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