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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Istanbul, Turkey, 1939-07-01

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	Beyond the Nights	Sema	73
2	1961	Dikenli Gül		70
3	1961	Mahalle Arkadaşları	Türkan	30
4	1961	The Charming Bandit		100
5	1965	Dokunma Bozulurum		0
6	1966	A Nation Awakens		57
7	1967	Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler	Nevin	0
8	1967	Sürtüğün Kızı		0
9	1970	Küçük Hanımın Şoförü	Fatoş	30
10	1971	Once a Year	Zeynep	78
11	1971	Kerem ile Aslı		0
12	1971	Hürmüz with Seven Husbands	Deli Havva	71
13	1971	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	La strega, seconda regina	57
14	1971	Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs	Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)	41
15	1971	İki Ruhlu Kadın		0
16	1971	Cinderella		50
17	1971	Fatoş Sokakların Meleği		0
18	1972	Binbir Gece Masalları	Cadı	0
19	1973	Dertli	Şaziye	0
20	1973	Para		30
21	1973	Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı		0
22	1974	Yüreğimde Yare Var	Şaziment	80
23	1974	Esir Hayat	Kamer	0
24	1976	Fake Gangster	Gazino Şarkıcısı	73
25	1977	Hınç	Elif	60
26	1979	Yusuf and Kenan	Lale	72
27	1981	Kürtaj		0
28	1982	İffet	İffet's aunt	48
29	1982	The Horse	Woman in the villa	70
30	1982	Strike the Interests		55
31	1983	Can Kurban		0
32	1983	Çoçuklar Çiçektir	Ayşe	64
33	1986	Oteldeki Cinayet		0
34	1986	Sıcak Tatlı Yaz		0
35	1987	Su da Yanar		0
36	1988	Bir Tren Yolculuğu		0
37	1990	Kocakarılar		0
38	1990	Time of Death		0
39	1991	Piano Piano Kid	Sıdıka	73
40	1992	Kurt Kanunu	Gurbet Hala	0
41	1992	Sarı Tebessüm		0
42	1992	Daydreams of Miss Cazibe	Füruzan	56
43	1993	Sevgili Ortak		0
44	1994	Basilisk		47
45	1994	Yaz Yağmuru		0
46	1997	The Letter		35
47	2003	Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar		46
48	2003	Waiting for the Clouds	Selma	61
49	2004	Büyü		28
50	2005	Cemalım	Gül	60
51	2007	Zincirbozan	Rahşan Ecevit	60
52	2007	Beyaz Melek	Mizgin	62
53	2008	Ara	Grandma	58
54	2008	Taş Yastık		0
55	2010	Son İstasyon	Hacer	50
56	2011	After the Revolution		46
57	2013	MC Dandik	Karadul	0
58	2014	The Impeccables	Selma	59
59	2014	Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi		70
60	2014	Şipşak Anadolu	Hauptrolle	60
61	2015	Don't Look Too Far	Samime	48
62	2016	Kayıp İnci		30
63	2016	Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri		73
64	2017	Vezir Parmağı	Ayşe Hatun	38
65	2017	Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı	Babaanne	50
66	2018	Ev Kira Semt Bizim		50
67	2018	İstanbul Muhafızları: Ab-ı Hayat Çeşmesi	Ayşen	0
68	2019	Miracles Of Love		72
69	2020	The Poet		55
70	2021	8 (Sekiz)		0
71	2022	Bir Türk Masalı		0
72	2023	Vatikan'ın Şifresi: Bir Temel Macerası		0
73	2025	Tur Rehberi	Jale	63

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Üç İstanbul		0
2	1987	Ateşten Günler		80
3	1987	Uzaylı Zekiye		50
4	1989	Gençler	Kevser	0
5	2001	Aşkım Aşkım		50
6	2004	Yadigar		0
7	2004	The Rose and the Thorn		79
8	2006	Girls Dormitory		50
9	2006	Tutkunum Sana		50
10	2006	Doktorlar		34
11	2007	Parmaklıklar Ardında	Gülten'in Annesi	80
12	2008	Kayıp Prenses	Yaşlı İris	0
13	2009	Kış Masalı		0
14	2010	Sensiz Yaşayamam		0
15	2011	Başrolde Aşk		70
16	2011	Hayat Devam Ediyor		83
17	2014	Kadim Dostum	Mara Kilerci	40
18	2017	Our Story	Zeliha	78
19	2018	My Little Girl	Müfide Adıgüzel	79
20	2021	Tozkoparan: İskender	Makbule	83

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