Türkan Şoray
Born: 1945-06-28 in İstanbul, Türkiye
Known For: Acting
Biography
Türkan Şoray (born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. Having appeared in more than 222 films, Şoray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the movie Acı Hayat (Bitter Life). On 12 March 2010, Şoray was chosen as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Turkey, about which she said: "I think there is nothing that cannot be done with love. If we combine power with love, we can overcome many problems".
Filmography
2019
2017
- 100 Muhteşem Yıl as Self
2016
- Innocence of Memories as Actress
2015
- Don't Look Too Far ... (Director)
2014
- We Hit The Road as Self
2012
- Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam as Hatice Sultan
2011
2009
- Golden Girls as İnci
2008
- Vurgun
- İzzet Günay Belgeseli as Self
2007
- Aşk Yeniden as Lale
- Hicran Sokağı as Sabahat
- Suna as Suna
2006
- Cemile
- Hayatımın Kadınısın as Asuman Karaca
- Ayın Yıldızı as Karagümrüklü Karakız
- Aşk Beklemez as Suna Serteri
2004
- Mürüvvetsiz Mürüvvet as Mürüvvet
2001
- Sweet Life as Sevinç Yıldırım
1998
- Second Spring as Hanım Meriç
1997
- Nihavend Mucize as Suzan
1995
- Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri as Presenter
1994
- Siyaset Meydanı
- Shahmaran as Şahmaran
- Bir Aşk Uğruna as Selma
1993
1991
- Violet Bay as Neriman
1990
- Berdel as Hanım
- It Was Cold and Raining as Leyla
1989
- A Dead Sea as Yüksel
1988
- Ada as Eser
1987
- Rumuz Goncagül
- Wife as Gramophone as Cemile
- Ten Women
- My Dreams, My Love, and You as Derya Altınay
1985
- Blind Man's Bluff as Meral
- One Woman One Life as Nuran
1984
1983
- I Love You as Selma / Aygül
- The Mistress as Feride
1982
- Mine as Mine
- Seni Kalbime Gömdüm as Eylül
1981
- To Crush The Serpent as Esme
1979
- Hazal as Hazal
- Resentful Flower as Zeynep
1978
- Sultan as Sultan
- Sweet Nigar as Tatli Nigar
- My Love, My Sorrow as Mehmene Banu
- Cevriyem as Cevriye
1977
- The Girl with the Red Scarf as Asya
- Baraj as Aysel
- Madam Dilâ as Dila Hanım
1976
- Love of Giant as Türkan
- The Judge of Bodrum as Nevin
- The Earthquake
1975
- Hunger as Meryem
- Urgently Seeking Husband as Melike
- İnce Memed Vuruldu
1974
- İşte Hayat
- Bal Kız: Şenlik Var as Zelis
- There Is a Wound in My Heart as Nurten
- Crazy People as Selma/Cavidan
- Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? as Asiye
1973
- Golden Butterfly Awards as Self - Winner
- Dert Bende
- Namus Borcu as Gurbet
- The Liar as Zeynep
- The Prisoner as Ümmühan
- Gazi Kadın as Zeynep
- Torment as Elif
- Güllü is Coming as Güllü
- Sultan Gelin as Sultan
1972
- Persecution as Ayla/Zaliha
- Çile as Elif
- Cemo as Cemo
- The Return as Gülcan
- Sisli Hatıralar as Dürrin Akbel
- Vukuat Var
1971
- The Forgotten Woman as Zeynep / Hilda
- Fire Piece as Azize
- Angel or Devil? as Nesrin
- Bir Genç Kızın Romanı
- Güllü as Güllü
- Blue Scarf as Leyla
- A Woman Vanished as Selma
- Sevmek ve Ölmek Zamanı
- Gülüm, Dalım, Çiçeğim
- Hürmüz with Seven Husbands as Hürmüz
- Gelin Çiçeği as Zehra, Arzu
1970
- Kara Gözlüm as Azize
- My Sweet Angel as Leyla
- Mercy as Zeynep
- Mağrur Kadın
- Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır
- Arım Balım Peteğim as Zeynep
- Ağlayan Melek as Sabahat
- Bülbül Yuvası as Nerime
- Crossroads as Feyza
