Hüsamettin Selen, and her mother, Nimet Selen, was a granddaughter of scholar Ahmed Cevdet Pasha and daughter of Fatma Aliye Topuz. She finished her high school education at the Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi. During her high school years she also attended the Theatre Department of Beşiktaş Municipal Conservatory. In 1956, she started studying law at the request of her family. At the same time she started to work at the Dormen Theatre. A year later, she left the law school and started her painting education at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. In 1957, she married the painter Cem Kabaağaç and together they had a son. After her marriage, she left the Academy and pitched out her role at the Dormen Theatre. She began her professional career in the theatre season of 1959–60 with Alexandro Casona's Woman Coming at Dawn. During the same season she soon became famous as Nicole Cerusier in Alber Husson's comedy The Pavements in the Sky. In addition to theatre plays, she also starred in a number of motion pictures and series. For her role as the Witch in Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1971 International Antalya Film Festival. She was the recipient of the Best Supporting Actress award at the Ankara International Film Festival for her role as Füruzan in Cazibe Hanımın Gündüz Düşleri. For her role as Elmas in Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar, Selen won the Best Actress award at the International Istanbul Film Festival. Selen's second marriage was to Münir Özkul, from which she has a daughter, named Güner Özkul. In 1974, she divorced Münir Özkul and married play writer Güner Sümer. She later gave birth to her third child and second son Sinan Sümer. In 2016, "because of the dignity she gained in acting profession during her long life as an artist", she became the first recipient of the Lifetime Nadide Küntay Award at the İsmet Küntay Theatre Awards ceremony.
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- 2025 · Tur Rehberi as
- 2023 · Vatikan'ın Şifresi: Bir Temel Macerası as
- 2021 · 8 (Sekiz) as
- 2021 · Tozkoparan: İskender as Makbule
- 2020 · The Poet as
- 2019 · Miracles Of Love as
- 2018 · İstanbul Muhafızları: Ab-ı Hayat Çeşmesi as Ayşen
- 2018 · My Little Girl as Müfide Adıgüzel
- 2018 · Ev Kira Semt Bizim as
- 2017 · Our Story as Zeliha
- 2017 · Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı as Babaanne
- 2017 · Vezir Parmağı as Ayşe Hatun
- 2016 · Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri as
- 2016 · Kayıp İnci as
- 2015 · Don't Look Too Far as Samime
- 2014 · Şipşak Anadolu as Hauptrolle
- 2014 · Kadim Dostum as Mara Kilerci
- 2014 · Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi as
- 2014 · The Impeccables as Selma
- 2013 · MC Dandik as Karadul
- 2011 · Hayat Devam Ediyor as
- 2011 · After the Revolution as
- 2011 · Başrolde Aşk as
- 2010 · Son İstasyon as Hacer
- 2010 · Sensiz Yaşayamam as
- 2009 · Kış Masalı as
- 2008 · Kayıp Prenses as Yaşlı İris
- 2008 · Taş Yastık as
- 2008 · Ara as Grandma
- 2007 · Parmaklıklar Ardında as Gülten'in Annesi
- 2007 · Beyaz Melek as Mizgin
- 2007 · Zincirbozan as Rahşan Ecevit
- 2006 · Doktorlar as
- 2006 · Tutkunum Sana as
- 2006 · Girls Dormitory as
- 2005 · Cemalım as Gül
- 2004 · Büyü as
- 2004 · The Rose and the Thorn as
- 2004 · Yadigar as
- 2003 · Waiting for the Clouds as Selma
- 2003 · Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar as
- 2001 · Aşkım Aşkım as
- 1997 · The Letter as
- 1994 · Yaz Yağmuru as
- 1994 · Basilisk as
- 1993 · Sevgili Ortak as
- 1992 · Daydreams of Miss Cazibe as Füruzan
- 1992 · Sarı Tebessüm as
- 1992 · Kurt Kanunu as
- 1991 · Piano Piano Kid as Sıdıka
- 1990 · Kocakarılar as
- 1990 · Ölürayak as
- 1989 · Gençler as Kevser
- 1988 · Bir Tren Yolculuğu as
- 1987 · Uzaylı Zekiye as
- 1987 · Ateşten Günler as
- 1987 · Su da Yanar as
- 1986 · Sıcak Tatlı Yaz as
- 1986 · Oteldeki Cinayet as
- 1983 · Çoçuklar Çiçektir as Ayşe
- 1983 · Üç İstanbul as
- 1983 · Can Kurban as
- 1982 · Strike the Interests as
- 1982 · İffet as İffet's aunt
- 1982 · The Horse as Woman in the villa
- 1981 · Kürtaj as
- 1979 · Yusuf and Kenan as Lale
- 1977 · Hınç as Elif
- 1976 · Fake Gangster as Gazino Şarkıcısı
- 1974 · Dertli as
- 1974 · Esir Hayat as Kamer
- 1974 · Yüreğimde Yare Var as Şaziment
- 1973 · Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı as
- 1973 · Para as
- 1972 · Binbir Gece Masalları as Cadı
- 1971 · Fatoş Sokakların Meleği as
- 1971 · Cinderella as
- 1971 · İki Ruhlu Kadın as
- 1971 · Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs as Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
- 1971 · Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as La strega, seconda regina
- 1971 · Hürmüz with Seven Husbands as Deli Havva
- 1971 · Once a Year as Zeynep
- 1971 · Kerem ile Aslı as
- 1970 · Küçük Hanımın Şoförü as Fatoş
- 1967 · Sürtüğün Kızı as
- 1967 · Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler as
- 1966 · A Nation Awakens as
- 1965 · Dokunma Bozulurum as
- 1961 · The Charming Bandit as
- 1961 · Mahalle Arkadaşları as Türkan
- 1961 · Dikenli Gül as
- 1960 · Beyond the Nights as Sema