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Suna Selen
1.5 Popularity
Biography
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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Tur Rehberi
as Jale
2025
5.4
Vatikan'ın Şifresi: Bir Temel Macerası
2023
0.0
Bir Türk Masalı
2022
0.0
8 (Sekiz)
2021
0.0
Tozkoparan: İskender
as Makbule
2021
8.3
The Poet
2020
5.5
Miracles Of Love
2019
6.9
İstanbul Muhafızları: Ab-ı Hayat Çeşmesi
as Ayşen
2018
0.0
My Little Girl
as Müfide Adıgüzel
2018
7.9
Ev Kira Semt Bizim
2018
3.0
Our Story
as Zeliha
2017
7.8
Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı
as Babaanne
2017
5.0
Vezir Parmağı
as Ayşe Hatun
2017
3.8
Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri
2016
7.3
Kayıp İnci
2016
3.0
Don't Look Too Far
as Samime
2015
4.5
Şipşak Anadolu
as Hauptrolle
2014
6.0
Kadim Dostum
as Mara Kilerci
2014
4.0
Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi
2014
7.0
The Impeccables
as Selma
2014
5.6
MC Dandik
as Karadul
2013
0.0
Hayat Devam Ediyor
2011
8.3
After the Revolution
2011
4.6
Başrolde Aşk
as Babaanne
2011
7.0
Son İstasyon
as Hacer
2010
5.0
Sensiz Yaşayamam
2010
0.0
Five Minarets in New York
2010
5.6
Kış Masalı
2009
0.0
Kayıp Prenses
as Yaşlı İris
2008
0.0
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Taş Yastık
2008
0.0
Ara
as Grandma
2008
5.8
Parmaklıklar Ardında
as Gülten'in Annesi
2007
8.0
Beyaz Melek
as Mizgin
2007
6.2
Zincirbozan
as Rahşan Ecevit
2007
6.0
Doktorlar
2006
3.4
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Tutkunum Sana
2006
5.0
Girls Dormitory
2006
5.0
Cemalım
as Gül
2005
6.0
Büyü
2004
3.0
The Rose and the Thorn
2004
8.1
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Yadigar
2004
0.0
Waiting for the Clouds
as Selma
2003
5.7
Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar
2003
4.8
Aşkım Aşkım
2001
5.0
The Letter
1997
3.0
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Yaz Yağmuru
1994
0.0
Basilisk
1994
5.1
Sevgili Ortak
1993
0.0
Daydreams of Miss Cazibe
as Füruzan
1992
5.6
Sarı Tebessüm
1992
0.0
Kurt Kanunu
as Gurbet Hala
1992
0.0
Piano Piano Kid
as Sıdıka
1991
7.4
Time of Death
1990
0.0
Kocakarılar
1990
0.0
Gençler
as Kevser
1989
0.0
Bir Tren Yolculuğu
1988
0.0
Uzaylı Zekiye
1987
5.0
Ateşten Günler
1987
8.0
Su da Yanar
1987
0.0
Sıcak Tatlı Yaz
1986
0.0
Oteldeki Cinayet
1986
0.0
Çoçuklar Çiçektir
as Ayşe
1983
6.4
Can Kurban
1983
0.0
Üç İstanbul
1983
0.0
Strike the Interests
1982
5.5
İffet
as İffet's aunt
1982
4.6
The Horse
as Woman in the villa
1982
7.0
Kürtaj
1981
0.0
Yusuf and Kenan
as Lale
1979
7.2
Hınç
as Elif
1977
6.0
Fake Gangster
as Gazino Şarkıcısı
1976
7.3
Esir Hayat
as Kamer
1974
0.0
Yüreğimde Yare Var
as Şaziment
1974
8.0
Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı
1973
0.0
Para
1973
3.0
Dertli
as Şaziye
1973
0.0
Binbir Gece Masalları
as Cadı
1972
0.0
Fatoş Sokakların Meleği
1971
0.0
Cinderella
1971
5.0
İki Ruhlu Kadın
1971
0.0
Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs
as Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
1971
4.1
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as La strega, seconda regina
1971
5.7
Hürmüz with Seven Husbands
as Deli Havva
1971
7.1
Once a Year
as Zeynep
1971
7.8
Kerem ile Aslı
1971
0.0
Küçük Hanımın Şoförü
as Fatoş
1970
3.0
Sürtüğün Kızı
1967
0.0
Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler
as Nevin
1967
0.0
A Nation Awakens
1966
4.5
Dokunma Bozulurum
1965
0.0
The Charming Bandit
1961
10.0
Mahalle Arkadaşları
as Türkan
1961
3.0
Dikenli Gül
as Cavidan
1961
7.0
Beyond the Nights
as Sema
1960
7.3