- Buğulu Gözler
- Hayatım Sana Feda as Zeynep
- Herkesin Sevgilisi as Zeynep
1969
- Altın Koza as Self - Winner
- Sana Dönmeyeceğim as Leyla Taner
- Hot Gypsy as Gelincik
- Autumn Winds as Nalan
- Is It My Fault? as Müvin
- I Want to Die With You as Selma
- Aşk Mabudesi as Leyla
- They Call Me Fosforlu as Fosforlu
- Fosforlu Cevriyem as Necla
- Kölen Olayım as Azize
- Buruk Acı as Ülker Demirel
1968
- Artık Sevmeyeceğim
- The Jail Bride as Çengi Naciye
- My Prostitute Love as Sabiha
- Kadın Severse as Leyla
- Aşk Eski Bir Yalan as Handan
- The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
- Ayşem as Ayşe
- Abbase Sultan as Abbase
- The Beautiful Coffee Girl as Nermin
- Ağla Gözlerim as Leyla
- Kadın İntikamı as Handan
1967
- Mother as Döndü
- Sinekli Bakkal as Rabia
- A Mountain Tale as Lale
- The Immortal Woman as Serap
- Kara Duvaklı Gelin as Perihan
- Tapılacak Kadın
- Her Zaman Kalbimdesin as Fatma
- The Crying Woman as Şükran, Leyla
- Ayrılsak da Beraberiz as Fatma
- Kelepçeli Melek as Nevin Erdem
1966
- The Sinful Woman as Türkan
- The Evening Sun as Jülide
- Golden Earrings as Aylin
- The Wedding Night as Zeynep / Tülin
- The Wren as Feride
- Meyhanenin Gülü as Gül
- The Revenge of the Angels as Türkan/Peri
- The Stranger's Daughter as Nazan
- The Washer Beauty
- Kenarın Dilberi
- Anaların Günahı as Sevim
- The Woman Of My Life
- Black Rose as Gül
- Karanfilli Kadın
- Virago as Nermin
1965
- Bitch as Naciye/Türkan
- My Neighbor's Chicken as Türkan
- Wild Bride as Ayşegül Arsev
- The Bread Seller Woman as Ayşe/Zehra/Leyla
- I’m Not Worthy of You as Türkan
- A Strange Wedding as Zeynep Gökalp
- Elveda Sevgilim as Türkan Kadiroğlu
- Farewell Kiss as Türkan
- Black Eyes as Türkan
- Seven Kadın Unutmaz as Türkan
1964
- Wind of Youth as Fatma Nur Erden
- Bücür
- Some Like it Hot as Gülten
- Dağlar Aslanı Ali Efe
- The Adventure Woman
- Gözleri Ömre Bedel as Leyla Arseren
- Mualla as Mualla
- The Orphan Girl
- The Bomb Girl as Leyla
- After Years as Berna Ekmekçigil
- The Angry Young Man as Avukat Sevil
- Adanalı Tayfur Kardeşler as Türkan
- Fate Knocks as Leyla
- Anasının Kuzusu
1963
- Badem Şekeri as Güner Pirinçeken
- Osman Killed Me as Türkan
- Young Girls as Eylül
- Bitter Love
- Ayşecik Canımın İçi
- Dear Madam as Türkan Bayraktar
- İki Kocalı Kadın as Sibel
- Küçük Beyin Kısmeti as Pervin
- Naughty Girl as Suna
- The Stolen Love as Aysel / Günsel
- Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek as Türkan
- The King of Mountains as Türkan Sultan
1962
- Dikmen Yıldızı
- The Man in Glass
- What a Sweet Thing as Canan
- Acı Hayat as Nermin
- Biz de Arkadaş mıyız? as Nihal
- Ümitler Kırılınca as Oya
- Lekeli Kadın as Türkan Güneş
- Red Carnations as Türkan
- I Loved an Outlaw
- The Tough Groom as Gönül
- Allah Seviniz Dedi
- The Love Race as Zeynep
- Billur Köşk
1961
- Siyah Melek as Nesrin
- Kardeş Uğruna
- Afacan
- Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez
- Dikenli Gül as Gül
- Angels are My Witnesses as Zeynep
- The Charming Bandit as Emine
- Remember, Darling as Türkan
- Otobüs Yolcuları as Nevin
- The Shameless Man as Sevim
- Heart to Heart as Nazan
- Love and Punch as Tülin
1960
- The Wind of Love as Nil
- Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim
- Güzeller Resmi Geçidi as Ayşe Güner