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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Istanbul, Turkey

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Movie Involvements: 23

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Tozkoparan: İskender
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8

Tozkoparan: İskender

(2021) Makbule
My Little Girl
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8

My Little Girl

(2018) Müfide Adıgüzel
Parmaklıklar Ardında
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8

Parmaklıklar Ardında

(2007) Gülten'in Annesi
Kayıp Prenses
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0

Kayıp Prenses

(2008) Yaşlı İris
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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6

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

(1971) La strega, seconda regina
Beyaz Melek
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6

Beyaz Melek

(2007) Mizgin
İffet
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4

İffet

(1982) İffet's aunt
Hürmüz with Seven Husbands
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8

Hürmüz with Seven Husbands

(1971) Deli Havva

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 N/A
2021 N/A
Makbule
2020 N/A
2019 N/A
2018 Ayşen
Müfide Adıgüzel
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2017 Babaanne
Ayşe Hatun
2016 N/A
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2015 N/A
2014 Hauptrolle
Mara Kilerci
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Selma
2013 Karadul
2011 N/A
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2010 Hacer
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2009 N/A
2008 Yaşlı İris
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Grandma
2007 Gülten'in Annesi
Mizgin
Rahşan Ecevit
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2006 N/A
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2005 Gül
2004 N/A
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2003 Selma
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2001 N/A
1997 N/A
1994 N/A
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1993 N/A
1992 Füruzan
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1991 Sıdıka
1990 N/A
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1989 Kevser
1988 N/A
1987 N/A
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1986 N/A
1983 N/A
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Ayse
1982 N/A
İffet's aunt
Woman in the villa
1981 N/A
1979 Lale
1977 Elif
1976 Gazino Şarkıcısı
1974 N/A
Kamer
Şaziment
1973 N/A
1971 N/A
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Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
La strega, seconda regina
Deli Havva
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Zeynep
1970 Fatoş
1967 N/A
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1966 N/A
1965 N/A
1961 N/A
Türkan
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1960 Sema
Year Character Movie/Tv

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