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)
2012
- Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam as Hatice Sultan
2009
- Golden Girls as İnci
2008
2007
- Hicran Sokağı as Sabahat
- Suna as Suna
- Aşk Yeniden as Lale
2006
- Hayatımın Kadınısın as Asuman Karaca
- Aşk Beklemez as Suna Serteri
- Ayın Yıldızı as Karagümrüklü Karakız
- Cemile
2004
- Mürüvvetsiz Mürüvvet as Mürüvvet
2001
- Sweet Life as Sevinç Yıldırım
1998
- Second Spring as Hanım Meriç
1997
- Nihavend Mucize as Suzan
1996
1995
- Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri as Presenter
1994
- Basilisk 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
- Ten Women
- Rumuz Goncagül
- Wife as Gramophone as Cemile
- My Dreams, My Love, and You as Derya Altınay
1985
- Blind Man's Bluff as Meral
- One Woman One Life as Nuran
1984
1983
- The Mistress as Feride
- I Love You as Selma / Aygül
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
- Cevriyem as Cevriye
- Sultan as Sultan
- My Love, My Sorrow as Mehmene Banu
- Sweet Nigar as Tatli Nigar
1977
- Baraj as Aysel
- The Girl with the Red Scarf as Asya
- Madam Dilâ as Dila Hanım
1976
- The Earthquake
- Love of Giant as Türkan
- The Judge of Bodrum as Nevin
1975
- Urgently Seeking Husband as Melike
- Hunger as Meryem
- İnce Memed Vuruldu
1974
- Crazy People as Selma/Cavidan
- Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? as Asiye
- Yüreğimde Yare Var as Nurten
- Bal Kız: Şenlik Var as Zelis
1973
- The Liar as Zeynep
- Gazi Kadın as Zeynep
- Sultan Gelin as Sultan
- Golden Butterfly Awards as Self - Winner
- Torment as Elif
- The Prisoner as Ümmühan
- Güllü Geliyor Güllü as Güllü
- Dert Bende
- Namus Borcu as Gurbet
1972
- The Return as Gulcan
- Persecution as Ayla/Zaliha
- Sisli Hatıralar as Dürrin Akbel
- Cemo as Cemo
- Vukuat Var
- Çile as Elif
1971
- Gelin Çiçeği as Zehra, Arzu
- The Forgotten Woman as Zeynep / Hilda
- Hürmüz with Seven Husbands as Hürmüz
- Gülüm, Dalım, Çiçeğim
- Fire Piece as Azize
- Angel or Devil? as Nesrin
- Güllü as Güllü
- A Woman Vanished as Selma
- Blue Scarf as Leyla
- Sevmek ve Ölmek Zamanı
- Bir Genç Kızın Romanı
1970
- Bülbül Yuvası as Nerime
- Kara Gözlüm as Azize
- Ağlayan Melek as Sabahat
- Arım Balım Peteğim as Zeynep
- My Sweet Angel as Leyla
- Hayatım Sana Feda as Zeynep
- Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır
- Mağrur Kadın
- Mercy as Zeynep
- Buğulu Gözler
- Herkesin Sevgilisi as Zeynep
- Crossroads as Feyza
1969
- Buruk Acı as Ülker Demirel
- Aşk Mabudesi as Leyla
- Sana Dönmeyeceğim as Leyla Taner
- Altın Koza as Self - Winner
- Bana Derler Fosforlu as Fosforlu
- Hot Gypsy as Gelincik
- Autumn Winds as Nalan
- Is It My Fault? as Müvin
- I Want to Die With You as Selma
- Kölen Olayım as Azize
- Fosforlu Cevriyem as Necla
1968
- Ayşem as Ayşe
- My Prostitute Love as Sabiha
- Kadın Severse as Leyla
- Kadın İntikamı as Handan
- The Jail Bride as Çengi Naciye
- Aşk Eski Bir Yalan as Handan
- The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
- Artık Sevmeyeceğim
- Ağla Gözlerim as Leyla
- Abbase Sultan as Abbase
- Kahveci Güzeli as Nermin
1967
- The Crying Woman as Şükran, Leyla
- Mother as Döndü
- Ayrılsak da Beraberiz as Fatma
- Her Zaman Kalbimdesin as Fatma
- Sinekli Bakkal as Rabia
- A Mountain Tale as Lale
- The Immortal Woman as Serap
- Tapılacak Kadın
- Kelepçeli Melek as Nevin Erdem
1966
- The Woman Of My Life
- The Washer Beauty
- The Revenge of the Angels as Türkan/Peri
- Meyhanenin Gülü as Gül
- Kenarın Dilberi
- The Stranger's Daughter as Nazan
- The Wedding Night as Zeynep / Tülin
- Karanfilli Kadın
- Golden Earrings as Aylin
- The Sinful Woman as Türkan
- The Evening Sun as Jülide
- The Wren as Feride
- Anaların Günahı as Sevim
- Black Rose as Gül
- Virago as Nermin
1965
- Wild Bride as Ayşegül Arsev
- My Neighbor's Chicken as Türkan
- Elveda Sevgilim as Türkan Kadiroğlu
- Bitch as Naciye/Türkan
- I’m Not Worthy of You as Türkan
- The Bread Seller Woman as Ayşe/Zehra/Leyla
- A Strange Wedding as Zeynep Gökalp
- Seven Kadın Unutmaz as Türkan
- Black Eyes as Türkan
- Farewell Kiss as Türkan
1964
- The Adventure Woman
- After Years as Berna Ekmekçigil
- The Angry Young Man as Avukat Sevil
- Mualla as Mualla
- Bücür
- The Orphan Girl
- Some Like it Hot as Gülten
- Fate Knocks as Leyla
- Gözleri Ömre Bedel as Leyla Arseren
- The Bomb Girl as Leyla
- Dağlar Aslanı Ali Efe
- Wind of Youth as Fatma Nur Erden
- Adanalı Tayfur Kardeşler as Türkan
- Anasının Kuzusu
1963
- The Stolen Love as Aysel / Günsel
- Dear Madam as Türkan Bayraktar
- Bitter Love
- Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek as Türkan
- Osman Killed Me as Türkan
- Badem Şekeri as Güner Pirinçeken
- The King of Mountains as Türkan Sultan
- Ayşecik Canımın İçi
- İki Kocalı Kadın as Sibel
- Young Girls as Eylül
- Küçük Beyin Kısmeti as Pervin
- Naughty Girl as Suna
1962
- Red Carnations as Türkan
- Demirep as Türkan Güneş
- Ümitler Kırılınca as Oya
- The Love Race as Zeynep
- Acı Hayat as Nermin
- What a Sweet Thing as Canan
- The Man in Glass
- Allah Seviniz Dedi
- I Loved an Outlaw
- Billur Köşk
- Biz de Arkadaş mıyız? as Nihal
- Dikmen Yıldızı
- The Tough Groom as Gönül
1961
- The Charming Bandit as Emine
- Otobüs Yolcuları as Nevin
- The Shameless Man as Sevim
- Love and Punch as Tülin
- Siyah Melek as Nesrin
- Kardeş Uğruna
- Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez
- Afacan
- Angels are My Witnesses as Zeynep
- Remember, Darling as Türkan
- Dikenli Gül as Gül
- Heart to Heart as Nazan
1960
- Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim
- The Wind of Love as Nil
- Güzeller Resmi Geçidi as Ayşe Güner