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
- Aşk Beklemez as Suna Serteri
- Ayın Yıldızı as Karagümrüklü Karakız
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
- It Was Cold and Raining as Leyla
- Berdel as Hanım
1989
- A Dead Sea as Yüksel
1988
- Ada as Eser
1987
- My Dreams, My Love, and You as Derya Altınay
- Ten Women
- Rumuz Goncagül
- Wife as Gramophone as Cemile
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
- Resentful Flower as Zeynep
- Hazal as Hazal
1978
- Sultan as Sultan
- Sweet Nigar as Tatli Nigar
- Cevriyem as Cevriye
- My Love, My Sorrow as Mehmene Banu
1977
- The Girl with the Red Scarf as Asya
- Madam Dilâ as Dila Hanım
- Baraj as Aysel
1976
- Love of Giant as Türkan
- The Earthquake
- The Judge of Bodrum as Nevin
1975
- Urgently Seeking Husband as Melike
- Hunger as Meryem
- İnce Memed Vuruldu
1974
- İşte Hayat
- Crazy People as Selma/Cavidan
- Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? as Asiye
- Bal Kız: Şenlik Var as Zelis
- Yüreğimde Yare Var as Nurten
1973
- Golden Butterfly Awards as Self - Winner
- Dert Bende
- Sultan Gelin as Sultan
- Gazi Kadın as Zeynep
- Torment as Elif
- Güllü is Coming as Güllü
- The Liar as Zeynep
- Namus Borcu as Gurbet
- The Prisoner as Ümmühan
1972
- Sisli Hatıralar as Dürrin Akbel
- Persecution as Ayla/Zaliha
- The Return as Gülcan
- Çile as Elif
- Cemo as Cemo
- Vukuat Var
1971
- Gülüm, Dalım, Çiçeğim
- Angel or Devil? as Nesrin
- Güllü as Güllü
- Fire Piece as Azize
- Blue Scarf as Leyla
- Sevmek ve Ölmek Zamanı
- Hürmüz with Seven Husbands as Hürmüz
- Gelin Çiçeği as Zehra, Arzu
- A Woman Vanished as Selma
- Bir Genç Kızın Romanı
- The Forgotten Woman as Zeynep / Hilda
1970
- Kara Gözlüm as Azize
- Crossroads as Feyza
- Arım Balım Peteğim as Zeynep
- Ağlayan Melek as Sabahat
- Hayatım Sana Feda as Zeynep
- My Sweet Angel as Leyla
- Bülbül Yuvası as Nerime
- Buğulu Gözler
- Herkesin Sevgilisi as Zeynep
- Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır
- Mercy as Zeynep
- Mağrur Kadın
1969
- Altın Koza as Self - Winner
- Autumn Winds as Nalan
- Hot Gypsy as Gelincik
- I Want to Die With You as Selma
- Fosforlu Cevriyem as Necla
- Sana Dönmeyeceğim as Leyla Taner
- They Call Me Fosforlu as Fosforlu
- Aşk Mabudesi as Leyla
- Buruk Acı as Ülker Demirel
- Is It My Fault? as Müvin
- Kölen Olayım as Azize
1968
- My Prostitute Love as Sabiha
- The Jail Bride as Çengi Naciye
- Kadın Severse as Leyla
- Ağla Gözlerim as Leyla
- Abbase Sultan as Abbase
- The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
- Ayşem as Ayşe
- The Beautiful Coffee Girl as Nermin
- Artık Sevmeyeceğim
- Kadın İntikamı as Handan
- Aşk Eski Bir Yalan as Handan
1967
- A Mountain Tale as Lale
- Tapılacak Kadın
- The Immortal Woman as Serap
- Sinekli Bakkal as Rabia
- The Crying Woman as Şükran, Leyla
- Mother as Döndü
- Kelepçeli Melek as Nevin Erdem
- Her Zaman Kalbimdesin as Fatma
- Kara Duvaklı Gelin as Perihan
- Ayrılsak da Beraberiz as Fatma
1966
- The Wren as Feride
- The Stranger's Daughter as Nazan
- The Evening Sun as Jülide
- Black Rose as Gül
- The Wedding Night as Zeynep / Tülin
- Karanfilli Kadın
- Virago as Nermin
- The Revenge of the Angels as Türkan/Peri
- The Sinful Woman as Türkan
- Kenarın Dilberi
- The Washer Beauty
- Golden Earrings as Aylin
- Meyhanenin Gülü as Gül
- The Woman Of My Life
- Anaların Günahı as Sevim
1965
- Farewell Kiss as Türkan
- Wild Bride as Ayşegül Arsev
- Seven Kadın Unutmaz as Türkan
- Bitch as Naciye/Türkan
- Elveda Sevgilim as Türkan Kadiroğlu
- The Bread Seller Woman as Ayşe/Zehra/Leyla
- Black Eyes as Türkan
- I’m Not Worthy of You as Türkan
- My Neighbor's Chicken as Türkan
- A Strange Wedding as Zeynep Gökalp
1964
- The Orphan Girl
- The Adventure Woman
- Some Like it Hot as Gülten
- Gözleri Ömre Bedel as Leyla Arseren
- Wind of Youth as Fatma Nur Erden
- Fate Knocks as Leyla
- Adanalı Tayfur Kardeşler as Türkan
- Mualla as Mualla
- After Years as Berna Ekmekçigil
- The Angry Young Man as Avukat Sevil
- Bücür
- Anasının Kuzusu
- Dağlar Aslanı Ali Efe
- The Bomb Girl as Leyla
1963
- The King of Mountains as Türkan Sultan
- İki Kocalı Kadın as Sibel
- The Stolen Love as Aysel / Günsel
- Badem Şekeri as Güner Pirinçeken
- Osman Killed Me as Türkan
- Naughty Girl as Suna
- Dear Madam as Türkan Bayraktar
- Ayşecik Canımın İçi
- Young Girls as Eylül
- Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek as Türkan
- Bitter Love
- Küçük Beyin Kısmeti as Pervin
1962
- Acı Hayat as Nermin
- The Man in Glass
- The Tough Groom as Gönül
- Billur Köşk
- What a Sweet Thing as Canan
- Lekeli Kadın as Türkan Güneş
- The Love Race as Zeynep
- Biz de Arkadaş mıyız? as Nihal
- I Loved an Outlaw
- Allah Seviniz Dedi
- Ümitler Kırılınca as Oya
- Red Carnations as Türkan
- Dikmen Yıldızı
1961
- Heart to Heart as Nazan
- Remember, Darling as Türkan
- Otobüs Yolcuları as Nevin
- Dikenli Gül as Gül
- Angels are My Witnesses as Zeynep
- Love and Punch as Tülin
- The Shameless Man as Sevim
- The Charming Bandit as Emine
- Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez
- Siyah Melek as Nesrin
- Afacan
- Kardeş Uğruna
1960
- Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim
- The Wind of Love as Nil
- Güzeller Resmi Geçidi as Ayşe Güner