Actresses From Turkey

"Being an actress has always been my biggest dream. I was interested in theater from primary and secondary school. After that, I graduated from the Actor Studio Department of the Müjdat Gezen Art Center. I took private lessons from many esteemed names and soon started my career in a daily television series in İzmir."

"My father is my best friend, my life coach. I am a very lucky girl in many respects. My mother and father are very special people. I can feel in every step I take that they have prepared me in the best way to hold on to life."

"I take great care of my skin, I can't remember a day I've slept without applying my creams and I always apply cream when I start the day. Healthy food is always my preference. Some days when I feel like I'm eating too much or unhealthily, I make up for it the next day. I drink a lot of water, consume yogurt before going to bed."

"I started dancing when I was fifteen and I also had to work. I had to. But I wanted to do something I liked. My sister had already danced and it was therefore an industry that I knew through her. For this I wanted and had a strong will and training. I didn't say: Ah! I want to dance and I became a dancer."

"Sometimes I look in the mirror and see myself old. I come home, look in the mirror and realize I've aged twenty years. But then I adjust again, because I have so much energy."

"I see being on stage as a complete whole. Movement, sound, and emotion are inseparable for me. My background in dance shaped that understanding from the very beginning. It taught me discipline, but also freedom."

"Dance allowed me to deliver a character’s voice more truthfully and gave me the confidence to use my body naturally and comfortably on screen. Over time, I didn’t just learn how to feel emotion. I learned how to carry it in my body."

"I’m drawn to worlds filled with deep emotions. Characters adorned with genuine feelings, those who are open to transformation and learning, truly attract me."

"For me, success is about always wanting more, staying disciplined, and remaining open to learning. Numbers fade, but growth stays."

"Over time, I’ve come to understand that beauty is a light that comes from the soul."

"Change begins first within ourselves. We must first learn to stand up for our own rights. We must first respect ourselves so that we can respect those who are different from us. Not listening to a person’s opinion, not listening to a woman’s dream, is the greatest form of violence. Sooner or later, the collective consciousness we envision will once again be born from ourselves — from us, from the individual."