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
- Suna as Suna
- Hicran Sokağı as Sabahat
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
- 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
- I Love You as Selma / Aygül
- The Mistress as Feride
1982
- Seni Kalbime Gömdüm as Eylül
- Mine as Mine
1981
- To Crush The Serpent as Esme
1979
- Hazal as Hazal
- Resentful Flower as Zeynep
1978
- Sweet Nigar as Tatli Nigar
- Sultan as Sultan
- 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
- İnce Memed Vuruldu
- Urgently Seeking Husband as Melike
1974
- İşte Hayat
- Bal Kız: Şenlik Var as Zelis
- Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? as Asiye
- There Is a Wound in My Heart as Nurten
- Crazy People as Selma/Cavidan
1973
- Golden Butterfly Awards as Self - Winner
- Dert Bende
- Namus Borcu as Gurbet
- Güllü is Coming as Güllü
- The Prisoner as Ümmühan
- Torment as Elif
- Sultan Gelin as Sultan
- Gazi Kadın as Zeynep
- The Liar as Zeynep
1972
- Çile as Elif
- Persecution as Ayla/Zaliha
- Sisli Hatıralar as Dürrin Akbel
- The Return as Gülcan
- Vukuat Var
- Cemo as Cemo
1971
- Angel or Devil? as Nesrin
- The Forgotten Woman as Zeynep / Hilda
- Bir Genç Kızın Romanı
- Güllü as Güllü
- Fire Piece as Azize
- Blue Scarf as Leyla
- Sevmek ve Ölmek Zamanı
- A Woman Vanished as Selma
- Hürmüz with Seven Husbands as Hürmüz
- Gülüm, Dalım, Çiçeğim
- Gelin Çiçeği as Zehra, Arzu
1970
- My Sweet Angel as Leyla
- Mağrur Kadın
- Kara Gözlüm as Azize
- Mercy as Zeynep
- Hayatım Sana Feda as Zeynep
- Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır
- Ağlayan Melek as Sabahat
- Crossroads as Feyza
- Herkesin Sevgilisi as Zeynep
- Arım Balım Peteğim as Zeynep
- Bülbül Yuvası as Nerime
- Buğulu Gözler
1969
- Altın Koza as Self - Winner
- Hot Gypsy as Gelincik
- Autumn Winds as Nalan
- Sana Dönmeyeceğim as Leyla Taner
- Is It My Fault? as Müvin
- Aşk Mabudesi as Leyla
- Kölen Olayım as Azize
- I Want to Die With You as Selma
- Fosforlu Cevriyem as Necla
- They Call Me Fosforlu as Fosforlu
- Buruk Acı as Ülker Demirel
1968
- Kadın Severse as Leyla
- Aşk Eski Bir Yalan as Handan
- The Jail Bride as Çengi Naciye
- My Prostitute Love as Sabiha
- Artık Sevmeyeceğim
- The Beautiful Coffee Girl as Nermin
- Ayşem as Ayşe
- Abbase Sultan as Abbase
- Ağla Gözlerim as Leyla
- The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
- Kadın İntikamı as Handan
1967
- The Immortal Woman as Serap
- Mother as Döndü
- Tapılacak Kadın
- Sinekli Bakkal as Rabia
- A Mountain Tale as Lale
- Her Zaman Kalbimdesin as Fatma
- Kara Duvaklı Gelin as Perihan
- Kelepçeli Melek as Nevin Erdem
- The Crying Woman as Şükran, Leyla
- Ayrılsak da Beraberiz as Fatma
1966
- Golden Earrings as Aylin
- The Wedding Night as Zeynep / Tülin
- The Sinful Woman as Türkan
- The Evening Sun as Jülide
- The Wren as Feride
- The Stranger's Daughter as Nazan
- Kenarın Dilberi
- Virago as Nermin
- The Washer Beauty
- Meyhanenin Gülü as Gül
- Black Rose as Gül
- Anaların Günahı as Sevim
- The Revenge of the Angels as Türkan/Peri
- Karanfilli Kadın
- The Woman Of My Life
1965
- Bitch as Naciye/Türkan
- The Bread Seller Woman as Ayşe/Zehra/Leyla
- I’m Not Worthy of You as Türkan
- Wild Bride as Ayşegül Arsev
- My Neighbor's Chicken as Türkan
- A Strange Wedding as Zeynep Gökalp
- Farewell Kiss as Türkan
- Elveda Sevgilim as Türkan Kadiroğlu
- 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 Orphan Girl
- Gözleri Ömre Bedel as Leyla Arseren
- The Angry Young Man as Avukat Sevil
- Fate Knocks as Leyla
- Anasının Kuzusu
- Adanalı Tayfur Kardeşler as Türkan
- After Years as Berna Ekmekçigil
- The Adventure Woman
- Mualla as Mualla
- The Bomb Girl as Leyla
1963
- Badem Şekeri as Güner Pirinçeken
- Young Girls as Eylül
- Osman Killed Me as Türkan
- Dear Madam as Türkan Bayraktar
- Bitter Love
- Ayşecik Canımın İçi
- İki Kocalı Kadın as Sibel
- Küçük Beyin Kısmeti as Pervin
- Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek as Türkan
- The King of Mountains as Türkan Sultan
- Naughty Girl as Suna
- The Stolen Love as Aysel / Günsel
1962
- The Man in Glass
- Dikmen Yıldızı
- Acı Hayat as Nermin
- Red Carnations as Türkan
- What a Sweet Thing as Canan
- Biz de Arkadaş mıyız? as Nihal
- Allah Seviniz Dedi
- The Tough Groom as Gönül
- Ümitler Kırılınca as Oya
- The Love Race as Zeynep
- Lekeli Kadın as Türkan Güneş
- I Loved an Outlaw
- Billur Köşk
1961
- Siyah Melek as Nesrin
- Afacan
- Kardeş Uğruna
- Otobüs Yolcuları as Nevin
- Angels are My Witnesses as Zeynep
- Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez
- The Shameless Man as Sevim
- Remember, Darling as Türkan
- Heart to Heart as Nazan
- Love and Punch as Tülin
- The Charming Bandit as Emine
- Dikenli Gül as Gül
1960
- The Wind of Love as Nil
- Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim
- Güzeller Resmi Geçidi as Ayşe Güner