Nurgül Yeşilçay

Nurgül Yesilçay is one of Turkey’s most admired young actresses. She was seen in Baris Pirhasan’s heartwarming village story ADAM AND THE DEVIL (ADEM’IN TRENLERI), presented at the 2007 Istanbul Film Festival. Her other film credits include the Atif Yilmaz’s 2005 comedy drama BORROWED BRIDE (EGRETI GELIN), Yucel Yolcu’s SLEEPING BEAUTY segment of 2005’s ISTANBUL TALES (ANLAT ISTANBUL), Haluk Özenç’s 2002 comedy adventure RUNAWAY MUMMY (MUMYA FIRARDA), Semir Aslanyurek’s 2001 historical drama WATERFALL (Sellale) and Omer Vargi’s 1999 cult comedy EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE GREAT (HERSEY ÇOK GÜZEL OLACAK).

Nurgül reprised her starring role in Abdullah Oguz’s 2003 film ASMALI KONAK: HAYAT, based on the popular TV series. Her other TV series include “Ezo Gelin”, “Ikinci Bahar”, “Meleker Adasi/Angel Island” and “Belali Baldiz”. Born in Afyon, Turkey, Nurgül studied drama at the Anatolia State Conservatory and the Eskisehir University Drama School. Her stage performances include Ophelia in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire”.

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