Name
Suna Selen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1939-07-01 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Istanbul, Turkey
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.
Known For
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The film is a love story. However, it is not a story about the love between two people, bu...
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- 2003 Waiting for the Clouds as Selma
- 1971 Once a Year as Zeynep
- 1990 Kocakarılar
- 1992 Yellow Smile as Güzin
- 1982 Strike the Interests
- 1966 A Nation Awakens
- 1965 Dokunma Bozulurum
- 2023 Vatikan'ın Şifresi: Bir Temel Macerası
- 2007 Zincirbozan as Rahşan Ecevit
- 1976 Fake Gangster as Gazino Şarkıcısı
- 1991 Piano Piano Kid as Sıdıka
- 1979 Yusuf and Kenan as Lale
- 1967 Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler as Nevin
- 1973 Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı
- 2004 Büyü
- 1987 Su da Yanar
- 1992 Kurt Kanunu as Gurbet Hala
- 1994 Yaz Yağmuru
- 1988 Bir Tren Yolculuğu
- 1961 Dikenli Gül as Cavidan
- 1974 There Is a Wound in My Heart as Şaziment
- 1993 Sevgili Ortak
- 1971 İki Ruhlu Kadın
- 1986 Sıcak Tatlı Yaz
- 2008 Taş Yastık
- 2008 Ara as Grandma
- 1973 Dertli as Şaziye
- 1960 Beyond the Nights as Sema
- 1971 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Cadı Kraliçe
- 2014 The Impeccables as Selma
- 1990 Time of Death
- 1992 Daydreams of Miss Cazibe as Füruzan
- 2003 Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar
- 1997 The Letter
- 2021 8 (Sekiz)
- 2013 MC Dandik as Karadul
- 1994 Shahmaran as Menekşe
- 2005 Cemalım as Gül
- 2016 Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri
- 1981 Kürtaj
- 2014 Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi
- 1967 Sürtüğün Kızı
- 2017 Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı as Babaanne
- 2025 Tour Guide as Jale
- 2015 Don't Look Too Far as Samime
- 2014 Şipşak Anadolu as Hauptrolle
- 1982 İffet as İffet's aunt
- 1982 The Horse as Woman in the villa
- 2011 After the Revolution
- 1970 Küçük Hanımın Şoförü as Fatoş
- 1961 The Charming Bandit
- 2016 Kayıp İnci
- 2017 Vezir Parmağı as Ayşe Hatun
- 1971 Fatoş Sokakların Meleği
- 1961 Mahalle Arkadaşları as Türkan
- 2007 White Angel as Mizgin
- 2018 Ev Kira Semt Bizim
- 1983 Çocuklar Çiçektir: Kuduz as Ayşe
- 2019 Miracles Of Love
- 1971 Hürmüz with Seven Husbands as Deli Havva
- 2010 Son İstasyon as Hacer
- 2018 İstanbul Muhafızları: Ab-ı Hayat Çeşmesi as Ayşen
- 1971 Cinderella
- 1974 Esir Hayat as Kamer
- 2020 The Poet
- 1977 Hınç as Elif
- 1971 Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs as Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
- 1983 Can Kurban
- 1971 Kerem ile Aslı
- 1986 Oteldeki Cinayet
- 1972 Binbir Gece Masalları as Cadı
- 1973 Para
- 2022 Bir Türk Masalı
- 2010 Five Minarets in New York
- 1983 Gecelerin Kadını
- 1987 Kuyruklu Yıldız Altında Bir İzdivaç
- 1961 Kalp Yarası
- 1984 Fırtına Gönüller
- 1998 Devridaim
- 2010 Sensiz Yaşayamam ( 13 episodes )
- 1983 Üç İstanbul ( 11 episodes )
- 2011 Hayat Devam Ediyor ( 45 episodes ) as Kadriye Altındağ
- 2006 Girls Dormitory ( 1 episode )
- 2021 Tozkoparan İskender ( 24 episodes ) as Makbule
- 2004 The Rose and the Thorn ( 40 episodes )
- 2006 Doktorlar ( 1 episode )
- 2018 My Little Girl ( 34 episodes ) as Müfide Adıgüzel
- 2009 Kış Masalı ( 6 episodes )
- 2011 Başrolde Aşk ( 2 episodes ) as Babaanne
- 1987 Ateşten Günler ( 4 episodes )
- 2001 Aşkım Aşkım ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Kadim Dostum ( 9 episodes ) as Mara Kilerci
- 1987 Uzaylı Zekiye ( 10 episodes )
- 2006 Tutkunum Sana ( 4 episodes )
- 1989 Gençler ( 23 episodes ) as Kevser
- 2008 Kayıp Prenses ( 29 episodes ) as Yaşlı İris
- 2007 Parmaklıklar Ardında ( 1 episode ) as Gülten'in Annesi
- 2004 Yadigar ( 4 episodes )
- 2017 Our Story ( 2 episodes ) as Zeliha
- 1985 Bugünün Saraylısı ( 4 episodes ) as Berrin
- Soon Concoon ( 1 episode ) as Kütüpane sahibi
- 2007 Zincirbozan ( 6 episodes ) as Rahşan Ecevit
- 2002 Hızma ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Unutulanlar ( 1 episode )
